(2026-05-14). Headlines for May 14, 2026. democracynow.org Xi Jinping Warns U.S. of Potential "Conflict" over Taiwan After Beijing Summit with Trump, Senate Narrowly Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution for Seventh Time, Children Among the Dead as Israel Continues Bombing Lebanon Despite Ceasefire, Israeli Police Kill Palestinian Attempting to Scale West Bank Wall to Find Work, Study Finds Israel Increased Attacks on Gaza After Halting Strikes on Iran, Judge Temporarily Blocks U.S. Sanctions Against U.N. Expert on Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israeli Prime Minister Claims He Made "Secret" Visit to the UAE in March, U.S. Senate Votes to Confirm…
(2026-05-14). New School Students Sanction Group Over Israeli Military Program. popularresistance.org Ryder Glickman's first day as chair of The New School University Student Senate (USS) was an eventful one. His inaugural act was to call a vote on a first-of-its-kind resolution to sanction Hillel at The New School. This vote followed the release of a 38-page report detailing Hillel's potential violations of international law. | The report, conducted by a student committee, outlines Hillel's participation in programs with the Israeli military. Before and during Israel's genocide in Gaza, the campus organization was linked to a volunteer program at Israeli military bases from which attacks on Gaza and Lebanon orig…
(2026-05-14). What Should We Call It? US Israel War on Nations and Peoples of Iran, Lebanon and Middle East Region. fightbackbetter.com 
Folks have referred to this war of aggression against Iran that was started by US and Israel as "Trump's War",…
(2026-05-14). Israeli soldiers in Lebanon contract 'cave fever' from tick bite. newarab.com 
Seven Israeli outlet Ynet reported on Wednesday that the soldiers were admitted to several hospitals, including Assuta Ashdod Hospital and Ichilov Medical Centre, after developing symptoms linked to the disease. | The report added that a larger number of soldiers who had been exposed to the same cond…
(2026-05-14). Democrats playing catch up with their voters on Israel. responsiblestatecraft.org Wendy Sherman, who served as deputy secretary of State under the Biden administration, made headlines in late April when she told
(2026-05-14). Remembering 262 Palestinian Journalists Israel has killed since Oct 2023. ummid.com On World Press Day, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip commemorated more than 262 journalists killed by Israeli forces since the start of the genocide on Oct 7, 2023.
(2026-05-14). Let Them Genocide: How we all paid for Israel's impunity. newarab.com 
"Let them" is fashionable advice now. Let them misunderstand you. Let them stir chaos. The fear is that we are "letting" everything happen now. | The most dangerous war of our lives has been sweeping an entire region; we let it. Our leaders lie and plunder; we let them. We let our thumbs scroll past the bombs between messages, meals, and jokes. Letting reality go, to call it "healing". Letting bloodshed, to call it "bloodletting". | We let ourselves believe this would only happen to "them", not us. | Only a short time ago, "let them" was said about a small place named Gaza. And when "let them" was said there, it…
(2026-05-14). Synagogues that sell stolen Palestinian land should, of course, be protested. mondoweiss.net 
There is a moral panic over whether protests at synagogues against the sale of Israeli settlement homes are antisemitic. This accusation is meant only to distract from Israel's ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing. Don't fall for it.
(2026-05-14). Alexander Zevin: Trump's Gulf War. newleftreview.org Asymmetries of the US-Israeli assault on Iran, as an uneasy balance holds between Tehran's tourniquet on the Strait of Hormuz—and the world economy—and the enormous firepower of the aggressors, at the end of the first round.
(2026-05-14). UAE 'denies reports' of secret Netanyahu visit. tribune.com.pk 
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Thursday it "denies reports" that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the country, after Netanyahu's office said he had met with the UAE president during the war with Iran. | Netanyahu's office said Wednesday he had "paid a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates" during the war, "where he met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan". | The announcement came a day after US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced that Israel had sent its Iron Dome air defence systems, plus personnel to operate them, to the UAE during the war with Ir…
(2026-05-14). K2, firm tied to US-Israel, is overseeing Arab central banks. newarab.com 
Over the course of the past three years, a financial intelligence and auditing firm, K2 Integrity has inked deals with three MENA central banks to improve their capacity to combat money laundering and fraud. | But K2 Integrity's mandate goes well beyond that of a consulting firm, with its surveillance of money flows closely aligned with US and Israeli political interests. Tellingly, the firm's top leadership is composed of former US Treasury officials that dismantled what Washington considered terrorist finance networks in the wake of 9/11, as well as developing sanctions targeting Iran and its allies, North Kore…
(2026-05-14). Saudi Arabia budget deficit doubles amid US-Israeli war on Iran. newarab.com 
(2026-05-14). Iran urges BRICS to condemn US, Israel for war, bloc divisions. newarab.com 
Iran's foreign minister urged His remarks at a two-day meeting in New Delhi underscore divisions within the expanded BRICS bloc, as
(2026-05-14). Israeli ally UAE quits OPEC, OPEC. ummid.com The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the Israeli allies in the Middle East, has announced to quit OPEC and OPEC+ amidst the crisis the world is facing because of the US-Israel led Zionist war on Iran.
