(2026-02-13). playbook is full of conspiracy theories. Many believe they lead to a bloody end. haaretz.com Israel's Supreme Court president has grown eyes in the back of his head. The former IDF and Shin Bet chiefs feel that the prime minister is gunning for them and are convinced that it will end in murder. Netanyahu's conspiracy theories are neither new nor a victimless crime…
(2026-02-13). Trump warns Iran of 'very traumatic' consequences if it rejects new nuclear deal. hindustantimes.com Donald Trump, speaking after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warned that Iran faces a "very traumatic" outcome if it refuses to agree to a new deal, insisting that "we have to make a deal otherwise it's going to be very traumatic…for Iran." He said Tehran "should have made a deal the first time" instead of getting the "midnight hammer," stressing that while the talks with "Bibi" were "very good" and that Netanyahu "understands," the final decision on any accord "is ultimately up to me." Watch for more…
(2026-02-13). Embarrassed Netanyahu's 1st Briefing After Trump Rejects Iran War Bid | Khamenei. hindustantimes.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking before flying back to Israel after a brief visit to Washington, tried to project unity with President Trump while revealing deep doubts over a potential US-Iran deal. He stressed their "very close, very real and very open relationship," but admitted he remained skeptical about "the nature of any agreement with Iran," even as Trump signaled he wants to test diplomacy instead of escalation. Watch for details…
(2026-02-13). Netanyahu, the man who knew too little and lost control of events. haaretz.com Netanyahu is trying to cast blame on the entire world for October 7, but he became trapped in a deadly whirlwind of media reports exposing just what he was trying to conceal. What we saw this week provides a glimpse of what to expect in the election campaign…
(2026-02-13). Cuba: No Forgiveness for Collaboration. radiohc.cu El Batazo Specials | Today we discuss the attempted genocide, the energy-driven campaign to starve the Cuban people into submission, orchestrated by the neo-fascist administration of Trump and Rubio. But we also discuss the numerous initiatives denouncing and showing solidarity with Cuba, such as the "Let Cuba Live" movement, launched from within the US itself, supported by thousands of people from the arts, academia, and politics, including Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Walker, and Roger Waters. | We reviewed some excellent texts on the situation, such as the article by Chilean activist and politician Dani…
(2026-02-13). SHOCK: Zionist lobby groups horrified by court unbanning sabotage of Israeli murder factories. thecanary.co 
Two Israel lobby groups have reacted with horror to the High Court's decision today, Friday 13 February, to unban Palestine Action, a group that specialises in sabotaging Israeli weapons factories. What a shock. Zionists need their fainting couches over Palestine Action A panel of High Court judges have today declared the Starmer regime's 'terrorist' ban […] | By
(2026-02-13). Strangling Gaza's Survivors, Criminalizing Humanity for Zionist Conquest: The Banning of Humanitarian Relief in Occupied Palestine. counterpunch.org 
Israel's December 30, 2025, decision to revoke the licenses of 37 international humanitarian aid organizations—effectively banning them from operating in Gaza and the West Bank as of March 1, 2026—marks a chilling escalation in its genocidal campaign, designed to strangulate the last remnants of life in the besieged enclave. The list, issued by the Ministry
(2026-02-13). Desperate campaign seeks to smear Greens for opposing Zionism. thecanary.co 
The political and media establishment are clearly desperate to put a spanner in the Green Party's massive surge since the election of current leader Zack Polanski. The part's firm stance against Zionism has become central to this. And the establishment's latest scramble to smear Greens for opposing Israel's genocidal settler-colonial project in Palestine seems unlikely […] | By
(2026-02-13). Kevin Cox: South Africa In History's Shadow. newleftreview.org Why is South Africa seemingly still mired in the income and spatial segregation patterns of the apartheid era? Standard explanations focus on the ANC, either as too neoliberal or too statist. Kevin Cox looks instead at the making of classes—and expropriation of African farmers—in conditions of globalization's labour shock.
(2026-02-13). Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney's streets. asiapacificreport.nz 
COMMENTARY: By Stuart Rees The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel's president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper political failure — where authority suppresses dissent rather than confronting uncomfortable truths about Gaza, protest rights and democratic responsibility. In official explanations of violence outside Sydney Town Hall on Monday…
(2026-02-13). Indonesian government joins Trump's colonial "Board of Peace" in Gaza. wsws.org President Prabowo is falsely claiming that Indonesia's participation in the US-led colonisation of Gaza will guarantee peace and safeguard against the violation of Palestinian rights.
(2026-02-13). ICRC president: States must harness momentum to improve Gaza's dire humanitarian situation in next phase of ceasefire. icrc.org The following is a quote attributable to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on the urgent need to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
(2026-02-13). UN Secretary-General Guterres tops list of world's Jew-haters. onlineopinion.com.au The UN Secretary-General insists Gaza "must remain" part of a Palestinian state. But does his prescription breach Article 80 and override rights preserved from the 1922 Mandate for Palestine?
