Middle East

Donald Trump (R) hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) in the White House in Washington DC., United States on February 04, 2025.

Gazans Have a Message for Trump: We’re Not Going Anywhere Gazans Have a Message for Trump: We’re Not Going Anywhere

The president wants to clear the territory and take it for the US. But people here are adamant: "I will never, ever leave my land."

Feb 6, 2025 / Noor Alyacoubi

Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the north of Gaza on February 3, 2025.

Everything Is Destroyed in Gaza. But I Still Feel the Pulse of Life. Everything Is Destroyed in Gaza. But I Still Feel the Pulse of Life.

When I am finally able to return to the ruins of what was my house, I will do so, not to weep, but to make a promise to rebuild it.

Feb 5, 2025 / Lujayn

Newspapers inn Tehran, Iran, report that Donald Trump has officially taken office as president of United States, on January 21, 2025.

Can Trump Make a Deal With Iran? Can Trump Make a Deal With Iran?

More likely, things will unravel quickly, with war on the horizon.

Feb 3, 2025 / Bob Dreyfuss

Still leaning left?: Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Senate Democrats Are Attacking Tulsi Gabbard for the Wrong Reasons Senate Democrats Are Attacking Tulsi Gabbard for the Wrong Reasons

Preferring to defend spy agencies and line up behind the hawkish consensus, the bipartisan elite ignores the director of national intelligence nominee’s rampant Islamophobia.

Jan 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally outside the New York Times building on January 18, 2025.

“The New York Times” Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide “The New York Times” Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide

The paper told my organization that we couldn’t use the word “genocide” in a paid ad. So we walked away.

Jan 24, 2025 / Joyce Ajlouny

Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2024.

Under Trump, Taxpayers Will Continue to Foot the Bill for Israel’s War Crimes Under Trump, Taxpayers Will Continue to Foot the Bill for Israel’s War Crimes

Were it just about any other country than Israel committing such a genocide, Washington would have cut off arms shipments months ago.

Jan 23, 2025 / Stan Cox

Palestinians transport belongings in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, on January 22, 2025, as residents return following a ceasefire deal days earlier between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group.

In Gaza, We’re Caught Between Hope and Despair In Gaza, We’re Caught Between Hope and Despair

The ceasefire was cause for jubilation and relief. But the nightmare of the genocide lingers on.

Jan 23, 2025 / Eman Alhaj Ali

Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Free Ismail Lghazaoui! Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Morocco sentenced the Palestine solidarity activist to prison just for protesting. But the trail of his persecution runs from Israel across the Atlantic to New Jersey and Texas.

Jan 22, 2025 / Nasreen Abd Elal and Rayan El Amine

How Biden’s Foreign Policy Destroyed His Presidency

How Biden’s Foreign Policy Destroyed His Presidency How Biden’s Foreign Policy Destroyed His Presidency

Biden's domestic agenda was the most progressive of any president since Lyndon Johnson. But it was entwined with a foreign policy that leaves his legacy drowned in blood.

Jan 17, 2025 / Feature / Jeet Heer

A child recovers books from the rubble of a building hit in Israeli strikes the previous night in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2025.

A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine

The agreement may reduce the intensity of Israel’s killing spree, but it is likely to usher in a grueling new phase of ethnic cleansing, with Trump’s full support.

Jan 16, 2025 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa

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