Gaza is being offered coercion, not reconstruction ■ Israel kills teen in West Bank ■ Will Netanyahu try to “steal” election? ■ In Lebanon, ceasefire in name only ■ Israel takes center stage in US politics
“Over the past two and a half years, Gaza has served to a large extent as a testing laboratory not only for methods of warfare, but also for the architecture of starvation and the management of a population through deprivation,” the report states.
“Stop saying ceasefire” ■ Surprise! – Israel has been lying to us all along about Gaza’s hunger crisis ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, US and world politics
Two and a half years after October 7, foreign journalists remain locked out; the only way in has been agreeing to Israel’s terms. The Columbia Journasm Review describes this as a “Subversion of Reality”
Israeli soldiers went door to door in the border village of Ain Arab, forcing residents from their homes at gunpoint as part of a systematic campaign to empty large swathes of southern Lebanon.
According to the head of the teachers’ union, every student who becomes a soldier is proof the education system is succeeding – despite students failing at math, language and humanities. But how can a school system that raises soldiers eager to fight ever churn out peacemakers?
UN issues its strongest warning to date, stating that Israel‑backed colonizer violence in the West Bank has reached “unprecedented” levels in 2026 and poses an “existential risk” to Palestinian communities.
The Gush Etzion Regional Council has issued an unprecedented public statement acknowledging ritualistic sexual abuse cases within its communities, ending a prolonged period of denial and silence.
West Bank wrestles with Israeli land theft, detentions ■ Chilling detail in Israeli weapons sales ■ If Israel keeps attacking Lebanon, Gaza, shipping problems could get much worse ■ Israel and world politics
Israeli ceasefire violations abound in Gaza ■ All kinds of provocations in West Bank ■ Israel’s record-breaking weapons sales ■ Latest from Iran, Lebanon, US politics, and more