They had come to to do their hair for the Eid holiday. Twelve young women filled the hair salon on Wednesday night, after Iftar, a small prefabricated metal structure on the edge of Beit Awa, a village in the Hebron...
Global Voices
Germany’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism is driving a broader erosion of civil liberties and democratic standards. According to Timo Al-Farooq, measures targeting Palestine solidarity are expanding into wider repression of dissent across society. Read Article HERE Screen Grab from film...
A quick glance at the balance sheet of winners and losers of Trump and Netanyahu’s unilateral war on Iran places Europe on the top of the ‘losers’ list. Europe was not consulted about a war that would cost the continent...
Selamat Hari Raya! – Celebrating Eid In Malaysia
Full ArticleIn both Singapore and Malaysia, Eid is called Hari Raya , or the Day of Celebration – it’s either Hari Raya Puasa (Eidul Fitr) or Hari Raya Haji (Eidul Adha). I have fond Raya memories from my childhood in...
NABLUS, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers broke into and ransacked al‑Lubban Girls’ High School in the village of al‑Lubban al‑Sharqiya, south of Nablus, on the first day of the Eid al‑Fitr holiday. Local sources reported that settlers removed the Palestinian...
The morning of the first day of Eid al-Fitr in the devastated Gaza Strip does not resemble the holidays of old. In place of the houses, parks and bustling streets stand rows of tightly-packed tents in displacement...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Extremist Jewish settlers launched attacks, under military protection, against Palestinians and their property in different West Bank areas over the past 24 hours. According to Palestinian media sources, a group of settlers stormed the hamlet of Khirbet al‑Kharaba in...
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Friday on a visit to Israel that Iran must make major concessions as part of any long-term political solution following the US-Israeli war on Iran . "Whatever the outcome of the ongoing military...
Can the United Nations Survive Without the US?
Full ArticleZURICH — Walk into the Palace of Nations in Geneva these days and one of the first things you’ll notice is a sign informing visitors that the power will be shut off between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m....
For the first time in history Al-Aqsa is closed for Eid. Where is the Ummah? – MuslimMatters Barred from Masjid Al-Aqsa, worshipers pray outside the Old City on Friday morning, the day of Eid. Israeli forces use stun grenades to...
Airstrikes on Iraq’s Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) militia coalition have left dozens dead or wounded, officials say. As chaos spread, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani urged the nation to remain calm. The leader of the Iran-allied...
Israeli forces blocked Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday for the first time since Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, dispersing worshippers and preventing access to the site amid ongoing war...
By Ramzy BAROUD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their military aggression against Iran on February 28, they appeared convinced that the war would be swift....
TAKE ACTION: Tell the FAI to Red Card Israeli Genocide – Cancel the Nations League Games!
Full ArticleThe Irish Men’s Football Team is due to play against Apartheid Israel in the Nations League on 27th September (away) and 4th October (home) 2026. Despite a vote calling for Israel’s suspension from UEFA, the FAI intends to press ahead...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The custom of eating feseekh (salted fish) on the morning of the first day of Eid al-Fitr remains strongly present on Palestinian tables, seen as a popular inherited ritual symbolizing the start of Eid after a month of fasting....
Israeli police said on Friday they had arrested an army reservist who served on the Iron Dome air defence system on suspicion of passing secrets to Iran. The arrest comes as Israel and the United States are locked...
As families across the Muslim world prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr today — a holiday defined by gifts for children, new clothes and fairground visits — Gaza’s displaced families face a different reality. There is no Eid money....
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation police barred Muslim worshipers from performing Eid al-Fitr prayers in the Bab al-Amud (Damascus Gate) area in Jerusalem on Friday morning, amid heightened security measures in and around the Old City. According to Palestinian media sources,...
Many voices in Europe are now saying that Europe should have separated from America long ago, but as always, it is too late. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European political leaders...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has congratulated the Palestinians at home and abroad and the Muslim Ummah on the Eid al-Fitr occasion, calling for providing more support for the Palestinian people during these blessed days. In a statement on Friday, Hamas called...
Sergio CARARO Segue nostro Telegram . La popolazione dell’UE contro la guerra. La persistenza e la consistenza della quota di popolazione contraria nonostante tutto al riarmo e al militarismo, rappresenta una base sociale per opporsi a questo piano inclinato verso...
Another good update concerning the US/Israeli war of aggression against Iran – 20 March Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. As an...
International Tensions Spark New Nuclear Threat
Full ArticleCredit: Michaela Stache/AFP By Samuel King BRUSSELS, Belgium, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the 62nd Munich Security Conference by declaring that the post-war rules-based order ‘no longer exists’, there was plenty of evidence to...
Price of Gas in Bradenton, FL on March 13, 2026 Price of Gas in Bradenton, FL on March 20 The short answer to the question posed in the title of this article… I don’t know. I do know that some...
