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US President Donald Trump has publicly criticised Israel's military tactics in Lebanon , saying whole residential buildings should not be bombed in the alleged pursuit of Hezbollah fighters. Speaking at the G7 summit in Evian, France,...

MENA

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday said his country had been cooperating "under the radar" with Somaliland for years, as he met with the breakaway African state's president. In December, Israel became the first country to recognise the independence...

MENA

If there is one conclusion to be drawn from the latest confrontation involving Iran, the United States, and Israel , it is the remarkably short life of Donald Trump’s “America First” doctrine. Trump returned to power promising...

War & Peace, america first, Iran

As regional powers and international diplomats focus on the implications of the recent US-Iran ceasefire and the prospect of all-out violence, residents of eastern Gaza City are confronting a very different reality. Over recent nights, Israeli forces...

MENA

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) A total of 107 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Wednesday morning under heavy protection from Israeli occupation police forces, the Islamic Waqf Department in occupied Jerusalem said. The settlers entered through the Maghareba Gate in successive...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

Israel's mass evacuation orders and restrictions on civilians returning to their homes in southern Lebanon amount to unlawful transfer, a war crime under international humanitarian law, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International . The rights group...

MENA

Don’t miss your chance win two tickets to see Irish sporting legend Katie Taylor defend her world titles in her last ever bout, which will be one of the biggest nights in Irish boxing history. With thanks to a kind...

Fundraiser, Press releases

The mainstream US legacy media's complicit role in Israel's genocide in Gaza has been well documented. Adam Johnson's book How to Sell a Genocide: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza (Pluto Press, 2026) goes a step...

Book Club

AL-KHALIL, (PIC) In a scene that summarizes the path of Israeli policy towards the occupied West Bank, the extremist Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stood before a crowd of settlers on a hill south of al-Khalil, to announce what he described...

Reports, al-Khalil, Annexation policy

CAPITALS, (PIC) Talking about the trends of global solidarity with Palestine is no longer a marginal matter measured by the number of official statements or the volume of seasonal coverage. What has been happening in recent years, and especially since the...

Reports, Global Alliance for Palestine, Palestine

Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in a village north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the local mayor said. The incident comes amid an increase in attacks against Palestinian communities by fanatical Israeli settlers...

MENA

Progressives had another big night in the Democratic primaries , with a democratic socialist leading in the mayoral race in Washington, DC and a Palestinian American progressive, Ruwa Romman, winning a state primary in Georgia. As of late...

World

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued overnight and early Wednesday raids across multiple areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem, carrying out searches, arrests, and field interrogations. In Nablus, IOF troops entered the city and the New Askar refugee...

News, Arrests, Israeli violations

WEST BANK, (PIC) The occupied West Bank and Jerusalem witnessed a major escalation overnight and into Wednesday morning, marked by coordinated Israeli military raids and a wave of settler attacks targeting Palestinian communities, homes, and property. Violence intensified across several areas in...

News, Occupied Jerusalem, settler violence

Hello, Here are the latest key updates: - Iranian officials hailed the agreement with the US as a "diplomatic victory". For his part, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed any agreement with the US must include the release of frozen Iranian assets,...

MENA

As Israeli officials lash out against a preliminary deal to end the war in Iran, President Donald Trump is returning the favor. “I'm not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon,” Trump said Tuesday. “Israel would have...

Weapons-sales, Military-aid, Trump-administration

When Kamel Hawwash retired from academia last year, he imagined a quieter life. Instead, he entered May's local elections in Birmingham and made history. By winning a seat in Stirchley, Hawwash became the UK's first councillor of Palestinian...

Interviews

FIFA is reportedly considering staging a football match between the Palestinian and Israeli U-15 national teams ahead of a global youth football festival in the United States in September, a proposal likely to spark outrage among Palestinian football...

Sports

WEST BANK, (PIC) A group of 42 members of the US Congress has called on the State Department to disclose how much money the Israeli government spends on building and expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, reflecting growing demands within...

News, Israeli violations, Settlement annexation

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said that the statements and measures announced by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich regarding the city of al-Khalil represent a dangerous escalation in efforts to Judaize the occupied West Bank and a new attempt to...

