presstv.ir (2026-05-19). Report: 80% of Israeli troops leaving military service due to mental distress
A recent report has revealed that 80 percent of Israeli troops are leaving the regime's military due to mental distress.
According to Haaretz, an Israeli daily, the regime's military has declined to publish the grim toll amid fears that the figure could be damaging to public morale.
(2026-05-20). Israel is 'doing a Ukraine' in Lebanon but world stays silent, says war reporter. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report Celebrated Italian war reporter Francesca Mannocchi has condemned the double standard over Israel's war mongering. "What Israel is doing in southern Lebanon is, quite simply, no different from what Russian troops have been doing in Ukraine," she said in an interview. "It's the same thing… READ MORE: At least 22 killed in…
(2026-05-20). Headlines for May 20, 2026. democracynow.org Iran Threatens War Will Spread Beyond Middle East If Trump Resumes Attacks, Lebanon's Health Ministry Says at Least 22 People Killed in Israeli Attacks Despite Ceasefire, Israeli Forces Intercept Last Remaining Boats with Gaza Sumud Flotilla, Abducting Over 400 Activists, Israel's Far-Right Finance Minister Smotrich Says ICC Seeks Arrest Warrant Against Him, Victims of Islamic Center Shooting in San Diego Identified, DOJ "Forever" Bars IRS From Probing Trump, His Sons and Their Family Business, Democratic Senators Grill Transportation Secretary Duffy About Reality TV Road Trip Project, WHO…
(2026-05-20). Synagogues that sell stolen Palestinian land should, of course, be protested. mronline.org 
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.
(2026-05-20). Solve 'genocide embassy' issue expel Israeli ambassador, says PSNA. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has called on the New Zealand government to resolve a tenancy controversy over the Israeli embassy — by expelling the ambassador and staff. Noting the world pariah status of the country after the International Criminal Court (ICC) has reportedly sought arrest warrants for war crimes against…
(2026-05-20). 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.
(2026-05-20). Amnesty: Executions Spike in Iran as Gov't Intensifies Domestic Repression Amid U.S./Israeli Attacks. democracynow.org 
Amnesty International's 2025 report on the global use of the death penalty finds that executions have surged to their highest recorded number in over 40 years, driven largely by the expanded use of political executions in Iran to "create a climate of fear and intimidation in the society and deter dissent." Amnesty recorded 2,707 executions in 2025. But the data excludes China, believed to be the world's top executioner, because its government does not release any public data on executions. While the majority of countries around the world have banned the use of the death penalty, Raha Bahre…
(2026-05-20). Explained: Multi-dimensional Implications of US/Israel War on Iran. ummid.com Far from reviving American supremacy, the Iran conflict exposed the limits of coercive power in an age where history is no longer shaped by a single empire, but by competing centres of influence struggling to define a new world order.
(2026-05-20). Don't fall for it: Congress must reject the $1.5 trillion war budget. responsiblestatecraft.org As President Donald Trump considers the path forward in Iran, Americans' economic troubles are apparently not a concern. "I don't think about Americans' financial situation," Trump said in response to a reporter's question last week about efforts to end the conflict. "Not even a little bit."President Trump's lack of concern will surprise many given an almost 50% rise in gas prices, rising grocery costs, job losses, and other economic pain since the start of the U.S.—Israeli war on Iran.Rather than focusing on addressing Americans' economic insecurity, Trump has shown repeatedly that he wants to focus th…
(2026-05-20). Modi demands India's workers and toilers make "sacrifices" as economic fallout from Iran war expands. wsws.org India's far-right BJP government has raised petrol and diesel prices just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted Indians to slash energy and fertiliser consumption in response to the ever-widening economic fallout from the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran.
(2026-05-20). The horrors of AI-driven military targeting, from Gaza to Iran. mronline.org 
In 2021, Israeli intelligence officials had proudly declared that an 11-day bombing campaign against Hamas was their "First AI War", but that was a mere skirmish compared to the unbridled, AI-facilitated mass slaughter that was to come.