(2026-02-13). Did Keir Starmer's Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel's War Crimes? bylinetimes.com Has the UK changed its position on Israel and International Humanitarian Law? | Two weeks ago, the Trade Minister, Chris Bryant said something that appears to mark a significant shift in the British government's position on the legality of Israel's conduct throughout its bombardment of Gaza. | On 29 January, Independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, Iqbal Mohhamed, asked in Parliament how the Government could justify considering unblocking some of the suspended arms licenses to Israel as part of "a path to a sustainable peace" when Israel had, at the time of his question, killed 481 Palestinians in Gaza since th…
(2026-02-13). Palestinian paramedic detained in Gaza dies in Israeli prison. newarab.com 
(2026-02-13). Thursday 2/12: Webinar: Ramadan in Gaza: Food and Nourishment for Families. indybay.org Zoom | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lnzk……
(2026-02-13). Princeton University cancels discussion by Norman Finkelstein on the ongoing Gaza genocide. wsws.org A scheduled event at Princeton University featuring a discussion with Norman Finkelstein about the ongoing Gaza genocide was abruptly canceled the day before it was to be held due to "new University policy."
(2026-02-13). The four siblings in white shrouds sums up the horrors of Gaza. thecanary.co 
The scene needed no explanation. A white shroud, rectangular and silent, lay in the middle of a small square crowded with weary faces. Around it, men lined up to pray, their eyes fixed on something that could not be fully seen, but only imagined. Inside, what were believed to be the remains of a mother […] | By
(2026-02-13). 'What We're Witnessing Is a Genocide Sustained'. scheerpost.com ByJanine Jackson for FAIR CounterSpin interview with Rayan El Amine on voices from Gaza Janine Jackson interviewed Nation guest editor Rayan El Amine about voices from Gaza for the February 6, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Donald Trump declared that the "War in Gaza is over" on October 13 of last year. Trump says weird and untrue things …
(2026-02-13). New warheads ready? After Hamas, another Iran ally flexes military muscle as US warships approach. hindustantimes.com Yemen's Houthi rebel group claimed to have conducted multiple missile tests this month, including new missiles equipped with multiple warheads and ranges exceeding 2,000 kilometers. The announcement came amid rising U.S.-Iran tensions, with the group claiming it is strengthening its defense capabilities. Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi mocked the U.S. 2015 withdrawal from Sana'a, calling it a defeat, and reaffirmed support for Iran while criticizing Israel. The group has also threatened renewed Red Sea shipping attacks as the USS Abraham Lincoln moves into the region. Israeli officials are reportedly reviewin…
(2026-02-13). Iran, war, and the illusion of control. onlineopinion.com.au A US attack on Iran promises regime change. History suggests something else: regional escalation, oil shocks, and a rally-around-the-flag effect that entrenches the very regime Washington seeks to weaken.
(2026-02-13). US Officials Boast Their Illegal Sanctions 'Collapsed' Iran's Economy. popularresistance.org Donald Trump has openly called for "regime change" in Iran. He has surrounded the country with what he calls a "massive armada", and has suggested that he wants to kill Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | While Trump threatens to bomb Iran again, after attacking it in 2025, the US government has been dropping devastating economic bombs on the nation. | Top US government officials boast that they are trying to "collapse" Iran's economy. | The Trump administration is waging what it calls a "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran, which the White House says is "aimed at driving Iran's oil exports to…
(2026-02-13). 12 Italians convicted for trying to revive Fascist party. tribune.com.pk 
Twelve members of Italy's fringe group CasaPound have been jailed for seeking to revive the Fascist Party, which ruled from 1922 to 1943 under dictator Benito Mussolini. | It is the first time a law which bans the "reorganisation of the dissolved Fascist party" has been applied to the neo-fascist group, the Repubblica daily said on Friday. | The case dates to 2018, when CasaPound members attacked people who attended a protest against Matteo Salvini, head of the anti-immigrant League party and then interior minister. | All defendants were convicted on Wednesday by a court in Bari in southern Italy and given 18…
(2026-02-13). MAGA Aesthetics and Fascist Power: Spectacles of White Supremacy. counterpunch.org 
The United States is not merely awash in brutalizing and murderous acts of state-sanctioned violence. It is being restructured by them. The killings of Rachel Good and Alex Pretti are not aberrations or tragic mistakes; they belong to a longer and darker history that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People once named with chilling precision. In earlier periods of American turmoil, such killings were called lynchings, acts "carried out by lawless mobs, although police officers did participate, under the pretext of justice." Today, this violence extends well beyond the bullet and the baton. I…