News, al-Khalil, Hamas Movement

Anas Mohammed recounts his own experience and details of what he said took place during his time in Israeli custody after his boat in the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces on international waters. Some readers may find...

Perspectives

The son of imprisoned Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya has described his devastation after Israel's Supreme Court rejected his father's appeal against detention on Tuesday, leaving the prominent physician jailed without charge despite mounting concerns over his health. In...

MENA

The Palestinian presidency has warned that a decision announced by the far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to revoke parts of the Hebron agreements represents a dangerous escalation that threatens the political and legal status...

MENA

Abdul Hamid Abdul Muti thought the meal he had prepared for his family would offer a brief moment of normality amid life in a displacement camp. Instead, within hours, the 44-year-old was doubled over with stomach cramps, vomiting repeatedly and suffering...

MENA

Mossad ameaçou procuradora do TPI em casa para parar investigações sobre Gaza. Tribunal persegue Putin e Kadafi, mas protege aliados dos EUA. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Fatou Bensouda, ex-procuradora-chefe do...

Português, Gaza Strip, International Criminal Court

Former high-ranking Biden administration officials should arguably be facing charges at the International Criminal Court for complicity in the Gaza genocide. Instead, they’re embraced by polite society and enjoy influential posts in corporate media...

Activism, Column, Media

By launching a railway corridor stretching from Mecca to Istanbul via Amman and Damascus, with potential extensions to Oman and Lebanon , Saudi Arabia and Turkey could diversify their economies and expand their geopolitical influence....

In-depth

Over 60 MPs and Lords have demanded answers over illegal shipments of weaponry from Britain to Israel via Belgium. MPs who have signed the letter include Diane Abbott, Richard Burgon, John McDonnell, and Hannah Spencer, while the Lords include Baroness Sayeeda...

Archive, Arms Trade, Middle East

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has amended the law governing elections to the Palestinian National Council , a move analysts say could reshape Palestinian political representation as the leadership prepares for long-delayed elections amid internal divisions and mounting...

MENA

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestine Center for Prisoners Studies said Israel’s policy of administrative detention is systematically designed to disrupt the normal course of Palestinian prisoners’ lives and deprive them of social, professional and educational stability. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the...

News, Administrative detention, Israeli violations

Netanyahu always says “What you own belongs to me” By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In addition to the regular lethal American and Israeli attacks on Iran, last week...

Editor's Choice, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump

A group of children sit near a garden in Tamasgo Primary, in Burkina Faso, which is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Credit: UNICEF Office in Burkina Faso By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 2026 (IPS) A...

Africa, Asia-Pacific, Climate Action

A dozen Israeli company stands were shut down on Monday at a major international defence and security exhibition outside Paris, after French authorities enforced restrictions on the display of Israeli military equipment amid growing scrutiny of Israel...

World

GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike in central Gaza as ceasefire violations continued. Local sources reported that an Israeli drone targeted an area near Al-Nouri Tower, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing two people. Israeli...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

The UK government has referred the Great Israeli Real Estate event to the Advertising Standards Authorities (ASA) as it has emerged that properties for sale in illegal Israeli settlements were promoted at the show. Organisers had said last week that all...

Archive, Middle East, Top Stories

GAZA, (PIC) As summer sets in with soaring temperatures, the suffering of Gaza people is reaching unprecedented levels. A new and harsh chapter of daily hardship is unfolding, driven by the widespread and systematic destruction of water infrastructure during the Israeli...

Reports, Gaza Strip, Israeli genocide

GAZA, (PIC) Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded the arrival of five new martyrs and eight injuries over the past 24 hours, according to the daily statistical report issued by the Ministry of Health, amid the ongoing Israeli assault. The ministry stressed...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

GENEVA, (PIC) Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has taken exceptional and involuntary measures in response to a systematic Israeli campaign of disinformation, defamation, incitement, and direct and indirect threats targeting the organization, its chairman, and members of its team. The campaign escalated...

News, Euro-Med Monitor, Gaza Strip

June did not bring the long-awaited summer to much of Europe. And for Germany, the forecast was particularly grim. Earlier this month , Germany failed for the first time to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council,...

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The resignations of Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns have hastened the demise of the Premiership of Keir Starmer. As Britain looks towards a new Prime Minister, their credibility will be tested by whether...

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