Riyadh-Islamabad ‘Islamic NATO’ to check Israel in shadow of US decline

Juan Cole Informed Comment  /  September 19, 2025 Ann Arbor – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the...

Clear conclusions: a UN commission finds Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza

Binoy Kampmark CounterPunch  /  September 19, 2025 Yet another blistering addition to the ghoulish accounts of cruelty regarding the ongoing actions of Israel in Gaza made...

Trump administration plans $6.4 billion in weapons sales to Israel, sources say

Mike Stone & Humeyra Pamuk Reuters  /  September 19, 2025 WASHINGTON –  The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval to sell Israel $6.4 billion in support equipment...

UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings –...

Maha Nassar The Conversation  /  September 19, 2025 Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when...

Lawsuit targets militant groups as complicit in deaths of US citizens in Hamas attack

Ed White AP  /  September 18, 2025 Lawyers for U.S. victims of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel are suing various groups that have been designated...

UN Security Council on Gaza ceasefire

Joe Lauria Consortium News  /  September 18, 2025 The Council will meet on September 18, 2pm EDT to vote on an immediate ceasefire resolution in Gaza...

Smotrich’s apocalyptic ‘Decisive Plan’ for Gaza

Dan Steinbock Informed Comment  /  September 18, 2025 Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator...

Israel moves to embrace its isolation

Abdaljawad Omar Mondoweiss  /  September 18, 2025 Benjamin Netanyahu's recent comments that Israel must start making its own weapons and become a self-sufficient "super Sparta" signals...

Gaza cut off as Israel maintains 2nd day of communications blackout

Middle East Monitor  /  September 18, 2025 For a second straight day on Thursday, residents of Gaza City were left without internet or landline service...

‘Super Sparta’: Netanyahu’s megalomania hits a fever pitch

Abed Abou Shhadeh Middle East Eye  /  September 18, 2025 The Israeli leader is priming his nation to engage in endless warfare, as he seeks to...