In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and civilian residences and infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf by Iranian forces. They have cited the illegality of such attacks,...
Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel's offensive in Gaza . Some in Australia's Muslim and...
Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel's offensive in Gaza . Some in Australia's Muslim and...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday renewed his call for a truce and the opening of negotiations with Israel to stop the war between it and Hezbollah, during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot . Lebanon...
Ziyad Motala, Professor of Law, Howard Law School A Troubling Spectacle A troubling spectacle continues during the nightly prayers of Ramadhan. In Islam’s holiest mosques, supplications lavish praise upon the Saudi ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, and seek divine favour for the...
With incompatible war aims, no definition of victory, and a battlefield that keeps expanding, the US-Israel onslaught is doomed – and Iran only needs to survive to prevail Sami Al-Arian is the Director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs...
FIFA fined the Israeli Football Association (IFA) 150,000 Swiss francs ($190,700) on Thursday for "multiple breaches" of its anti-discrimination obligations. A report by the disciplinary committee of world football's governing body found the IFA "failed to take meaningful action against...
Where Water Doesn’t Flow, Equality Doesn’t Grow – Challenging Global Patriarchy this World Water Day
Full ArticleWorld Water Day 2026 (March 22) will be celebrated at a high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the theme “Water and Gender Equality”, highlighting the links between equitable water access, sustainable development and human rights. Source:...
The Islamic Movement within Israel’s 1948 borders has called on Palestinians to gather in large numbers around Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Mosque in the run-up to Eid al-Fitr, as Israel continues to close Islam’s third most holy site during the final...
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has posted a picture of his son lying in a coma , after he was badly injured in a suspected Hezbollah attack. The unit in which Smotrich's son Benya Hebron was active...
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes killed four people on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the war-shattered Palestinian territory despite the ceasefire. It came as Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened for...
When AI Kills
Full ArticleArtificial Intelligence once felt like humanity’s most benign creation—writing poetry, painting pictures, making films, composing music, helping scientists collaborate across labs. Then it crept into corporate boardrooms, assisting executives with organizational restructuring and employee layoffs. Panic set in. Would machines...
NAZARETH, (PIC) A video clip published by the extremist Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir sparked widespread anger, after he expressed in it his “longing” to carry out execution sentences against Palestinian prisoners, in a scene that renewed focus on...
Slovenia recognized a Palestinian state, called out Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and became the first EU state to ban weapons trade with Israel. Now Zionist Nazi Black Cube operatives are accused of “illegal surveillance” after leaked recordings blew up...
Top U.S. counterterror chief Joe Kent resigns over Iran war, blames Israel lobby pressure
Full ArticleBy Ramzy BAROUD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Joe Kent’s resignation is not an anomaly but an alarm: elite dissent is surfacing early because this war is built on deception. Joe Kent’s...
GAZA, (PIC) Four Palestinians were martyred and others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting areas east of Gaza City on Thursday, in what officials say is part of a continuing pattern of ceasefire violations. Local sources reported that one Palestinian was martyred and...
Gaza's border crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday for a limited number of people, Palestinian and Egyptian officials told AFP , for the first time since Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran. An Egyptian...
Aid shipments into Gaza have plunged by 80 percent since the start of the Iran war , as Israeli authorities throttle deliveries into the devastated territory. Figures from the US-led Civil Military Coordination Centre show that just 590...
Lebanon's health ministry on Thursday said that 49 people had been killed and 115 had been injured in Israeli strikes on the country over the past two days, as French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is due...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli occupation authorities have continued the full closure of the Aqsa Mosque for the 20th consecutive day on Thursday, preventing worshipers from entering the site, with authorities confirming the shutdown will remain in place until the end of...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Haron Nasreddin, member of the political bureau and head of the Jerusalem Affairs Office in Hamas, affirmed that the calls to pray and be present at Aqsa Mosque during Eid al-Fitr represent an authentic religious and national stance,...
GAZA, (PIC) More than 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza are marking Eid al-Fitr under worsening humanitarian conditions, amid ongoing Israeli restrictions, widespread destruction, and severe shortages of basic necessities. According to the Government Media Office, the holiday comes with little sign of...
GAZA, (PIC) Amid an escalating water crisis that goes beyond natural scarcity, Palestinian women face compounded burdens in managing resource shortages, alongside warnings of an almost complete collapse of the water system in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Water Authority issued a...
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) arrested pro-Palestine activists against its own internal guidance, documents seen by Declassified suggest. The files, obtained through Freedom of Information requests, also show that the force is cracking down on the use of Arabic...
Search Voices
About Voices
Global Voices aggregates news from independent sources around the world. Articles are filtered by sentiment to highlight constructive discourse.
Learn more about Global Voices