(2026-05-16). Israel launches deadly air strikes on Gaza City apartment building. aljazeera.com At least seven Palestinians were killed when Israeli air strikes hit a residential building and a vehicle in Gaza City.
(2026-05-16). Protesting Israeli Control over Palestinian Archeological Sites. juancole.com — | Letter to document and condemn Israel's efforts at taking full control over and re-defining archaeological sites in the occupied Palestinian Territories: | Volker Türk | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights | ohchr-registry@un.org | Khaled El-Enany | Direct…
(2026-05-16). Friday 5/15: Nakba Day protest at israeli consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St | "israeli" consulate…
(2026-05-16). Spain PM defends Eurovision boycott over Israel. aljazeera.com Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has defended Spain's boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participation.
(2026-05-15). Israel, Lebanon say extending ceasefire despite new strikes. al-monitor.com Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a ceasefire and hold new talks on a political settlement, the United States announced Friday, even as Israel carried out new strikes that it insists are not subject to the truce.Israel has been pounding Lebanon and invaded its south in response to fire from Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shia movement that is not part of the ceasefire diplomacy.Envoys from Israel and Lebanon's government, which has struggled to restrain Hezbollah, met for two days in Washington and said they would extend the ceasefire that was set to expire Sunday.
(2026-05-15). Lebanon, Israel agree 45-day ceasefire extension in Washington. newarab.com 
(2026-05-15). Lebanon and Israel extend ceasefire despite new strikes. scmp.com Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a ceasefire and hold new talks on a political settlement, the US announced on Friday, even as Israel carried out new strikes that it insists are not subject to the truce. | Israel has been pounding Lebanon and invaded its south in response to fire from Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shia movement that is not part of the ceasefire diplomacy.
(2026-05-15). Israel and Lebanon agree to extend ceasefire by 45 days, US State Dept says. tribune.com.pk 
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire declared by United States President Donald Trump on April 16 by another 45 days, the US State Department said on Friday. | "The April 16 cessation of hostilities will be extended by 45 days to enable further progress," State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott said. | The State Department described Israel-Lebanon talks held in Washington on Thursday and Friday as "highly productive" and said negotiations would resume on June 2 and June 3. | Read More: Israeli minister announces illegal settlement plans in Lebanon, displacements in Gaza, West Bank | The talks…
(2026-05-15). "Israel: What Went Wrong?" : Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov & Haaretz's Gideon Levy Debate Zionism. democracynow.org 
We speak to two prominent Israeli thinkers, historian Omer Bartov and journalist Gideon Levy, about the founding beliefs of Zionism. Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University, is the author of the new book Israel: What Went Wrong? Bartov says the early Zionist movement had liberatory intentions, aiming to emancipate the persecuted Jewish minority in Europe and modeling itself after other contemporary ethnonationalist movements. He then argues that while Israel had the opportunity to "become a normal state" and "issue a constitution that would provide equality to a…
(2026-05-15). Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with 'genocidal' Israel. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has criticised plans for the country taking part in next month's military exercises with Israel and the United States, saying Wellington must not be seen aligning militarily with a state "facing serious allegations of war crimes and genocide before international legal institutions". In a statement today,…
(2026-05-15). UK artist defends pro-Palestine drawings after show cancellation. newarab.com 
A UK artist has condemned the cancellation of his art show in Margate, southern England, after a pro-Israel group accused the installation of being " Matthew Collings' "Drawings Against Genocide" art show, which depicts Israeli violence against Palestinians, was abruptly cancelled following calls by The exhibit consisted of 130 drawings feat…
(2026-05-15). Headlines for May 15, 2026. democracynow.org House Narrowly Rejects Latest War Powers Resolution to End Trump's Attacks on Iran, CENTCOM Commander Denies U.S. Killed Civilians in Iran: "No Way That We Can Corroborate That", Iran's Foreign Minister Asks BRICS Nations to Unite Against U.S. "Bullying", Trump Departs China Without Agreements on Taiwan, Iran or Strait of Hormuz, CIA Chief Travels to Havana as Cuba's Oil Reserves Run Dry Amid U.S. Fuel Blockade, UNICEF Says Israeli Attacks Have Killed or Wounded 59 Children in a Week, Despite Ceasefire Deal, Israeli Nationalists March Through Jerusalem's Old City, C…
(2026-05-15). 'A reckless act': Netanyahu sparks UAE fury by claiming secret visit. al-monitor.com Just as UAE-Israeli relations were deepening through cooperation against Iran, the Israeli prime minister publicly embarrassed Abu Dhabi by revealing his March visit.
