There is a determined effort to reverse the diplomatic gains of the Palestinians, despite the shift in worldwide global opinion. Solidarity demands no return to business as usual, argues Ramzy Baroud 

Peace activists and trade unionists to gather at RAF Fairford to protest against US bombers taking off from Britain to strike Iran

The US aim to reshape the existing order in the Middle East needs to be resolutely resisted, argues PAYAM SOLHTALAB

Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD

CARLOS MARTINEZ looks at the facts behind US persecution of Fergie Chambers

Statement from the executive committee of the Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights

The war crimes of US imperialism in its third military aggression against Iran and the necessity of confronting the devastating policy of ‘War, war until victory’!

While international actors discuss governance and reconstruction, Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel has no intention of ending its military occupation, says RAMZY BAROUD

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers kill at least five Palestinians, including a nine-year-old girl, in Gaza

JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza

RAMZY BAROUD assesses the notable shift of US public opinion away from a carte blanche for Israel’s actions in the Middle East

Israel angered after US president lifts sanctions on Turkey, opening way for potential sale of F-35 fighter jets

ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists

RAMZY BAROUD highlights how Israel’s ambassador sought to shut down UN officials documenting sexual violence and abuses against Palestinians

The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY

JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems

Crowds lined the streets of Bethlehem as runners carried messages of solidarity, perseverance and freedom, writes SAM METZ

by Mohammed Yasser Al-Batniji

RUTH AYLETT recommends that this mixture of memoir, diary and poetry by a young Gazan writer be read as widely as possible

Lebanon’s President Aoun calls for international action to force Israel to ‘stop targeting civilians, paramedics, civil defence, and humanitarian’ workers

CND and the Stop the War Coalition are calling for a mass protest this Saturday to end British complicity in illegal US strikes at RAF Fairford. SOPHIE BOLT explains

Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon is just the latest of its recurring cycles of aggression in the region, says VIJAY PRASHAD

DIANE ABBOTT looks at how a declining US has resorted to globalised violence to salvage any vestiges of political and economic hegemony

Bezalel Smotrich’s measures to extend Israeli property law into the West Bank are a continuation of a decades-long project to dispossess Palestinians and preclude statehood, argues HUGH LANNING 

As war engulfs Iran, many expected China to step in as a rising superpower. Instead, Beijing has chosen diplomacy over confrontation – revealing a very different vision of global leadership, argues JENNY CLEGG

Israel's brutality in Lebanon, combined with efforts to draw the Lebanese government into negotiations, are part of a strategy to delegitimise resistance to occupation and apartheid, argues RAMZY BAROUD

A war sold as a quick victory has instead exposed the limits of US power, says KEVIN OVENDEN

ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?

Iran and US agree two-week ceasefire as Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon

Fertiliser chaos triggered by Gulf conflict could send prices soaring and leave millions facing devastating hunger, writes DYLAN MURPHY

As the US deepens its assault on Iran, a radicalised Maga fringe is embracing anti-semitism and fascist ideas – revealing the toxic politics unleashed by imperialist war, argues KEVIN OVENDEN

The belief that leadership removal can dismantle Iran reflects a flawed reading of history, write RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO

 

Green Party leader Polanski slams Chancellor Reeves' ‘unbelievably weak response’ to the ‘enormous bill hikes facing households’

RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO analyse how the US has consistently negotiated in bad faith to secure the element of surprise in military attack

Militarism and war cannot be separated from ‘bread and butter issues,’ argues MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS — opposing them is central to trade unionism

As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services

KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress

ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII

As tensions escalate over Iran, CAROL MOCHAN MSP argues that Britain must finally learn from the disastrous legacy of Iraq and choose diplomacy over another catastrophic conflict

From the colonial oil plunder of 1909 to the current threat of a regional inferno: Western interference in Iran forms a chain of coups, puppets, and cynical geopolitics centered on oil, says MARC VANDEPITTE

Starmer attempts to make up with the warmongering US president as tens of thousands protest against the bombing of Iran over the weekend

DR HANA SAADA asks why a war crime against innocent children on this scale does not dominate the world’s coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran

A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world

Corbyn tables Commons Bill requiring Parliament's approval before allowing foreign militaries to use British bases

Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE

Prime Minister urged to ditch Trump as campaigners warn US's illegal war in Iran will raise energy bills and worsen public services

Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows

Wiegman highlights players’ safety while reflecting on the harsh realities of war

The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty, argues VIJAY PRASHAD

History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST

Israel killed at least 31 Palestinians, including several children, in air strikes on Gaza on Saturday

For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES

Admission shows that councils can divest from Israel, campaigners say