Egypt’s dramatic exit from the World Cup against Argentina on Tuesday night has triggered an outpouring of anger from fans, players and coaching staff, who have raised several grievances, including allegations of referee bias and a "rigging" of the...
In a country where xenophobia has a legacy, a recent well-funded iteration has emerged that feeds on post-apartheid failures and local insecurities - Don’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up here - It’s been a terrifying few...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian civilian was martyred and others were injured by Israeli gunfire on Wednesday, while another one succumbed to injuries sustained in a previous attack in the Gaza Strip. According to local sources, a truck driver was killed by Israeli...
As Israel's genocide in Gaza surpasses 1,000 days , the world still has limited access to the daily realities inside the enclave, with Gazans themselves becoming the primary witnesses documenting its devastation. Journalists from around the world have been barred...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,110 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Wednesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on Britain to end all military cooperation with Israel, warning that the country's treatment of detained Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya reflects a broader pattern of abuse...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces demolished a residential building in Sur Baher, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday, while carrying out demolition operations west of al-Khalil. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed Sur Baher and...
An annual United Nations report documented more than 38,000 verified grave violations against children in wars and armed conflicts worldwide in 2025. For the first time in the report's 30-year history, national armies and security forces, rather than armed...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has strongly denounced the Israeli assassination of Mohamed al‑Wahidi, director of the Egyptian committee’s public relations in Gaza. In its Wednesday statement, PCHR expressed grave concern over the Israeli strike that killed al-Wahidi...
"I remember the stench of death permeating the entire island as if it were yesterday, and the Favaloro pier carpeted with swollen, lifeless bodies," Maria, a flight attendant on DAT Airlines, about to land in Lampedusa, recounts Pope Francis's...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlement is not limited to establishing scattered housing units over the lands of the West Bank, but it is embodied as a comprehensive colonial system managed by the tools of law, force, funding, and political support. This...
In Axis Rules in Occupied Europe , the book in which he coined the term “genocide,” Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin explains that this crime does not necessarily involve killing the entirety of the targeted people, but the killing of...
Israeli settlers recently established an illegal outpost near the Bedouin community of Ma'azi Jaba', northeast of occupied Jerusalem , intensifying fears among residents that a months-long campaign of attacks and land seizures aims at displacing Palestinian Bedouin communities...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and at dawn Wednesday, raiding several homes and kidnaping at least three citizens. According to local sources, violent clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and...
Hello, Here are the key updates of the day: - The US launched “powerful” and "largest" strikes since the cease-fire against Iran after attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, including Qatari and Saudi tankers. The US also...
Hello, Here are the key updates of the day: - "As far as I'm concerned, it's over," US President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday when asked if the truce was intact. "It's just a waste...
If eight decades' worth of Palestinian souls killed by the Israeli occupation could speak, what would they say? If their spirits lingered in this world, would they haunt the Israeli settlers who stole the land their...
GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army assassinated Mohamed al‑Wahidi, director of the Egyptian committee’s public relations in Gaza, after targeting a civilian vehicle in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. Two other Palestinians were killed in the same strike. The Palestinian Information Center...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A new report by Peace Now and Kerem Navot, titled “Annus Mirabilis: Actions by the Israeli Government to Annex the West Bank, 2023–2025,” has concluded that the current Israeli government has advanced de facto annexation of the West...
Each year, hundreds of activists from Christians United for Israel (CUFI), America’s largest Zionist organization, descend on the Capitol for a marathon lobbying campaign. This time around, offices got a warning first. “You may get a visit later on from people...
Islam Times - Kuala Lumpur, a Malaysian parliamentary committee will hold a hearing on July 16 to examine a $96 million rare earths supply agreement between Australia's Lynas Rare Earths and the US Department of War amid concerns that the...
Ireland's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation banning imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, as Dublin presses ahead with one of Europe's most far-reaching trade measures over Israel's occupation. The Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of...
