EU: suspend trade agreement with Israel – HRW
Human Rights Watch / June 20, 2025
Unions, other groups urge trade pressure amid escalating atrocities.
Brussels – The European Union should immediately suspend its trade agreement...
UNICEF warns children could die of thirst in Gaza amid collapse of water systems
Jason Burke
The Guardian / June 20, 2025
Fears grow of drought as well as hunger, while there are fresh reports of casualties among people seeking...
Colonial logic, not Jewish wisdom guides Israel’s wars
Yakov M. Rabkin
Informed Comment / June 20, 2025
Montréal – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in...
Israel’s attack has exposed Iran’s lack of firepower – but conflict could yet turn...
Dan Sabbagh
The Guardian / June 19, 2025
Iran has struggled to respond effectively after Israel killed many of its top military commanders.
It is a week...
From Beersheba to Babylon: Netanyahu casts himself as liberator of Iran
Julian Borger
The Guardian / June 19, 2025
Speaking at a hospital hit by an Iranian missile, the Israeli prime minister invoked ancient Persia as he...
Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of Iran war – postponing son’s wedding
Julian Borger & Quique Kierszenbaum
The Guardian / June 19, 2025
Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height...
Netanyahu is using Muslim women’s ‘rights’ to justify his war – what hideous, hollow...
Mona Eltahawy
The Guardian / June 19, 2025
As his troops slaughter civilians in Gaza, he claims to be standing up for Iranian women’s autonomy. He...
How has Iran managed to breach Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system ?
Alex Croft
The Independent / June 19, 2025
For many years, Israel’s multilayered air defence system has repelled missile attacks from Hamas and Hezbollah. Two experts...
Dozens more people killed or injured seeking aid in Gaza
Malak A Tantesh & Jason Burke
The Guardian / June 19, 2025
Civil defence agency says Israeli fire killed 15 and wounded 60 on Thursday, bringing...
Trump caution on Iran strike linked to doubts over ‘bunker buster’ bomb, officials say
Hugo Lowell
The Guardian / June 19, 2025
The likelihood of a successful US strike on the Iranian nuclear facility buried deep underground at Fordow is...
