Trump makes the Gulf states feel powerful, but the real test is: can they...

Nesrine Malik The Guardian  /  May 19, 2025 The US president’s deference to his Middle Eastern allies is hollow if they cannot affect what happens in...

Gaza: the horror, the horror …

Hugh J. Curran Informed Comment  /  May 19, 2025 Orono, Maine – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news...

Netanyahu says he’ll allow some aid into Gaza under pressure, but none appears to...

Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy & Wafaa Shurafa AP  /  May 19, 2025 Watch live from Khan Younis as Israel launches a new wave of air and...

Netanyahu: Gaza aid scheme offers Israel symbolic cover to finish the genocide

Jeremy Scahill Drop Site News  /  May 19, 2025 In order to conquer and seize Gaza, “We need to do it in a way” where the...

Nothing to see here: Australia’s hidden arms trade with Israel

Stefan Moore Consortium News  /  May 19, 2025 Despite the risks of colluding in Israel’s war crimes, Australia’s leaders remain wedded to the business of selling...

Village where Israelis and Palestinians live together to promote peace faces planned tax on...

Chris Osuh The Guardian  /  May 19, 2025 Unique community in Israel appeals to UK for support after Knesset’s proposed 80% tax on its funding An Israeli...

Project Esther: NYT details right-wing plan to ‘rebrand all critics of Israel’ as Hamas...

Democracy Now!  /  May 19, 2025 Guests: Katie J.M. Baker – investigative reporter for The New York Times Stefanie Fox – executive director of Jewish Voice...

‘Our hearts ache’: the fight for survival in Gaza amid Israel’s new offensive and...

Jason Burke and Malak A Tantesh The Guardian  /  May 19, 2025 Ceasefire rumours of little interest, say the bereaved who face starvation after one of...

Families of hostages speak out against new Israeli offensive in Gaza [‘Palestinians’ mentioned only...

John Haltiwanger Foreign Policy  /  May 19, 2025 One family member warned that the military action could “endanger the lives of the hostages.” The Israeli government said its new...

‘They are now planning on annihilating Khan Younis’: new IDF displacement order sparks alarm

Jake Johnson Common Dreams  /  May 19, 2025 The United Nations human rights chief called Israel's intensifying assault on Gaza "tantamount to ethnic cleansing." The Israeli military...