(2026-06-18). Hezbollah chief says Lebanon at moment after US-Iran deal. al-monitor.com Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Wednesday urged Lebanese authorities to take advantage of a "pivotal" moment following a US-Iran deal to end the Middle East war, ahead of Israeli-Lebanese negotiations next week.American and Iranian officials, as well as mediator Pakistan, have said the deal includes Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have been at war since March 2.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun instead insisted his country's negotiations with Israel in Washington were independent of the regional deal.
(2026-06-18). America's own Israel envoy gets into fight with Trump for abandoning Netanyahu amid Iran deal. hindustantimes.com Fresh questions are emerging over the state of U.S.-Israel relations as Washington pushes ahead with diplomacy involving Iran. Remarks by America's envoy to Israel, alongside reports of disagreements over the Iran deal, have fueled speculation about growing tensions between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the future of Middle East security.
(2026-06-18). Rajesh Sharma's posts celebrating Gaza Genocide re-surface after son killed in US strikes. ummid.com Social media users have digged out Rajesh Sharma's posts celebrating Israeli Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza after his son, Aditya Sharma, was killed in a United States military strike off the coast of Oman Thursday June 11, 2026.
(2026-06-18). Watch: Sundar Pichai booed at Stanford University over Google support to Israel. ummid.com Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, was booed over the support the tech giant is providing to Israel and greeted by students chanting 'Free Palestine' slogans as he rose to address the Stanford University's 2026 Graduation Ceremony Sunday June 14, 2026.
(2026-06-18). UN warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children. al-monitor.com By David BrunnstromJune 17 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a "staggering" rise in violations against Palestinian children.The world body's annual report on Children and Armed Conflict recorded 38,558 "grave violations" globally in 2025, affecting 24,174 children, the latter figure a record since CAAC's mandate began in 1996.
(2026-06-18). Friday 6/19: Demo at the "israeli" consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St…
(2026-06-18). East Jerusalem: Israel Escalating Home Demolitions, Evictions. juancole.com
(2026-06-18). How Israel blocks Palestinians from the Digital Economy. juancole.com
(2026-06-17). 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.
(2026-06-17). Has Trump achieved his goals in the war with Iran? tribune.com.pk 
Shortly after the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, the first few of which resulted in the deaths of 168 schoolgirls in Minab, US President Donald Trump laid out a host of objectives, from destroying Iran's ballistic missile capabilities to ensuring Tehran can never have a nuclear weapon. | More than three months later, with a preliminary peace deal in place, what has Trump achieved? | Missile and drones | Before the war, Iran held the largest ballistic stockpile in the Middle East, with between 2,500 and 6,000 missiles of different types. Some were capable of reach…
(2026-06-17). Trump says Netanyahu could use in Lebanon. al-monitor.com EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in Lebanon in comments made at the close of a G7 summit in France.Netanyahu and Trump have repeatedly clashed over Israel's refusal to constrain its pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, where a cessation of hostilities is a key Iranian demand."Netanyahu happens to be a good man, gets a little excited sometimes," Trump told reporters on Wednesday.
(2026-06-17). Italy urges Israel to be for peace. al-monitor.com Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday urged Israel to be a "positive player" for peace in the Middle East following a deal between Iran and the US."Our goal must be to promote lasting, structural solutions that go beyond the logic of short-term truces," Meloni said as the G7 summit in France came to a close."We expect Israel to now act as a positive player in the peace process, and that the inevitable internal debate, also driven by the election campaign, will not jeopardise the difficult path that the US has begun," she said.
(2026-06-17). Australian central bank holds interest rates but warns of further hikes. wsws.org The Reserve Bank of Australia is intent on further suppressing household spending, amid the ongoing global impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran and a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
(2026-06-17). Israel's forced displacement in Lebanon a war crime: Amnesty. newarab.com 
Israel's mass evacuation orders and restrictions on civilians returning to their homes in southern Lebanon The rights group found that the Israeli military had dramatically expanded its use of mass "evacuation" and "no-return" orders since 2024, displacing hundreds of thousands of people across Lebanon and preventing tens of thousands from returnin…
(2026-06-17). In landmark case, UK judge sentences pro-Palestine activists as terrorists. mondoweiss.net 
In a UK first, a judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists to terrorism charges for a direct action protest against an Elbit Systems factory. The move sparks fears the ruling could set a dangerous precedent for those opposing Israel's genocide.
(2026-06-17). 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.
(2026-06-17). A world first: Australia will now investigate Israel over Gaza flotilla brutality. asiapacificreport.nz 
The Australian government has committed to an independent investigation into the assaults, sexual assaults and torture of the Gaza Flotilla humanitarians. Michael West Media reports. By Andrew Brown in Sydney This is the biggest story most Australians have not yet grasped. Australian survivors of physical, psychological and sexual abuse by Israeli authorities met with Foreign…
(2026-06-17). The persistence of 'Israel First'. nationofchange.org Trump's Middle East record reveals the short life of "America First."
(2026-06-17). Anti-War Activists Demand: 'Stop The Secret War Chest For Israel'. popularresistance.org In the face of widespread and growing popular opposition to Israel's atrocities, Congress is proposing two bills that would give Israel unprecedented powers and access to U.S. military expenditures and intelligence resources far surpassing current levels, which are already high. | According to an article in Responsible Statecraft, the magazine of the Quincy Institute think tank, a buried section, 224, in the House's 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) "would all but fuse the two countries' armed forces together." | Section 224, titled "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative," wo…