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As U. S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches "massacre" in Lebanon, threatening entire deal
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (534+ words) This story originally appeared in Mondoweiss on April 08, 2026. It is shared here with permission. So what does this new ceasefire mean? And what are its possible implications for the near future? Although the U. S. and Iranian announcements of the ceasefire did…...
Israel, not Iran, is the imminent threat, says ex-counterterrorism official Joe Kent
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (654+ words) This story originally appeared in Professor Glenn Diesen's Substack on April 2, 2026. This shortened, edited version is shared here with permission. Joe Kent is the former US Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned in March 2026 due to the war…...
The US and Israel are making Gaza-style war the new normal
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (358+ words) This story originally appeared in Jacobin on April 01, 2026. It is shared here with permission. What Israel did with full US backing in Gaza, in other words, should be the new normal for war, at least when "our side" does it....
The new Israeli map proposing to annex 80% of the West Bank, explained
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (491+ words) This story originally appeared in Mondoweiss on Sept. 04, 2025. It is shared here with permission. More than 80 percent of the occupied West Bank would become part of Israel, according to a new annexation proposal drafted by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich…...