As Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, are U.S. & Iran near deal or renewed...
Democracy Now! / April 17, 2026
Guest: Ali Vaez – senior adviser to the president of the International Crisis Group, where he is the Iran...
Palestinian prisoners live on hope – Israel’s death penalty aims to destroy it
Hend Salama Abo Helow
Truthout / April 17, 2026
On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, new death penalty law exacerbates a painful reality for those with imprisoned loved...
The settler’s grin: how one Italian magazine cover exposed the monstrosity of Greater Israel
Michael Leonardi
CounterPunch / April 17, 2026
On April 10th 2026, the Italian weekly L’Espresso hit newsstands with a cover that has sent the Zionist apparatus...
‘Ticking timebomb’: Tehran residents return to ruined city amid fears truce will not hold
Deepa Parent
The Guardian / April 17, 2026
Many in the Iranian capital feel trapped between war with the US and the brutality of the regime’s...
Slump in voters’ support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid
Andrew Roth
The Guardian / April 17, 2026
Bipartisan backing for special relationship is fraying as Middle East conflicts turn public opinion.
Washington – Israel’s conflicts in...
Trump says he’s still blockading Iran after it says it’s opening the Strait of...
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / April 17, 2026
Trump said that the US’s naval blockade will remain in effect until “OUR TRANSACTION WITH IRAN IS 100% COMPLETE.”
After...
Israel killed nearly 100 people in Lebanon in day leading up to ceasefire
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / April 17, 2026
The Lebanese military has also already reported violations of the ceasefire by Israel.
In the hours leading up to the...
Report from Beirut: Israel-Lebanon ceasefire met with ‘cautious optimism’
Democracy Now! / April 17, 2026
Guest: Kareem Chehayeb – Beirut-based journalist reporting on Lebanon, Syria and Iraq for the Associated Press.
Link: Kareem Chehayeb at...
Tucker Carlson may have turned on Israel and Trump, but he’s no friend to...
Scott Prosterman
Informed Comment / April 17, 2026
Oakland, Ca. – Republicans seem to have reached the Donner party stage now, cannibalizing one another, as is...
[PHOTO’S] Shattered lives in Lebanon after Israeli airstrikes – in pictures
The Guardian / April 17, 2026
Civilians bear the brunt of conflict in the Middle East as a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon takes...
