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Summarising the Israeli government’s position on Iran

‘If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn’t care...

Trump’s new economic squeeze on Iran has a big challenge: China

Didi Tang & Farnoush Amiri AP / August 26, 2026 WASHINGTON – The “ economic onslaught ” that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran’s...

Netherlands doubles down on settlement sanctions as Israel expels Dutch from...

Oliver Mizzi The New Arab / August 26, 2026 The commitment comes as Israel expelled Dutch personnel from the US-backed International Support Centre for Gaza. London –...

[UK] Hundreds of academics and lawyers urge Burnham to lift Palestine...

Imran Mulla Middle East Eye / August 26, 2026 Letter also urges British prime minister to end UK's military cooperation with Israel. More than 250 academics and...

Iran faces Strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold...

Patrick Wintour The Guardian / August 26, 2026 Internal calls to end war get louder as Gulf neighbours plan alternative pipelines to cut reliance on waterway. Is...

Iran warns of military ship ban in Hormuz under potential deal...

AP / August 26, 2026 JERUSALEM – Iran will not allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under an agreement the Islamic...

‘My land is forbidden to me’: Israel’s settlement push encircles Jenin

Fayha Shalash & Muhammad Ateeq Middle East Eye / August 26, 2026 Land seizures, demolitions and military expansion are transforming the northern West Bank, as Jewish...

Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the...

Elis Gjevori Middle East Eye / August 26, 2026 The ruling comes amid growing attacks by extremist Jewish settlers against Christians in occupied East Jerusalem and...

With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of...

Rafael Behr The Guardian / August 26, 2026 Everyone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing...

USS Abraham Lincoln heads to Thailand for a brief stop after...

Jintamas Saksornchai AP / August 26, 2026 BANGKOK – The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will make a stop in Thailand after its gruelling deployment...

Taybeh – ‘We suffer together’

Selma Dabbagh London Review of Books / August 25, 2026 Taybeh, on a hilltop near Ramallah, is the site of the Middle East’s oldest microbrewery, which...

Gulf between Hezbollah and Lebanese state grows wider as Israeli occupation...

William Christou & Ali Awada The Guardian / August 25, 2026 People in south of country rely on group’s longstanding social welfare system that cash-strapped state...

China warns US of retaliation over expansion of Iran sanctions

MEE Staff Middle East Eye / August 25, 2026 Beijing says it will defend Chinese companies against secondary sanctions. China on Tuesday warned the US that it...

U.S. threatens new economic war on Iran by targeting China &...

Democracy Now ! / August 25, 2026 Guest: Nicholas Mulder – associate professor of history at Cornell University and a specialist in sanctions. Link: The Economic...

China is the biggest buyer of Iran’s oil – could US...

TG Staff The Guardian / August 25, 2026 The US has put the world on notice to cease doing business with Iran, but experts say Washington...

Trump ignored warnings from Tulsi Gabbard and US intelligence the Iran...

Joe Sommerlad The Independent / August 25, 2026 President Donald Trump was warned against attacking Iran in February by U.S. intelligence chiefs, who suggested it could backfire and usher...

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