Nearly half of Israel’s government joins march vowing Gaza settlements
Oren Ziv
+972 Magazine / July 20, 2026
Thousands of right-wing activists walked through a closed military zone to the Gaza fence, singing genocidal anthems as...
U.S. escalates war on Iran, targeting civilian infrastructure as 3 U.S. soldiers are killed
Democracy Now ! / July 20, 2026
Guest: Toby Jones – professor of Middle Eastern history at Rutgers University
Links: Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water...
US launches ninth night of Iran strikes as Strait of Hormuz standoff sees oil...
TG Staff
The Guardian / July 20, 2026
After the US military confirmed that a service member had been killed in Iraq – the third in...
Hormuz without a peace – Washington can’t bomb its way to a new maritime...
Michael Harrison
Foreign Policy in Focus / July 20, 2026
The June ceasefire did not produce a postwar order in the Strait of Hormuz. It produced...
‘It needs to end now’: Democrats urge Trump to halt Iran war after US...
Robert Tait
The Guardian / July 20, 2026
President accused of having ‘lost control of this war’ as deaths of trio in Iranian military strikes fuel...
How Biden enabled Israel’s aggression toward Gaza – and Iran
David D. Kirkpatrick
The New Yorker / July 20, 2026
Top officials from the previous Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu.
On...
US bombing of Iran expands as American troops killed [17 now] and Tehran retaliates...
Jon Gambrell
AP / July 20, 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United States conducted a new round of airstrikes early Monday targeting Iran after...
Iran is turning into the sort of ‘forever war’ that Donald Trump promised to avoid
Bamo Nouri & Inderjeet Parmar
The Conversation / July 20, 2026
When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern...
[Australia] Israel attacks Labour’s draft platform on Israel‑Gaza conflict
Michelle Grattan
The Conversation / July 20, 2026
The Israeli embassy has made an extraordinary intervention in Australian domestic politics, criticising aspects of the draft party...
Israel threatens ‘full force’ response if Iran fires missiles towards it
Andrew Roth
The Guardian / July 19, 2026
Return to all-out regional war grows increasingly likely as US and Iran trade strikes and Trump warns of...