A few weeks ago, the Israeli occupation authorities expelled Father Louis Salman from Palestine. Originally Palestinian and holding a Jordanian passport, Fr. Louis was the parish priest of Beit Sahour, one of the most important Christian communities near...
The Iran war showed that the US cannot impose its will on the whole world – it is time to accept multipolarity. Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is...
GAZA, (PIC) UN experts and human rights groups are continuing to warn of the deteriorating health of detained Palestinian doctors Hussam Abu Safiya and Marwan Al-Hams inside Israeli prisons, amid growing calls for their immediate release and access to urgent medical...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reported an escalation in Israeli military violations against Palestinian journalists during June, documenting 89 violations targeting journalists, media workers, and media students amid the continued targeting of press work. A report issued Tuesday by the syndicate’s...
Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights stand in solidarity with organizations, movements, activists and communities in Florida impacted by two so-called anti-terrorism laws that went into effect on July 1, 2026, which represent a new state-level tool of...
Hamas said that it is prepared to dissolve its governing institutions in Gaza and transfer authority to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a key component of the US- and UN-backed ceasefire framework. As negotiations continue, Israeli...
Israel's refusal to renew a key water supply agreement with Jordan reflects a growing "weaponisation" of water in the region, experts have told The New Arab, after Israeli officials linked future supplies to warmer diplomatic relations...
GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinians, including a child, were martyred and four others were injured in Israeli strikes that targeted Gaza City on Tuesday evening. Ambulance crews from the Red Crescent reported that they transferred three martyrs and four wounded people to Al‑Quds...
Washington called last week on United Nations member states to stop funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). Speaking at the UNRWA annual pledging conference where donor states gathered to raise funds for the agency, United States Ambassador to...
At least half of the British public believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza , according to a new poll released on Tuesday, with majorities also backing tougher sanctions against Israel and distancing Britain from its longstanding...
At least half of the British public believes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza , according to a new poll released on Tuesday, with majorities also backing tougher sanctions against Israel and distancing Britain from its longstanding...
Less than a year after the UK formally recognised the State of Palestine, a Court of Appeal ruling has laid bare the scale of criminal proceedings linked to pro-Palestine activism, revealing hundreds of active cases connected to the...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,102 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Tuesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
More UK members of parliament and human rights groups are urging the British government to use its leverage over Israel to secure the release of detained Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya , with campaigners telling...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has expressed its regret that officials from the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah joined the Israeli occupation regime in attacking the positive step it took recently regarding the dissolution of the government emergency committee in the...
WASHINGTON, (PIC) A new AP-NORC poll has found a sharp decline in public support for Israel in the United States amid growing criticism of its war on Gaza and widening divisions within both major political parties over US policy. The survey, conducted...
Good afternoon, and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. You can track developments earlier today by visiting our previous live blog here . Here are the key developments so far today: • Funeral ceremonies...
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GAZA, (PIC) Power outages in the Gaza Strip are no longer merely a disruption of basic services. As summer approaches and temperatures continue to climb, the hardships of daily life have intensified. Families, already exhausted by war, now find themselves trapped between...
GAZA, (PIC) The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a new video as part of its documentary series Aqmar Al-Tufan, focusing on the life of field commander Ahmad Salim Al-Maghari, who was martyred late last year during clashes with...
US President Donald Trump says he will decide on a potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, as he begins a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit in Ankara. “It’s a decision we’re going...
As evening fell, the scene across the war-torn Gaza Strip looked very different from what organisers of the so-called ‘June 26 movement’ had envisioned. While small gatherings did take place, the public squares designated for demonstrations remained largely empty,...
ATLANTA, (PIC) Egypt national team coach Hossam Hassan renewed his solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza ahead of Egypt’s World Cup last-16 match against Argentina, saying his support was based on humanitarian principles rather than politics or religion. Speaking at a press conference,...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to the Islamic...
Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su By Jennifer KINGS As Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon and seeks to entrench its occupation of southern Lebanese territory despite repeated ceasefire violations, another front of...
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