Middle East

A protester holds up crossed-out portraits of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration near the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on January 16, 2026, against Israel and recent US threats of military action in Iran, and in support of the Iranian regime and its supreme leader.

This Is Not Solidarity. It Is Predation. This Is Not Solidarity. It Is Predation.

The Iranian people are caught between severe domestic repression and external powers that exploit their suffering.

Jan 16, 2026 / Sina Toossi

Jews for a Free Palestine

Jews for a Free Palestine Jews for a Free Palestine

Being anti-genocide isn’t antisemitic.

Jan 8, 2026 / OppArt / Nicole Schulman

A billboard depicting symbolic images of former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iranian athletes is hung on a state building in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 6, 2026.

The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack

How Trump’s illegal 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani—and the West’s indifferent response—laid the groundwork for the brazen abduction of Nicolás Maduro.

Jan 7, 2026 / Séamus Malekafzali

Winter In Gaza

Winter In Gaza Winter In Gaza

Children are suffering as aid is blocked by Israel.

Jan 2, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his plane to Sharm El-Sheikh, on October 13, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Netanyahu Is Destroying Trump’s Flimsy Peace Plans Netanyahu Is Destroying Trump’s Flimsy Peace Plans

The talk of a new Middle East is belied by Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.

Dec 29, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Blind to Brutality: The Palestinian Death Toll Surpasses 70,000

Blind to Brutality: The Palestinian Death Toll Surpasses 70,000 Blind to Brutality: The Palestinian Death Toll Surpasses 70,000

Over 70,525 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza; scholars estimate that 80 percent were civilians, largely women and children.

Dec 15, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029?

What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029? What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029?

Kristi Kremed.

Dec 12, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Hend’s family during their olive harvest season in 2024. Photo courtesy of Hend Salama Abo Helow

Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In. Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In.

My family's olive trees have stood in Gaza for decades. Despite genocide, drought, pollution, toxic mines, uprooting, bulldozing, and burning, they're still here—and so are we.

Dec 11, 2025 / Hend Salama Abo Helow

Destruction of Our Heart

Destruction of Our Heart Destruction of Our Heart

From Gaza to Somalia, around the world people are struggling to survive.

Dec 9, 2025 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper

People participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York City on June 29, 2025.

Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People

Palestinian identity can “upend the whole world order, if done right, if spun right, if we activate it enough. And I think queerness is a very similar kind of identity.”

Dec 5, 2025 / Jad Salfiti

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