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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...

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...

In 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...

RAMALLAH/ 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...

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...

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...

By 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...

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...

Britain’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...

GAZA, (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...

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...

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 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...

An Israeli police officer confiscated a Hungarian flag from a protester during a demonstration in Israel last week on the grounds that it bore too much resemblance to a Palestinian flag , and that it could cause "provocation". The protester...

Israeli security officials and residents near the border with Egypt have raised concerns over planned Egyptian military exercises involving live fire close to the frontier, according to Israeli media reports. The concerns follow what was described...

Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections , election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip...