Middle East

Motorists drive past a political billboard featuring US President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz at Valiasr Square in Tehran, Iran, on May 26, 2026.

Trump’s Fickle Iran Policy Trump’s Fickle Iran Policy

He is now a rudderless potentate.

Jun 1, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

Mahmud Abbas delivers a speech during the eighth Fatah Conference in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on May 14, 2026.

The Palestinian Authority Is Being Strangled to Death The Palestinian Authority Is Being Strangled to Death

Israel is engineering the collapse of the West Bank’s governing body—a key step on the way to full annexation.

Jun 1, 2026 / Theia Chatelle

Hebrew Nationalist Hot Dogs

Hebrew Nationalist Hot Dogs Hebrew Nationalist Hot Dogs

Flotilla the Hun.

May 29, 2026 / Steve Brodner

US President Donald Trump holds an umbrella as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 22, 2026.

Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully

Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.

May 29, 2026 / Jeet Heer

International Solidarity

International Solidarity International Solidarity

In Barcelona, walls become voices for Palestine.

May 27, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, left, hold signed documents during an Abraham Accords signing ceremony event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.

Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering Trump’s Abraham Accords Fantasy Will Only Cause More Suffering

Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.

May 26, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Waiting

Waiting Waiting

In the dark.

May 26, 2026 / OppArt / Nasrin Sheykhi

“Why Did So Many People Think This War Was a Good Idea?”

“Why Did So Many People Think This War Was a Good Idea?” “Why Did So Many People Think This War Was a Good Idea?”

The story of how millions of Iranians fell for the regime-change fantasy.

May 21, 2026 / Feature / Alex Shams

The United States’ Long War Against Iran

The United States’ Long War Against Iran The United States’ Long War Against Iran

The Nation was among the first publications to report the CIA’s role in the 1953 overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh.

May 14, 2026 / Column / Richard Kreitner

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Letters From the June 2026 Issue Letters From the June 2026 Issue

Midwestern Nice… Today’s “Jewish Question”…

May 12, 2026 / Our Readers

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