(2026-05-20). Joe Kent: Trump can't end war until Israel taken out of the loop. responsiblestatecraft.org
(2026-05-20). 87+ Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel now on hunger strike. asiapacificreport.nz 
Asia Pacific Report At least 87 people kidnapped by Israeli forces from a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza have begun a hunger strike, say organisers, after Israeli forces intercepted the last remaining vessel in international waters. The group is striking "in protest of their illegal abduction and in solidarity with the over 9500 Palestinian…
(2026-05-20). Gaza board reports funding 'gap'. tribune.com.pk 
The gap between funding pledges and disbursement for Donald Trump's Gaza rebuilding plan must be closed urgently, the US president's "Board of Peace" has said in a report, identifying a potential cash crunch in a plan estimated to cost $70 billion. | Trump set up the Board of Peace to oversee his ambitious plan to end Israel's war in Gaza and rebuild the shattered territory. | The UN Security Council has recognised the board, though many major powers have not joined Washington's main Middle Eastern allies and some middling and smaller states in signing up. | Reuters reported in April that the board had only re…
(2026-05-20). Israeli forces fire shots at Gaza flotilla. tribune.com.pk 
Israeli forces opened fire on at least two vessels in an aid flotilla sailing towards Gaza on Tuesday, according to video footage and flotilla organisers, but Israel said no live ammunition was used and there were no casualties. | Video from the flotilla's livestream showed soldiers firing shots at two of the boats. The type of ammunition fired was not clear. | "At no point was live ammunition fired," the Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement. | "Following multiple warnings, non-lethal means were employed toward the vessel – not toward protesters – as a warning. No protesters were injured during this ev…
(2026-05-20). Inside the final ten boats that nearly broke the Gaza siege. newarab.com 
In the past 48 hours, Israel has They have kidnapped 400 people, forcibly transferring them from their small sailing boats and onto an Israeli Naval Vessel. | Over the course of the l…
(2026-05-20). 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.
(2026-05-20). Gaza Reconstruction Is Hindered as Israel Restricts Aid and Building Materials. truthout.org The Ain Jalout Tower complex is located in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Considered one of the most prominent residential complexes, over the years it has served as a refuge for dozens of families. In January 2024, during the early months of Israel's war on Gaza, these towers were subjected to heavy bombardment following waves of forced displacement of residents… |
(2026-05-20). Israel says 430 Gaza flotilla activists being transferred to Israel. tribune.com.pk 
Israeli authorities said that 430 activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were en route to Israel after their vessels were intercepted at sea. | Sailing from Turkey last week, the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels are the latest in a string of attempts by activists to breach Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory, with the last convoy intercepted by Israeli forces last month. | "Another PR flotilla has come to an end. All 430 activists have been transferred to Israeli vessels and are making their way to Israel, where they will be able to meet with their consular representatives," a spokesman from Israel…
(2026-05-20). Canada CLC Breaks With Zionist Histadrut At Their 2026 Congress. indybay.org The Canadian Labour Congress at their 2026 convention after a struggle ended their relationship with the Israeli Zionists corporate trade union the Histadrut. Hassan Husseini with Labour For Palestine made a report to the Labor For Palestine committee.
(2026-05-20). Tom Barrack's highwire act in the Middle East enters its second year. responsiblestatecraft.org During a panel appearance at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum last month, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack managed to anger observers in both Turkey and Israel. Israelis
(2026-05-20). Breakaway Somaliland to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem. newarab.com 
(2026-05-20). Arsenal fans slam new kit sponsor Deel over Israel ties. newarab.com 
(2026-05-20). Israel takes step to dissolve Knesset and snap elections. newarab.com 
(2026-05-20). How a vote to dissolve Israel's Knesset may launch elections. newarab.com 
When is the ballot?: | An election date is yet to be set.
(2026-05-20). American Democracy Does Not Exist. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Thomas Massie has lost his congressional seat against a primary opponent whose Israel lobby funding made the race The spending on Massie's ouster to…
(2026-05-20). How Kars4Kids quietly funnelled millions to Israel-linked group. newarab.com 
Kars4Kids, a The revelations resurfaced after a California judge barred the organisation from airing its current advertisements in the state unle…
(2026-05-20). Nations condemn Israeli flotilla interception. tribune.com.pk 
The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Türkiye, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Maldives, and Spain condemned on Tuesday "in the strongest terms" the "renewed Israeli assaults against the Global Sumud Flotilla," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said in a statement. | Terming the flotilla "a peaceful civilian humanitarian initiative aimed at drawing attention to the catastrophic humanitarian suffering of the Palestinian people," MoFA said that the ministers "recall with grave concern the Israeli interventions against previous flotillas in international waters".