(2026-05-15). Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on Iran. asiapacificreport.nz 
ANALYSIS: By Alison Broinowski of Declassified Australia Most of the Western media refuse to join the dots and explain Israel's decades-long obsession with defanging Tehran. The war in Iran is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has planned for four decades. He has always wanted Israel to extend from Egypt to the Euphrates and in the…
(2026-05-15). Iranian filmmaker Farhadi condemns Middle East war, protest massacres. al-monitor.com Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi condemned Friday both the killing of civilians in US and Israeli attacks on his country and the "massacring" of protesters by the Islamic republic. Farhadi, who travelled from Tehran last week, trod a fine line when asked for his thoughts about events in his war-hit homeland at the Cannes Film Festival, where his latest film, the French-language "Parallel Tales", received its premiere.
(2026-05-15). Infectious diseases rampant in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian child in West Bank.
(2026-05-15). Gaza sisters awarded Earth Prize for turning rubble into bricks. newarab.com 
Two teenage sisters from 15-year-old Farah and 17-year-old Tala Mousa have been named as the Middle East regional winners of the Earth Prize, the world's largest environmental competition for young people. | The two sisters were displaced multiple times during Israel's two-year assault and now live in a t…
(2026-05-15). Seven killed in Gaza on Nakba Day as Israel says it targets Hamas member. aljazeera.com Three women and a child among civilians killed in Israel's latest attacks on Gaza City.
(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.
(2026-05-15). There is a long history of members of Congress calling out Israel's nuclear arsenal. It is now time to take action. mondoweiss.net 
Rep. Joaquin Castro's recent letter calling on the Trump administration to acknowledge Israel's nuclear arsenal joins a long history of members of Congress addressing the taboo topic. It is now time to take action and end the official silence.
(2026-05-15). The assault on a French nun and the forgotten story of Palestinian Christians. peoplesworld.org 
The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and society that has been conditioned to see the 'other' as subhuman. Yet, this was not the typical viral video that emerges almost daily from occupied Palestine. The victim, this time, was …
(2026-05-15). Prosecutors seek death penalty for US man charged with killing Israeli embassy staffers. al-monitor.com Prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty for a Chicago man charged with fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staffers in the US capital last year.Elias Rodriguez was arrested immediately after the May 21 shooting of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and his fiancee, Sarah Milgrim, 26, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a court filing that prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Rodriguez, who faces murder, firearms and hate crime charges.
(2026-05-15). Israel threatens to sue NYT over report on sex abuse of Palestinian inmates. geo.tv 
The New York Times building is seen in Manhattan, New York, US, August 3, 2020. — ReutersJERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday threatened to take The New York Times to court over a piece it published denouncing allegedly widespread sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees.Prime…
(2026-05-15). No Primary Challenge to 4 of NJ's 5 Super Israel Dem Caucus: Conaway, Gottheimer, Norcross, Pou Unchallenged. fightbackbetter.com FightBackBetter is analyzing the NJ Democratic Primary and independent congress challengers including Green Party challengers to determine the viability of…
(2026-05-15). 'They said, find yourselves another home': Israeli soldiers threaten residents of West Bank refugee camps with displacement. mondoweiss.net 
Residents of Qalandia refugee camp outside Ramallah say escalating Israeli raids now come with orders to leave their homes or suffer the same fate as Jenin camp. "Just saying 'Jenin' is enough," one resident said. "Everyone knows what it means."
(2026-05-15). Israel's organ theft scandal exposes a culture of desecration. mronline.org 
Tel Aviv's pageant of kidney-donor virtue cannot wash away the Palestinian bodies, forensic warnings, and trafficking scandals that still demand a reckoning.
(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.
(2026-05-15). Israel using solitary confinement against Palestinian children. newarab.com 
The The group issued a freedom of information request to the IPS to obtain the data, with figures showing that the solitary confinement of children has dramatically risen, from one case recorded i…