(2026-05-10). Friday 5/8: Weekly "NAG" Friday Protest: Israeli Consulate – Noisemakers Against Genocide. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery, San Francisco…
(2026-05-10). (W.E. Talk) Cuba may face risks as U.S. neo-Monroe Doctrine intensifies regional tensions. ecns.cn It has been weeks since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran on Feb. 28. Amid ongoing clashes, Iran responds toughly and peace outlook remains unclear.
(2026-05-10). Israel built and defended a secret base in Iraq for Iran war. newarab.com 
Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its
(2026-05-09). Israeli attacks across Lebanon kill at least 19. aljazeera.com No letup in Israeli attacks despite a US-brokered ceasefire, with a new round of talks expected next week.
(2026-05-09). Israeli strikes pound southern Lebanon, hit targets elsewhere. newarab.com 
(2026-05-09). Israel orders nine south Lebanon villages evacuated amid strikes. newarab.com The Israeli strikes killed one man and injured his daughter in Nabatiyeh, while another strike killed three people on the Burj Rahhal-Abbasiyeh road, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said.
(2026-05-09). Iran to respond to US proposal, Israel continues Lebanon strikes. newarab.com 
Secretary of State
(2026-05-09). Israel-Made Famine Pushes Palestinian Women, Children Into Malnutrition. popularresistance.org On 7 May, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) disclosed data indicating that Israel's genocidal war in Gaza has led to severe malnutrition among pregnant women, newborns, and infants, with a significant increase in deaths and premature births during times of intensified siege. | "The malnutrition crisis is entirely manufactured. Before the war, malnutrition in Gaza was almost non-existent," MSF medical adviser Mercè Rocaspana revealed. | "For two and a half years, the systematic blockade to humanitarian aid and commercial goods, on top of insecurity, have severely restricted access to food and clean water.
(2026-05-09). Nobel prize winner J. M. Coetzee decries Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza" while declining to attend Jerusalem literature festival. wsws.org "For the past two years the state of Israel has been conducting a genocidal campaign in Gaza."
(2026-05-09). 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.
(2026-05-09). South Korea draws Gulf oil storage interest as Hormuz stays closed. scmp.com South Korea is drawing growing interest from Middle Eastern oil producers seeking to store crude oil at the country's petroleum reserve bases, the world's sixth largest, amid a prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a South Korean official and an expert on the matter have said. | The strait's closure in the wake of the US-Israel war on Iran has taken a toll not only on South Korea and other nations dependent on oil imports but also oil-producing countries whose storage tanks are filling up…
(2026-05-09). Trump's new Iran negotiator is Israel lobbyist who denounced negotiations with Iran. mronline.org 
Tapped to advise Steve Witkoff on Iran, Nick Stewart previously condemned dealing with any of Iran's elected leaders. His presence consolidates military conflict as the Trump administration's only option.
(2026-05-09). Israel pushes US to Iran war return, targeting energy sector. newarab.com 
Israeli officials have conveyed a message to Washington that any future military campaign against Iran should include strikes on the country's energy sector, Israel's Channel 12 reported, citing…
(2026-05-09). 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.
(2026-05-09). How the Iran War is Changing the Middle East. juancole.com Here is my interview on the Kianistan podcast with Tafheem Kiani about the ongoing Israeli-US-Iran War. | Juan Cole on Saudi-Pakistan Defense, UAE Risks & NATO | This is the computer-generated transcript, which I fed through Claude to clean it up. I double checked it as best I could. Caveat Emptor. | Tafheem Kiani: Welcome to the…
(2026-05-09). 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.
(2026-05-09). 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.
(2026-05-09). Israel to release two detained Gaza flotilla activists. aljazeera.com Lawyer representing Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila tells Al Jazeera they will be 'released to their home countries'.
(2026-05-09). Israel to release Gaza flotilla activists after global pressure. newarab.com 
(2026-05-09). Peru opens war crimes probe into Israeli soldier over Gaza war. newarab.com 
(2026-05-09). Israeli forces bomb Gaza home after evacuation orders. newarab.com 
The bombing of the house, belonging to the al-Adham family, came following an evacuation order for the building and others in the area, spreading panic among civilians. | Sources on the ground told The N…
(2026-05-09). One killed in Gaza as Turkish FM talks peace efforts with Hamas official. aljazeera.com Israel continues to violate a 'ceasefire' agreed to in October with hundreds more killed across the Strip.
(2026-05-09). Gaza: Canary in the Coalmine. worldbeyondwar.org 
By Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine, May 9, 2026 | Israel's war against Palestinians in Gaza and the West bank is a canary in the coalmine. The war illustrates a broader global shift toward technologically driven warfare with implications around the world. Increasingly, conflicts are shaped by artificial intelligence, mass surveillance, autonomous drones, and rapidly expanding military investment. Israeli military operations have demonstrated how AI systems can analyze vast datasets to generate targeting recommend…
(2026-05-09). 'No Other Land' filmmaker warns UN of Israeli settler violence. newarab.com 
The Oscar-winning co-director of
(2026-05-09). Israeli settlers force Palestinians to exhume body after burial. newarab.com 
Extremist Israeli settlers on Friday forced Palestinians to exhume a body and move it to another location after they claimed it was buried too close to an Israeli settlement in the northern The Times of Israel (TOI) said Israeli soldiers stood by and watched as this happened near the settlement of Sa-Nur, which was evacuated 20 years ago and officially reopened last month. | Despite the military acknowledging that the funeral had been coordinated in advance, settlers from Sa-Nur later arrived at the site with digging tools and forc…
(2026-05-09). Israel police accused of assaulting Palestinian govt prosecutor. newarab.com 
A Palestinian citizen of Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh and two relatives were allegedly assaulted and arrested last week after police entered their apartment in the Israeli city of Beersheba following a complaint about loud music, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz. | Na'ameh suffered…
(2026-05-09). Wa'ed Association: The occupation is attempting to use the ICRC to cover up the reality of the prisoners' suffering. samidoun.net 
In a statement released on Saturday, 9 May 2026, the Wa'ed Association stated that the Israeli occupation's announcement that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) would be allowed to enter the prisons where Palestinian prisoners are held captive, without permitting direct meetings with the prisoners themselves, does not represent a genuine response to …