(2026-05-14). Report: Saudi Arabia Bombed Iraqi Militias During US-Israeli Bombing Campaign Against Iran. news.antiwar.com Saudi Arabia bombed targets in Iraq linked to the country's Shia militias that are aligned with Tehran during the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Sources told the outlet that Saudi fighter jets launched strikes against targets near Saudi Arabia's border with Iran and that some attacks occurred around the time the …
(2026-05-14). The Iran—Israel War from Beijing's Perspective: A Threat to Energy, an Opportunity for Influence. unitedworldint.com 
Interview with Dr. Hamed Vafaei, faculty member at the University of Tehran and specialist in Chinese affairs By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran As military tensions among Iran, the United States, and Israel have intensified in recent weeks, growing attention has been directed toward the role of major powers in managing the crisis. In …
(2026-05-14). UAE is using oil to reshape its position inside the Gulf hierarchy. ummid.com With its exit from OPEC and OPEC+, the UAE is challenging the authority of Riyadh, strengthening its own strategic autonomy, and moving closer to a regional make-up where the US and Israel remain central actors in the pressure campaign against Iran.
(2026-05-14). AIPAC Boasts Top Funder of Black, Latino, Asian Congressional Caucuses: Compromised in Face of Israel Pressure Toward Iran Confrontation. fightbackbetter.com AIPAC brangs in this short youtube clip of being the top fundraiser for Black, Latino, Asian Pacific caucuses — Muslim…
(2026-05-14). Tehran calls on BRICS members to condemn US-Israeli aggression on Iran: Iranian FM. tribune.com.pk 
Tehran has called on BRICS members to condemn US and Israeli aggression against Iran, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said in a statement upon arriving in New Delhi for a BRICS meeting among foreign ministers. | Araghchi said that the West's "false sense of superiority" must be shattered by the Global South. | Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi left Tehran for India's capital of New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon to attend the BRICS Foreign Ministers' meeting. pic.twitter.com/XkYfa28hpM | — Mehr News Agency (@MehrnewsCom) May 13, 2026 | While speaking to Press TV at the BRICS summit, he…
(2026-05-14). A call for bold action from the Gaza flotilla. nationofchange.org As flotilla vessels continue the journey to Gaza in defiance of Israel, volunteers and their loved ones encourage a "litany of actions" in solidarity with Palestine.
(2026-05-14). Nakba to Gaza: Why Palestinians still carry keys to lost homes. newarab.com 
In the corners of makeshift tents, tucked inside bags that survived Israel's bombing and carried in the exhausted hands of the displaced, the key remains more than a rusted piece of metal. | Since the Seventy-seven years later, the same scene repeats in Gaza: destroyed homes, scattered fa…
(2026-05-14). Saif Abu Keshek on Israeli detention and Gaza flotilla raid. newarab.com 
(2026-05-14). Gaza aid flotilla sets sail again after Israeli interceptions. al-monitor.com By Mehmet Emin Caliskan and Dilara SenkayaMARMARIS, Turkey, May 14 (Reuters) – Ships from the Global Sumud Flotilla set sail for a third time on Thursday from southern Turkey, after earlier attempts to deliver aid to Gaza were intercepted by Israel in international waters.The flotilla had previously departed from Spain on April 12, but Israeli forces intercepted vessels in the group, taking more than 100 pro-Palestinian activists to Crete and detaining two others in Israel.
(2026-05-14). World's top media outlets urge Israel to "Let Us Into Gaza" ummid.com Senior leaders from more than two dozen global news organizations signed an open letter calling for Israel to allow international media to independently enter the Gaza Strip.
(2026-05-14). Nancy Fraser: Gaza as World Event. newleftreview.org The global reverberations of Israel's destruction of Gaza, understood as world event—an epochal turning point which serves to reveal the changing nature of the times. Philosophical reflections on the rise of a new-era McCarthyism in Germany and the US.
