The British government has lost an appeal against a court's decision to throw out a terrorism charge against a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap.
The British government has lost an appeal against a court's decision to throw out a terrorism charge against a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap.
β Only the cutting of US support sparked by Americaβs growing revulsion at the Israel-linked Epstein class will end Israelβs drive for regional domination β β Joe Gill
Spain has decided to remove its ambassador to Israel. This comes as Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been Europe's most vocal opponent of Israel's genocide in Gaza and its war on Iran, which it is waging alongside the US.
Restraint did not prevent war. The new Iranian leadership may now look to a much more dangerous approach to build a deterrent.
The GCC possesses a radical, unconventional, and highly effective tool to force an end to the hostilities; a collective and complete halt of all oil and gas exports
Western portrayals of the Islamic Republic as irrational and one-dimensional, devoid of political complexity, have helped ingrain prejudice and normalise a once-unthinkable war
Trump called for the US to take over the key Iranian oil export hub as early as 1988. Axios reported that the US and Israel held discussions about seizing Kharg Island last week. The 1988 Guardian interview demonstrates that this idea is not new.
The Israeli military has closed checkpoints around the West Bank, restricting Palestiniansβ movement as settler violence ramps up.
From Egypt to Iran, behind the language of security lies Israelβs doctrine of dominance that is dangerously redrawing the Middle-East
Settler gunfire killed Palestinians in two West Bank villages as they tried to defend their land. In the aftermath, soldiersβ tear gas induced a cardiac arrest.
Study of 40,000 articles from across 30 media outlets finds 'Muslims are systematically portrayed through lenses of conflict, threat, and controversy'
Why is the U.S. in Iran? Unfortunately, βTrump has repeatedly failed to articulate anything even resembling coherent about why the U.S. got into this war.β
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β As Iran stands firm, there is no clear exit strategy from a war driven by one man's ego and another's messianic vision β β David Hearst
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β As Iran stands firm, there is no clear exit strategy from a war driven by one man's ego and another's messianic vision β β David Hearst
European reluctance to condemn the Israeli-American intervention in Iran flies in the face of the continent's values. No one can believe that Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump's goal is to defend the interests of the Iranian people.
β Israel is using the illegal war on Iran to continue to kill and starve Gaza, steal more Palestinian land, and restrict movement in the West Bank. Don't look away β β DIANA BUTTU
If you cannot say what is true about Israelβs horrific actions in the world, you do not live in a democracy, writes fascism expert Jason Stanley.
β The interconnectedness of the two fronts is a reminder that the current conflict in the Middle East is not a domestic or national affair, but a broader crisis that could shape the future of US imperialism and Zionist settler-colonialism for decades to come. β β Hicham Safieddine
Dozens of MPs and peers have signed a letter calling for a formal British apology over the Balfour Declaration in 1917, which paved the way for the creation of Israel in 1948 and the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the Nakba.
Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions.
Human Rights Watch finds Israel repeatedly used white phosphorus over civilian homes in southern Lebanon during ongoing attacks.
"Beyond their profound animosity towards the current Iranian leadership, another key driver of the conflict is Iranβs vast oil reserves - the third-largest in the world. Controlling these resources would also enable the US-Israeli axis to increasingly cut China out of the equation"
β Jewish terrorism in the West Bank is escalating, claiming Palestinian lives, and no one in Israel cares. The army turns a blind eye at best and contributes its own share at worst. β The Jewish terror in the West Bank has a goal: expulsion.β
β Haaretz Editorial β’ archive.md/220Gi
The Strait of Hormuz is becoming a key battleground in the war on Iran, sending shockwaves through global energy markets and international shipping routes
Walid Khalidi (1925β2026) was a towering Palestinian historian and a pioneer in documenting the Nakba. A graduate of Oxford and professor at Harvard and AUB, he co-founded the Institute for Palestine Studies.
WATCH βΊ Soumaya Ghannoushi, a British Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics, says that the current war with Iran is the culmination of Benjamin Netanyahuβs long-standing ideological vision to remake the Middle East, a desire now granted by Donald Trump.
Female fighter pilots are now being celebrated for their role in destroying Iran, while women in Gaza struggle to survive
β Israel's war of regional supremacy & violent expansionist vision will not end with Iran β it will turn towards Arab Gulf states next β β David Hearst
β This conflict could prove to be Washington's most perilous adventure yet - the classic story of a superpower overreaching β β Soumaya Ghannoushi
β Americans shouldn't be fooled by US evangelical propaganda & anti-Muslim rhetoric used by the military & Trump administration to justify their war on Iran. β
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β This strategy rests on an assumption that a weaker Iran would produce a more stable region. In reality, destabilising one of the Middle Eastβs largest and most strategically important states could unleash forces far more dangerous than the status quo. β β Alexander Clackson