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If you ask President Donald Trump, he is winning the Iran war, implementing a “comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict,” and making serious progress on ending the war in Ukraine. So much winning — on Main Street, in the Persian...

Known as “one of Israel’s staunchest allies in the American defense establishment,” Ret. Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, who just retired from his post as head of U.S. Central Command last summer, will feel right at home presenting the keynote at...

Michael-kurilla, Miriam-adelson, Aipac

Known as “one of Israel’s staunchest allies in the American defense establishment,” Ret. Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, who just retired from his post as head of U.S. Central Command last summer, will feel right at home presenting the keynote at...

Michael-kurilla, Miriam-adelson, Aipac

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Thousands of Israeli settlers took part on Thursday evening in the provocative “Flag March” in the Damascus Gate area, one of the most famous entrances of Occupied Jerusalem’s Old City, under heavy protection from Israeli police forces. The march...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Hamas Movement

GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured on Thursday evening by Israeli occupation forces in northern Gaza, raising the number of people killed since the morning hours to four. A local source said two civilians were killed and...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

The Bahraini authorities have launched a draconian crackdown targeting Shia Muslims under the guise of combating “Iranian networks” and “terrorist plots” following suit from neighbouring Gulf State amid the US-Israeli war against Iran. While portraying their actions as self defense,...

Foreign Affairs, Front Page: Foreign Affairs, News

Hezbollah has discovered a low cost cheat code that has rendered Israel’s modern military equipment obsolete- the First Person View (FPV) Drone. A weapon so cheap and simple that is wiping out hundreds of millions worth of Israel’s military and...

Foreign Affairs, Front Page: Foreign Affairs, Top Story

Trump’s catastrophic miscalculation in Iran and refusal to accept the inevitability of defeat is pushing us towards a global depression and ensuring the suffering and immiseration of millions. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent...

Economics, Finance, Geopolitics

Israeli nationalists swept through the narrow streets of Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday, chanting "Death to Arabs" and "May your villages burn" during the annual Jerusalem Day march, while many Palestinian residents remained barricaded indoors. Every year, tens of...

MENA

Israel says it is taking legal action against The New York Times for defamation, after the US outlet published a story citing Palestinian survivors' accounts of rape by Israeli forces. The move was announced by Israel on its...

World

As the results for last week’s UK local elections came in, one thing became abundantly clear: the Green Party, which campaigned on a pro-Palestine stance, is a serious threat to the governing Labour Party. Many commentators - and even...

In-depth

Israel's ruling coalition on Wednesday submitted a proposal to dissolve parliament to pave the way for early elections as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came under mounting attack from ultra-Orthodox parties. The move, initiated by Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party...

MENA

The Eurovision Song Contest has faced a sharp decline in viewership as the first semi-finals were broadcast on Tuesday, as calls to boycott the competition grew over Israel’s participation. When comparing viewership from 2025, there was a loss of...

World

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, affirmed that “the criminal aggression of the Zionist occupation and its settlers, through their incursions and flag marches in Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, are futile attempts to alter the identity of...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Hamas Movement

The United Nations rights chief on Wednesday called on Israel to repeal a newly established special military tribunal to try Palestinians accused of taking part in Hamas's October 7 attacks. Israel's parliament passed a law establishing the tribunal, with...

MENA

A Jewish-led organization dedicated to fighting antisemitism was among the groups and individuals who have condemned attacks on The New York Times and one of its most prominent columnists, who published accounts by alleged Palestinian victims of sexual abuse perpetrated by Israeli soldiers and...

Opinion, Common Dreams, Gaza

A US judge on Wednesday imposed a temporary injunction on sanctions imposed last year by Washington on a United Nations expert on the occupied Palestinian territories. UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese was sanctioned in...

World

The fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s government in Syria in December 2024, coupled with successive Israeli military campaigns against Iran since October 2024 and the setbacks endured by Hezbollah during the 2023–24 conflict, have fostered a prevailing sense in...

Analysis

London police were on Thursday gearing up for one of their largest operations in recent years, a deployment of several thousand officers to keep the peace when far-right activist Tommy Robinson and pro-Palestinian groups hold duelling weekend marches. London's...

World

GAZA, (PIC) The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs in the Gaza Strip said on Thursday that more than 10,000 Palestinians from the Strip were deprived of performing the Hajj pilgrimage during three years of the Israeli war of genocide. It mentioned...

