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BRUSSELS /PNN/ The European Union announced new restrictive measures targeting entities and individuals accused of supporting extremist settler activity in the occupied West Bank, citing serious and systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians. The sanctions were adopted under the EU Global...

In February, we led a week-long congressional delegation to visit Israel and the West Bank, the latest of several trips we have taken in recent years to better understand the region and the needs of the people who live there....

At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before. Buried in the House's version of the 2027 National...

The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the Global South. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer...

Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City gathered on Thursday for funeral prayers for 10 people killed in Israeli strikes the night before, including five children and an elderly person, as well as a Hamas chief . More than 20...

Matt Kennard shows in his new book that the bipartisan War on Terror laid the groundwork for the Trump presidency and the rise of fascism — now, with extremists empowered, we face the consequences. In the United States, but also...

The Trump-led 'Board of Peace' is expected to hold talks with Hamas next week on transferring power to a new government for the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to advance the ceasefire agreement , Tony Blair has said. The...

Israel has launched a new electronic land registration system for the occupied West Bank ’s Area C, a move that Palestinians and rights groups warn will accelerate de facto annexation of occupied land. The system, known as the “Land...

GAZA, (PIC) The usual joy of celebrating Eid al-Adha is absent this year from the impoverished Gaza Strip, which has been destroyed by the Israeli war of genocide, as its residents are unable to buy new clothes for their children, or...

This article was co-published with The Intercept . A company run by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, hired by the Israeli government to push pro-Israel views on a major conservative media network, has directed $13 million from Israel...

GAZA, (PIC) Inside a dilapidated tent of only a few meters, set up inside one of the shelter centers in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, Samah Abu Daqqa sits on a piece of cloth spread over...

The United Nations has placed Israel on its “blacklist” of entities suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict , placing the Israeli Prison Service and multiple other Israeli entities on the list. The UN's move follows...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan took part in the Hajj pilgrimage while New York’s Zohran Mamdani participated in public celebrations this week marking Eid al-Adha , the most important festival in the Islamic calendar. Khan shared a photo...

When you benefit from an unjust system it can be difficult to recognize you’re living in one. It’s our job to continually point that out. By Joe LAURIA Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us:...

GAZA, (PIC) Eid al-Adha has arrived for the third consecutive year for the children of the Gaza Strip amid ongoing Israeli aggression, and an almost complete absence of manifestations of joy and rituals that were associated with this occasion in previous...

Former Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah died on Wednesday, 27 May, in London at the age of 74. Al-Attiyah was considered one of the leading figures behind the development...

Everything is bigger in Texas. On Tuesday, the state's closely watched primary runoff races saw important results that highlight some of the most important campaign issues of 2026 —from MAGA to AIPAC to dark money. In one of...

“Acting on instructions from President Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov notified the US side that the Armed Forces of Russia, acting in response to the Kiev’s regime continued terrorist attacks on civilians and civilian facilities in the Russian territory are launching systematic and...

GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement and its armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, have mourned commander Mohamed Awda, who was assassinated in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Tuesday evening. In a statement released on Wednesday, Hamas said that Awda, the Brigades’ chief...

Donald-Trump-asleep-in-Oval-Office I am going to start wearing a neck brace… Trump’s conflicting comments about the peace negotiations with Iran have given me whiplash. Today at a Cabinet meeting , President Trump asserted that Iran is “ negotiating on fumes...

The emerging deal between the United States and Iran represents an existential danger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future. With his coalition fracturing and elections approaching, Netanyahu can’t survive a peace that leaves Hezbollah intact and Iran’s nuclear...

RAMALLAH / PNN/ Economist Nabil Koukali said the Bank of Israel’s decision to cut interest rates to 3.75% reflects growing concern over an economic slowdown amid the impact of war and regional tensions, warning of direct repercussions for Palestinians closely...

“Democracy” is a slogan, a value-judgement more than it is a description, and a term of praise and abuse in political debates more than a defined programme. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Licensed under the...

Israel said on Wednesday that it had killed Mohammed Odeh, the reported new chief of Hamas ’s military wing, in a series of overnight air strikes on Gaza City, marking the latest in a string of targeted...

Malcolm Ducker, a British former RAF pilot, set sail earlier this month towards the Gaza Strip in the hopes of reaching the devastated enclave in an act of solidarity with the long-suffering people there. Ducker, who departed from Sicily,...

Four activists could be sentenced as terrorists next month despite not being convicted of terrorism offences. Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Rajwani are among several Palestine Action activists accused of raiding an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol in...

Palestinians marked Eid al-Adha in the West Bank amid continued economic recession and ongoing Israeli raids and attacks However, families have tried to hold on to their holiday traditions despite arrests, displacement and loss caused by the Israeli occupations. Despite...

Since October 2023 , Israel has occupied vast stretches of territory in Gaza, Syria and, most recently, Lebanon. Corporate media have been reluctant to use clear, direct language to characterize U.S.-backed Israeli land grabs in each of these places, preferring...

What is hegemony? Is the United States losing it? By Michael BRENNER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su HEGEMONY. “Hegemony, Hegemon everywhere — but not a ‘definition’ in sight.” Talk about American foreign policy is...