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When the governing body of the Democratic Party convenes next month, it will face a challenge to its support for Israel. The Democratic National Committee has evaded the fact that large majorities of Democrats...

GAZA, (PIC) In the context of ongoing restrictions on the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation authorities escalated their measures by suspending vital humanitarian shipments, which threatens to deepen the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. The occupation...

Israel has killed nearly a dozen Gaza police officers this week in violation of the ceasefire as it steps up attacks on a Hamas -run force that has re-established governance in areas under their control, Gaza authorities...

Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su We had many interesting stories of our own in Nigeria last week, which were worth commenting on, but going into the weekend, they were all dwarfed by...

Postel was a Catholic priest who intended to reform the Church – but ended up being judged by the Inquisition, considered insane, and forbidden from teaching. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su If...

For thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip , hope for movement beyond the borders has once again turned into frustration. On Wednesday, the Israeli occupation government reversed its earlier decision to open the Rafah crossing on the...

Displaced from my home in northern Gaza, I sit reading reports of the Iran war as my little sister , 6, struggles to walk across the room. Two months into the ceasefire, an Israeli soldier shot her...

For nearly two decades, the Litani River functioned as an informal red line in the uneasy balance between Israel and Hezbollah . Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 , which ended the 2006 Lebanon War, the area south...

Israel said Wednesday its forces had killed another top Iranian official, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, and said its military was authorised to kill any senior figure of the Islamic republic in its sights. The announcement, the day after Iranian security...

WEST BANK, (PIC) At a highly complex regional moment, where attention is turning to the major hotspots of tension in the Middle East, a harsher equation is taking shape on the ground in the West Bank, its title is the escalation...

Last October, Palestinian novelist Bassem Khandaqji was released from prison as part of a prisoner exchange. It was during his years behind bars that he wrote A Mask, the Colour of the Sky ( قناع بلون السماء ),...

GAZA, (PIC) In a small space amid a reality burdened by the effects of the Israeli war and the ongoing displacement situation in the Gaza Strip, dozens of children find a breathing space for expression inside a simple art studio in...

Amid a drastic increase in Israeli military operations in Lebanon by air and land, there is chatter that Israeli government officials are signalling the cancellation of the maritime border demarcation agreement reached with Lebanese authorities in October 2022. This...

For the first time in nearly two years, the markets of the Gaza Strip are slowly regaining the familiar rhythms for Eid al-Fitr preparations . In the crowded alleyways of Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, vendors...

When the United States entered a war with Iran, the expectation in Washington was predictable. Historically, foreign conflicts have often produced a short-term rally-around-the-flag effect. Political leaders assume that once military action begins, public support will follow. Yet this time...

Raed Subhi was following the news that reached him after midnight on Saturday about Israeli soldiers opening fire on a Palestinian vehicle in the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas in the northern occupied West Bank . He never imagined...

By Dania Abul Haj My friend and I were standing near Damascus Gate, observing how empty the Old City of Jerusalem was during the last stretch of Ramadan, when we noticed that we had become surrounded by more than a dozen...

Muslim History Month poster- artist Siddhesh Gautam By Mariya Salim DELHI, India, Mar 18 2026 (IPS) In public discourse today, Muslims often appear as subjects of debate rather than authors of their own histories. Discussions about Muslim societies tend to revolve...

A sign outside the UN Secretariat building last year. By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 2026 (IPS) As the world continues to be weighed down in political and military turmoil, drones are being increasingly used as weapons of war in...

As the U.S. and Israel expand their war with Iran, Lebanon is once again being drawn into a volatile regional conflict. Hezbollah launched rockets against northern Israel in solidarity with Iran, triggering a new round of Israeli military operations inside...

Israel's army issued a forced evacuation order late Tuesday for south Lebanon's Tyre city and surrounding areas as it claimed it struck Hezbollah targets in the country and the militants claimed a wave of attacks. Three Lebanese soldiers were...

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in Israeli strikes on Tuesday, the Lebanese army said, as Israel carried out new raids and again ordered residents of vast parts of southern Lebanon to evacuate. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle...

WEST BANK, (PIC) The United Nations has called on Israeli authorities to immediately halt settlement expansion in the West Bank, warning of serious concerns over potential “ethnic cleansing” following the displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians within a single year. In a...

The UN on Tuesday urged Israel to immediately halt its dramatic settlement expansion in the West Bank , raising "ethnic cleansing" concerns with over 36,000 Palestinians displaced in a single year. A fresh report from the United Nations...

”When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.’ – Lin Yutang Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of BRAVE NEW EUROPE...

The trial of Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham, two prominent UK pro-Palestine activists and organisers, officially concluded on Tuesday, with a verdict set to be announced on 1 April. Jamal, director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC),...

With oil selling for around $100 a barrel and the price in the United States of gasoline at the pump having increased 20% in two weeks, Americans have been thrust back into a 1970s-style mix of oil and insecurity in...

Yanis Varoufakis says that even if the war in Iran ends soon — which it likely will not — the economic consequences will be devastating and prolonged Alongside the death and destruction occurring all throughout the Middle East as the...

An Israeli police officer has been accused of seizing an ancient stone from a West Bank village, the latest act by 'amateur archaeologists ' using the military to nab artefacts from Palestinian areas or prove 'Jewish links' to Arab...

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 resignation is shocking, but not for the obvious reason. It is not shocking simply because it...

Surprised by the intensity of Hezbollah’s retaliatory attacks against it, Israel appears to be pivoting to sow internal chaos within Lebanon’s borders in a bid to trigger a catastrophic civil war. An attempted coup against the Lebanese military’s leadership may...

The US Empire is no different than any other empire Matthew Hoh is the Associate Director of the Eisenhower Media Network. A former Marine and State Department official who resigned in protest over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...

While it may have been able to take out Ayatollah Khamenei, the U.S.’ plans for regime change in Iran are not going as smoothly as they expected. With the Strait of Hormuz closed, the global economy is facing meltdown, and...