2026-05-15: Israel Roundup

So far today: 2026-05-15 09:31am GMT

aljazeera (2026-05-15). Israel-Lebanon talks held in Washington as expiration of ceasefire nears. aljazeera.com Al Jazeera's Manuel Rapalo reports from Washington, where the first of two days of Lebanon-Israel talks concluded.

NAG (2026-05-15). Friday 5/15: Nakba Day protest at israeli consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St | "israeli" consulate…

aljazeera (2026-05-15). Eurovision braces for new protests over Israel's participation. aljazeera.com Eurovision is heading towards its grand final, but organisers are bracing for more demonstrations against Israel.

aljazeera (2026-05-15). How David Ben-Gurion got the Palestinians wrong in 1948. aljazeera.com The Palestinian question never disappeared despite Israel's best efforts and worst brutality.

Staff (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…

Joseph Mogul, Truthout. (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…

newarab (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…

Reuters (2026-05-14). US casts first day of Israel-Lebanon talks as 'positive'. scmp.com The United States cast Israel-Lebanon talks held in Washington ‚Å on Thursday as "productive and positive" and a State Department official said more discussions aimed at ending their conflict will continue on Friday. | A senior Lebanese official said earlier that Lebanon will demand that US ally Israel cease fire in the face-to-face talks, as Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to trade blows despite a US-backed truce declared last month.

aljazeera (2026-05-14). Cautious optimism in Lebanon as direct talks with Israel progress. aljazeera.com Lebanese officials are hoping that two-day ambassador-level negotiations in the US will yield a new ceasefire deal.

Editor (2026-05-14). Einstein opposed Zionist colonization in Palestine and predicted the current catastrophe. mronline.org His views on Israel and Zionism were concealed and distorted for decades.

newarab (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…

UMMID (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.

newleftreview (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.

United World International (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 …

newarab (2026-05-14). After the Iran war, could Israel's focus shift towards Turkey. newarab.com

newarab (2026-05-14). Saudi Arabia budget deficit doubles amid US-Israeli war on Iran. newarab.com

| AFP | (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…

newarab (2026-05-14). Saif Abu Keshek on Israeli detention and Gaza flotilla raid. newarab.com

newleftreview (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.

Rina Bassist (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."

newarab (2026-05-14). Israelis chant anti-Palestinian slogans at Jerusalem march. newarab.com

newarab (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,…

| Anadolu Agency | (2026-05-14). Dozens of Israeli occupiers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection. tribune.com.pk Dozens of Israeli occupiers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday morning under the protection of Israeli forces, the official news agency Wafa reported. | Local sources said occupiers entered the compound and publicly performed Talmudic rituals in its courtyards under Israeli protection, Wafa added. | Under Israeli occupation police protection, a group of Zionist settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque's courtyards, desecrating the holy site by singing and dancing. | Follow: t.co/B3zXG74hnU pic.twitter.com/AuPjbboebY | — Press TV üîª (@Pre…

Jason Ditz (2026-05-14). Israeli and Lebanese Officials Meet in Washington To Discuss 'Ceasefire' That Israel Continues to Disregard. news.antiwar.com Over the course of Israeli attacks on Wednesday, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported at least 22 people killed, including eight children. That's particularly relevant, because Thursday talks were scheduled in DC between Israeli and Lebanese officials regarding extending the current "ceasefire" that expires this weekend. Israeli officials seem to be going into the talks particularly …

newarab (2026-05-14). Israel suing NYT over piece on sexual abuse of Palestinians. newarab.com The move was announced by Israel on its official X page, as well as in a statement by Prime Minister "Following the publication by Nicholas Kristof in The New York…

al-monitor (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.

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.

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