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US President Donald Trump signs the charter of his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026
Middle East / 27 January 2026
27 January 2026

Framed as post-war reconstruction, it cements foreign control, bypasses Palestinian self-determination and models a new form of neocolonial domination disguised as development, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE

An Israeli soldier stands guard during the inauguration ceremony for a new illegal Israeli settlement of Yatziv, near the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, in the occupied West Bank, January 19, 2026
Middle East / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 22, 2026
Genocide / 22 January 2026
22 January 2026

Campaigners brand the US President's so-called Board of Peace a ‘board of war’

President Donald Trump, center, holds up a signed Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026
Editorial / 22 January 2026
22 January 2026
SAME OLD SAME OLD: The USS Saratoga became the fist aircraft carrier to pull up pierside at Diego Garcia in December 1985 / Pic: PD Goodrich/CC
Middle East / 23 January 2026
23 January 2026

Trump’s ‘Peace Council’ is not a peace project, but a war and colonial council that renews Western colonialism, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN

Palestinians mourn over the body of Mohammed Al-Rajoudi, after he was killed by Israeli fire, during his funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, January 21, 2026
Gaza / 21 January 2026
21 January 2026
The wall seen from Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem. Photo: Paolo Cuttitta / Creative Commons
Sport / 21 January 2026
21 January 2026

Palestinian children could be denied the simple right to play a game of football, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

THE KILLING NEVER STOPS: Relatives mourn Mohammed al-Hawli killed in an Israeli military strike on January 16 2026
Features / 21 January 2026
21 January 2026

RAMZY BAROUD sees Gaza abandoned while the genocide continues

Al-Shifa medical graduation
Gaza Genocide / 17 January 2026
17 January 2026

Out of the ashes of Gaza rises the world’s most remarkable graduating class, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

STATE SANCTIONED: A violent mob of Israeli settlers in balaclavas attack and beat up 67-year-old Basim Saleh Yassin in the northern West Bank village of Deir Sharaf on January 8 2026
Middle East / 17 January 2026
17 January 2026

RAMZY BAROUD looks at how entire West Bank communities have been shattered, their social and physical fabric deliberately dismantled by Israel to enable its formal annexation