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...
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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...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and early Tuesday morning, raiding homes and kidnaping Palestinian citizens. In al-Khalil, Israeli forces stormed the town of Idhna to the west, raided a guest...
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...
Israel using water access as 'weapon' in Gaza: MSF
Full ArticleIsraeli 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...
Solidarity for Whom?
Full ArticleCredit: 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 violations in the West Bank escalated on Monday, ranging from settler attacks on residents south of Nablus to demolition orders targeting dozens of structures north of Occupied Jerusalem, alongside road closures and the bulldozing of agricultural land...
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...
Kosovo has moved toward contributing forces for the International Stabilization Force (ISF) mission in Gaza, sending a military team to assess a future deployment area and coordinate with local and multinational officials. The security situation in Gaza remains tense despite...
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...
GAZA, (PIC) The deputy minister of economy in Gaza, Hasan Abu Rayala, has affirmed that the Israeli genocidal war on the Strip “has not ended, but has merely shifted in its tools and methods,” describing the blockade as “one of the...
Hearing this week on bill to repeal Illinois’ discriminatory BDS bill Statement from State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid on the drive to repeal the discriminatory anti-BDS Bill in Pringfield: The Illinois Human Rights Advocacy Protection Act, HB 2723, is officially in...
WEST BANK, (PIC) At all hours, day, night, and dawn, Israeli military raids across the West Bank have become a routine, organized pattern. Armored vehicles lead the incursions, followed by house searches, arrests, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure, all framed...
Earlier in April, Israel’s security cabinet approved the establishment of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. It was the largest single announcement on record, bringing the total number of Israeli settlements okayed by the current...
For Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic
Full ArticleIn the wake of the temporary US/Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations, with a faith in the power of Washington’s military might that was...
GAZA, (PIC) The health and food crisis in Gaza is deepening, with medical and official warnings of severe repercussions that could endanger thousands of lives, especially among children. Meanwhile, families in shelters and displacement camps are facing harsh living conditions, marked by...
Palestinian Ministry, UNOPS sign deal to boost infrastructure recovery in Gaza and West Bank
Full ArticleRAMALLAH/ PNN / The Palestinian Ministry of Public Works and Housing and the United Nations Office for Project Services on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at accelerating infrastructure recovery and reconstruction efforts across the Gaza Strip and the...
Israel reportedly deployed an Iron Dome air defence battery, and several dozen troops to operate it, to the United Arab Emirates early in the war with Iran , marking the first known operational use of the system...
Israeli forces carried out a series of large-scale raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank overnight on Sunday and throughout Monday, amid continued Israeli violence in the Palestinian territory. Israeli military troops raided the Qalandia refugee camp...
Relatives of dozens of Syrians detained in the southwestern province of Quneitra by Israeli forces held a protest on Sunday outside the foreign ministry building in Damascus, demanding the government make efforts to secure the release of their...
Relatives of dozens of Syrians detained in the southwestern province of Quneitra by Israeli forces held a protest on Sunday outside the foreign ministry building in Damascus, demanding the government make efforts to secure the release of their...
Gaza's first elections in nearly two decades did not generate widespread public enthusiasm. Local elections in Deir al-Balah produced a strikingly low turnout of just 23 per cent, turning what was meant to signal political resilience and national...
GAZA, (PIC) On the eve of summer in the Gaza Strip, a severe water crisis is intensifying at an unprecedented level. Widespread destruction of infrastructure caused by Israeli attacks, combined with a sharp decline in usable water supplies, has pushed more...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian child was martyred and another citizen was injured in an Israeli shooting attack in northern Gaza on Monday, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 200th consecutive day. According to media sources, 15-year-old Ayham al-Omari was killed another citizen...
Israel's military strategy in Gaza has evolved beyond direct occupation into a fragmentation campaign, backing at least five Palestinian armed groups in an attempt to dismantle Hamas governance and create a chaotic security vacuum that deepens control over the...
BETHLEHEM, (PIC) Israeli settlers opened live fire on Palestinian residents on Monday in the town of Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, in what locals describe as part of a growing pattern of violence aimed at forcing...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,593 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Monday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
SICILY, (PIC) The “Spring 2026 mission,” part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, set sail on Sunday from the Italian island of Sicily, aiming to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians. According to flotilla sources,...
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Monday said he "categorically rejects" the Lebanese leadership’s efforts to engage with Israel in direct talks, amid repeated Israeli attacks and continued hostilities. Qassem said in a statement that these talks "do not...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has defended his decision to engage directly with Israel following criticism from Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Monday, stressing that he would not accept a "humiliating agreement". Speaking at the presidential palace during...
Donald Trump Goes to War
Full ArticleBy Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Using America’s sons and daughters to devastate the world Sometimes a seemingly insignificant story tells one more about what is going on than the...
GAZA, (PIC) The Forum of Palestinian Journalists (FPJ) has applauded international broadcasters’ decision to boycott the Eurovision song contest to be held next month in Vienna, saying they have “sided with truth and humanity.” In a statement on Monday, FPJ welcomed Ireland...
Il Litani non è soltanto il principale fiume del Libano: è una linea di vita per acqua, agricoltura ed energia, ma anche uno spazio conteso da oltre un secolo. Oggi il progetto israeliano di controllo fino al fiume ripropone in...
The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, co-sponsored by the United States and tasked with coordinating aid to Palestinians, met last week with representatives of the Palestinian Authority and the so-called Board of Peace. Yet behind this carefully staged humanitarian...
Credit: Phil Nijhuis/ANP via AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Apr 27 2026 (IPS) Yasmin Ullah, from Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority, is determined to see justice. On 13 April, she filed a complaint alleging genocide against Myanmar’s president, Min Aung Hlaing, to...
Washington will not be able to think straight about Iran, and will opt for the wrong tactics. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Some fifteen years ago I wrote that western...
By Farwa Imtiaz On 20 April 2026 the Jerusalem District Planning Committee approved an 11-storey ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious school known as Or Somayach, or the Glassman Yeshiva, in the heart of Sheikh Jarrah (Occupied Jerusalem). The project will rise on five...
Why don’t UK media mention the Israel lobby?
Full ArticleBritain’s national media fails to recognise the influence – and even the existence – of an Israel lobby, our new media analysis shows. Declassified researched two years of reporting by seven British media outlets and found only...
How long will borders control fate of Gaza students?
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) Humanitarian crises continue to pile up in the Gaza Strip, and the suffering of students stranded out of the Strip or those who won scholarships abroad is one of the most urgent issues. Educational opportunities for such students become a...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night and on Monday morning different areas of the West Bank, raiding homes and kidnaping several Palestinian citizens. According to media sources, the IOF carried out raids on homes in the town...
Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least three people on Sunday, including a woman, the enclave's civil defence agency said. Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily Israeli violence, while strikes and demolitions also continue....
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli attacks on fishing boats off the coast of Gaza continue, amid repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement, worsening the hardship faced by thousands of fishermen who have lost their livelihoods. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli forces continue to open fire...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A group of settlers attacked on Sunday evening Palestinian civilian vehicles in the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank. Local sources reported that the settlers gathered at the western entrance of the town...
Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government in the upcoming election expected later this year. The former prime ministers -...
Palestinian authorities call local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank a success
Full ArticlePalestinian authorities said Sunday that local elections in a single Gaza community and the occupied West Bank were a success and called them a step toward a long-delayed presidential election in the territories and eventual statehood. The Palestinian...
Israeli strikes on Sunday killed at least three people in Gaza , including a woman, the enclave's civil defence agency said. Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes and attacks continue. "Three martyrs and...
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