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Picture alliance/AA/Royal Court of Saudi Arabia. Source: International Politics & Society The war with Iran is exposing deep fractures beneath the surface of Gulf unity. Still, cooperation remains the only viable option. By Sebastian Sons BONN, Germany, Apr 29 2026...

JERUSALEM /PNN/ A new report by Médecins Sans Frontières says Israeli authorities have used access to water as a “weapon” in Gaza, depriving Palestinians of essential supplies in what the group described as a systematic campaign with severe humanitarian consequences. The report,...

The Palestinian Football Association has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA's decision not to sanction Israel over clubs based in West Bank settlements , a senior PFA official said on Tuesday, as visa issues affecting...

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies has highlighted the Israeli authorities’ denial of essential medical assistive devices to prisoners, exacerbating their suffering and limiting their ability to cope with disabilities and various injuries. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the...

A major part of the genocide is to eliminate the ability of Palestinians in Gaza to feed themselves. Shahad Ali is an English literature student and writer from Gaza. Cross-posted from ScheerPost Before the Israeli war began, Gaza’s agricultural sector...

Permanent war on its neighbours may appear to be a projection of strength, but Israel is fraying. Andrew Hammond currently teaches Turkish history at the Australian National University. He is the author of Popular Culture in North Africa and the Middle...

The image of an Israeli army soldier destroying a statue of Jesus in South Lebanon with a sledgehammer garnered international media attention. However, it did not receive sufficient outrage, given its wider significance in relation to the attitude...

GAZA, (PIC) When a survivor emerges from beneath the rubble, they do not come out alone. They carry with them a destroyed home, a silenced voice, and faces that the final moments failed to save. For this reason, the stories of...

Ukraine and Israel traded diplomatic blows on Tuesday as President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned what he said were grain purchases from occupied Ukrainian territory "stolen" by Russia and threatened sanctions against those attempting to profit from it. Kyiv considers all...

Right at this moment, we are witnessing an unprecedented shift of resources from domestic investments in the United States to the military-industrial complex (aka the war machine). The only comparable period in our history was the buildup to World War II,...

Middle East and North Africa military expenditure reached $218 billion in 2025, marking a near-standstill with just 0.1% growth from the previous year – a dramatic slowdown after the region's unprecedented 15% spending surge in 2024, according to...

GAZA, (PIC) What many believed marked the end of the Israeli war in Gaza has instead proven to be a fragile illusion. Nearly 200 days after a ceasefire came into effect in October 2025, the reality on the ground remains complex,...

Israeli prison officials are deliberately depriving Palestinian detainees from accessing some vital health care equipment and services, leaving prisoners in agony or deprived of basic human rights, such as functioning hearing aids. The prison policy is in line with...

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Before dawn breaks over Gaza's sprawling displacement camps, thousands of Palestinians begin a daily ritual: searching for bread. At 4:00 am, Fadi Abu Shamala, 39, walks through the sandy pathways of Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, carrying...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended Israel's daily assaults in Lebanon despite a ceasefire covering the country, and claimed that Washington was ensuring that attacks are "proportionate and targeted". In the interview, the Secretary of State...

An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian boy in an area east of Khan Younis on Tuesday, as Israeli forces continue their assault on Gaza despite a ceasefire coming into force in the enclave in October. The child was identified...

GAZA, (PIC) In the Gaza Strip, unemployment is no longer a chronic economic issue; it has become an all-encompassing reality that haunts an entire generation of young people. This transformation did not happen in isolation it is the direct outcome of...

In a dimly lit room in Gaza, powered by a flickering solar lamp, Israa Abu Libda sits at an ageing sewing machine, guiding red and black threads through embroidered fabric while pressing the pedal with her remaining foot. She pauses...

Israeli authorities are systematically depriving people in Gaza of the water they need to live, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, decrying a campaign of "collective punishment" against Palestinians. The extensive destruction of civilian water infrastructure in Gaza, coupled with...

Credit: UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi   The niqab is a full-body Islamic piece of clothing, worn by some women in devout Muslim communities, and which covers the whole body, leaving only a narrow slit for the eyes. French full-body veil ban, violated...

A Palestinian family was waiting for Israeli officials to return their son’s body. Inside a mourning tent, a group of American foreign policy leaders sat with them. It was August 2025, and Ilan Goldenberg — a former adviser to Vice President...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli authorities have issued exclusion orders against Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948-occupied territories, and Sheikh Kamal Khatib, head of the Freedoms Committee. The orders bar both men from entering Aqsa Mosque for a...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Mahmoud Mardawi, a senior Hamas official, said that the escalating Israeli actions in Occupied Jerusalem, including home demolitions, raids, and abuses against Palestinians, reflect an “eliminationist” approach aimed at displacing residents and imposing a new demographic reality. In a...

Hezbollah-launched suicide drones, have proven to be an "obstacle" for Israeli forces stationed in southern Lebanon. The Israelis are still launching attacks there in violation of the ceasefire agreed upon earlier this month . A drone attack on Sunday killed soldier...