My life inside Israel’s panopticon

Falasteen Mansour The New Arab  /  April 21, 2026 In the West Bank, Israeli surveillance & rising settler violence create constant fear for Palestinians, even within...

Buffer zone: how Israel is tightening its grip on South Lebanon

Ali Awadah The New Arab  /  April 21, 2026 The razing of villages and creation of a buffer zone separated by a Yellow Line show the...

Battered but not broken: the status of Iran’s post-war ballistic missile arsenal

Paul Iddon The New Arab  /  April 21, 2026 Did the US-Israeli war deal a death blow to Iran's missile program or merely inflict it with...

Trump: Israel never talked me into war with Iran

Reuters  /  April 20, 2026 WASHINGTON – President ​Donald Trump said on Monday ‌that Israel did not persuade him to attack Iran, after news reports ​that...

Israel’s war obsession and the urgency of Palestinian leverage

Ramzy Baroud Middle East Monitor  /  April 20, 2026 It is tempting to argue that Israel’s new military doctrine is predicated on perpetual war—but the reality...

Senior UAE scholar says US bases are ‘a burden and not a strategic asset’

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  April 20, 2026 Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says it's time to think about closing US bases as UAE 'no longer needs' Washington...

How to end the war in Iran

The Economist  /  April 20, 2026 America and Iran must resume their efforts to strike a deal, even though it is sure to be an...

The strategic aftershocks of Trump’s Iran war

Philip H. Gordon & Rebecca Lissner Foreign Policy  /  April 20, 2026 The consequences will be felt long after the fighting ends. Even with a fragile cease-fire mostly...

UK Green Party suspends pro-Palestine Jewish activist following Israel criticism

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  April 20, 2026 Jewish left-wing activist Tony Greenstein was previously expelled from the UK Labour Party over his views on...

Bint Jbeil: a key battleground in Israel’s war on South Lebanon

Rita El Jammal The New Arab  /  April 20, 2026 As Israel seeks to take control of South Lebanon and establish a buffer zone, Bint Jbeil...