(2026-05-14). Inside the rising wave of anti-Christian violence in Jerusalem. newarab.com 
Shocking footage of a In the video, an Israeli Jewish man can be seen pushing the Catholic nun to the ground and kicking her after she fell, causing facial bruising and head injuries. The vicar general of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, Bishop William Shomali,…
(2026-05-14). Friday 5/15: Nakba Day protest at israeli consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St | "israeli" consulate…
(2026-05-14). Judge Blocks US Sanctions Against UN Palestine Expert Francesca Albanese. truthout.org A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the occupied Palestinian territories, concluding that the sanctions violated her right to free speech after she called for Israeli officials to be charged with war crimes. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said that the sanctions against Albanese violate her right to free… |
(2026-05-14). What we know about Netanyahu's 'secret trip' to the UAE. newarab.com 
Israeli Prime Minister However, the UAE later denied that any meeting had taken place, let alone a secret one. | Here's what we know so far about Netanyahu's alleged clandestine visit to the Gulf state. | What is Israel saying happened?: | According to the statement from his office, Netanyahu met with…
(2026-05-14). Israelis chant threats, anti-Palestinian slogans at Jerusalem Day march. al-monitor.com Israeli nationalists swept through the narrow streets of Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday, chanting "Death to Arabs" and "May your villages burn" during the annual Jerusalem Day march, while many Palestinian residents remained barricaded indoors.Every year, tens of thousands of Israelis ⚪ many of them teenagers and young adults ⚪ parade through Jerusalem to celebrate what Israeli authorities call the "reunification" of Jerusalem following Israel's capture and annexation of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
(2026-05-14). Netanyahu suing New York Times over column on Palestinian rape. al-monitor.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar rejected New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's accusations of systematic sexual abuse and rape of Palestinian prisoners, calling the claims a "blood libel."
(2026-05-14). The EU Has Finally Agreed To Sanction Violent Israeli Settlers. popularresistance.org Israeli settler groups committing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank could now be sanctioned by the European Union, after 27 foreign ministers of EU countries greenlit imposing sanctions on violent settlers and settler groups on Monday. The ministers also decided to sanction Hamas leaders. The decision came at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, which discussed major Middle East political portfolios. | The decision was announced by the EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who announced on X that it was "high time for us to move from deadlock to delivery," adding that "extremisms and violenc…
(2026-05-14). Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound ahead of 'Flag Day'. newarab.com 
(2026-05-14). On Nakba Day, Israel to approve army museum on ruins of UNRWA HQ. newarab.com 
Israel is pressing ahead with plans to build a major military and government complex over the The Israeli government is expected to approve the plan on 17 May, marked by Israelis as "Jerusalem Day" and by
(2026-05-14). Israeli nationalists hold parade marking their capture of East Jerusalem. al-monitor.com By Alexander CornwellJERUSALEM, May 14 (Reuters) – Thousands of Israeli nationalists marched on Thursday through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's walled Old City under heavy security, in an annual event marking Israel's capture of the city's east in a war nearly six decades ago.The parade, the main celebration of Jerusalem Day, has become a show of force for Jewish nationalists but is seen by Palestinians as a blatant provocation aimed at undermining their ties to the city.
(2026-05-14). Israel to sue New York Times over article on rape of Palestinian detainees, Netanyahu says. al-monitor.com By Steven ScheerJERUSALEM, May 14 (Reuters) – Israel plans to sue The New York Times and one of its journalists for defamation over an article that said Israeli soldiers, prison guards and settlers had used widespread sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had instructed his legal advisers "to consider the harshest legal action" against the newspaper and Nicholas Kristof, a veteran journalist who reported the story from the occupied West Bank.
(2026-05-14). Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj responds to calls for UK ban. newarab.com 
"Caricature strips powerful people of their prestige," and this is the essence of the fear Israel and its supporters have of this satirical art form, according to Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj, who told The New Arab that he thinks caricature "is based on satire and exposing "When someone presents himself as the architect of the new Middle East, then a caricature depicts him as a war criminal or comic figure; this ruins the image he is trying to impose to frighten people," Hajjaj said. | In hi…
(2026-05-13). Workers in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales to take action for Palestine May 14, 2026! wibailoutpeople.org The BDS movement calls on all trade unions, student organisations and wider civil society organisations, across Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, to take action this Thursday, 14 May. Nonviolent pressure is needed now more than ever to end state, corporate, and institutional complicity in Israel's genocide, apartheid and military occupation. Under the banner of "Workplace Day …
(2026-05-13). Trade unions support workplace actions for Palestine this Thursday 14 May. thecanary.co 
In response to the call from Palestinian trade unions to escalate pressure to end complicity in Israel's genocide and apartheid, three major trade union federations representing over 80 trade union affiliates across the islands of Ireland and Britain have announced support for workplace actions this Thursday 14 May, coinciding with the 78th anniversary of Nakba. […] | By
(2026-05-13). Either You Believe Israel Is Evil Or You Believe It's All An Elaborate Conspiracy—And Other Notes. caitlinjohnstone.com.au
english.palinfo.com (2026-05-11). Gaza: Several civilians injured, two martyrs recovered as Israeli ceasefire violations enter day 214Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip left several Palestinian civilians wounded, while the bodies of two martyrs were recovered on Monday, marking yet another violation of the ceasefire now in its 214th consecutive day.