News, Gaza Strip, Hajj

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, coinciding with what Israel calls “Jerusalem Day,” and ahead of the annual “Flag March” marking Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967 according to the...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Ben Gvir

GAZA, (PIC) In Gaza, the Nakba is no longer a memory in which Palestinians recall the stories of displacement in 1948, but has turned into a daily reality lived by more than 1.5 million displaced people, amidst tents, hunger, and fear,...

Reports, Displacement camps, Gaza Strip

Shocking footage of a French nun being assaulted in broad daylight in Jerusalem’s Old City at the end of April sparked widespread outrage among church figures, amid warnings of a surge in attacks by Israeli settlers and the...

In-depth

Israel is expanding civilian security preparedness in communities near the Gaza border through a new training program led by Magen 48, a non-profit civilian-led initiative, in cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces. The program, created after the October 7 Hamas...

Long War Journal, News, Gaza

Fanatical Israeli settlers, headed by a Knesset member, stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday, performing Talmudic rituals and provoking worshippers under heavy Israeli police protection. The latest attack on Islam's third holiest site coincides with Israel’s annual " Flag Day...

MENA

More than 81,000 complaints have been filed against several British right-wing newspapers over their coverage of Misan Harriman , the photographer, activist and chair of London's Southbank Centre, in an unprecedented backlash against a "smear campaign". Following the...

World

Israel pursues its own interests; can America? By Bruce FEIN Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su President George Washington warned in his timeless Farewell Address: A passionate attachment of one nation for another...

Editor's Choice, Iran, Israel

Israel is pressing ahead with plans to build a major military and government complex over the ruins of the former UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem, months after Israeli authorities bulldozed parts of the compound in a move...

MENA

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Palestinian warnings are increasing regarding Israeli plans described as the most dangerous since the occupation of Jerusalem, coinciding with the so-called 59th Hebrew anniversary of the occupation of the city, amid indications that the occupation government and Temple...

Jerusalem, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

“Let them” is fashionable advice now. Let them misunderstand you. Let them stir chaos. The fear is that we are “letting” everything happen now. The most dangerous war of our lives has been sweeping an entire region; we let it. Our...

Perspectives

"Caricature strips powerful people of their prestige," and this is the essence of the fear Israel and its supporters have of this satirical art form, according to Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj, who told The New Arab that he...

MENA

In the corners of makeshift tents, tucked inside bags that survived Israel's bombing and carried in the exhausted hands of the displaced, the key remains more than a rusted piece of metal. Since the Nakba of 1948 , Palestinians have...

Society

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement ( Fatah ) kicked off on Thursday its eighth general conference across the occupied Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Egypt, as it seeks to project unity and organisational renewal while facing mounting public frustration during Israel's...

MENA

The UK government used fake organisations and forged documents to disrupt its enemies and protect its interests amid the Cold War, declassified files show. The information comes in a series of highly sensitive files which were released to the...

Archive, Media, Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's office said on Wednesday that the Israeli leader quietly visited the United Arab Emirates during the US-Israeli war on Iran. However, the UAE later denied that any meeting had taken place, let alone a...

MENA

Over the course of the past three years, a financial intelligence and auditing firm, K2 Integrity has inked deals with three MENA central banks to improve their capacity to combat money laundering and fraud. But K2 Integrity’s mandate goes well...

For the record

"I was violently handcuffed and forced to lie down on my face," begins Saif Abu Keshek , recounting the abuse he faced at the hands of Israeli forces after being abducted from a Gaza-bound flotilla in international waters...

Interviews

RAMALLAH, (PIC) Zakaria Ali Qattousah was carrying nothing but the worry of supporting his four children when he headed out at dawn like thousands of Palestinian workers, attempting to cross the separation wall to reach his work inside Israel. However, Zakaria’s pursuit...

Zionist Terrorism, Israeli crimes, Palestinian workers

GAZA, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces continue carrying out shelling and heavy gunfire across various areas of the Gaza Strip on Thursday amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement. Two Palestinians were killed and others seriously injured in an Israeli drone strike in...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

LONDON, (PIC) The Arab and Palestinian community leaders in London have addressed an urgent message to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer demanding protection for their planned Nakba anniversary march on May 16, 2026. The message read as follows: “We, the undersigned...

News, London protests, Palestine supporters

WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread raids across multiple areas of the West Bank early Thursday and into the morning, triggering confrontations, arrests, and extensive home invasions. Dozens of houses were searched, belongings vandalized, and residents subjected to...

News, Arrests, Israeli violations
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