(2026-04-26). Four dead as Lebanon truce crumbles. tribune.com.pk 
Israel said on Saturday it would attack Hezbollah targets forcefully, further testing a fragile ceasefire with Lebanon that US President Donald Trump recently said had been extended by three weeks. | Four people were killed on Saturday in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Lebanon's state news agency reported, while the Israeli military said Hezbollah had fired rockets at Israel, posing the latest challenges to the tenuous ceasefire. | The ceasefire agreed between Israel and Lebanon has led to a significant reduction in hostilities, but Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah have continued to clash…
(2026-04-26). UAW Region 6 & UAW 4811 Endorsement of Scott Wiener Challenged at Mahmoud Khalil Panel. indybay.org At a panel with Columbia Palestinian UAW2710 member Mahmoud Khalil, a participant questioned why UAW Region 6 and UAW 4811 are supporting Congressional Candidate Scott Wiener who has supported the genocide in Gaza and continued economic and military funding of the Israel and the IDF.
(2026-04-26). Is the Strait of Hormuz Iran's most powerful Deterrent? juancole.com The Conversation) — One of the US and Israel's justifications for launching the war on Iran was to ensure the regime in Tehran could never possess nuclear weapons, the ultimate deterrent against external attack. But the main lesson that has been taken from the war, according to some commentators, is that
(2026-04-26). No Day After for Gaza: Israel has Killed 1,000 during "Ceasefire" juancole.com This diplomatic theatre has been eclipsed by the US-Israeli aggression against Iran that began on 28t…
(2026-04-26). Iran inflicted 'extensive' damage to US bases. tribune.com.pk 
Iran has inflicted more "extensive" damage to United States bases and equipment in the Middle East since the start of US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources. | Iran has hit dozens of targets, including warehouses, command headquarters, aircraft hangars, satellite communications infrastructure, runways, high-end radar systems and dozens of aircraft, the report said. | It added that Iran used missiles, drones and even F-5 fighter jets to target US bases in the region, despite previous claims by US authorities that the Iranian air force had failed to use…
(2026-04-26). Palestinians vote after Gaza invasion. tribune.com.pk 
Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza began voting on Saturday in municipal elections in the first vote since Israel's deadly invasion of Gaza, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment. | Nearly 1.5 million people are registered to vote in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as well as 70,000 people in Gaza's Deir el-Balah area, according to the Ramallah-based Central Elections Commission. | Polling stations opened at 7am (9am PKT). | AFP footage from Al-Bireh in the West Bank and Deir el-Balah in Gaza showed election officials in polling stations as Palestinians came to…
(2026-04-26). Demands that Port of Oakland End Arms Shipments to Israel Continue. indybay.org "Pack the Port" Commission protest uses public comments to demand embargo of arms feeding Israel's war crimes…
(2026-04-26). president says Tehran will not enter with U.S., state media reports. haaretz.com
(2026-04-26). Australia's "Antisemitism Envoy" Makes It Clear That Israel's Critics Are The Real Target. caitlinjohnstone.com.au
(2026-04-25). Hezbollah's resistance prevails. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders April 20, 2026 What is clear from the recent ceasefire in Lebanon is that Hezbollah has survived, regrouped and rearmed. This is a fact on the ground despite numerous news articles and statements in the Zionist media and the U.S. corporate media claiming that Hezbollah was defeated and totally destroyed. Hezbollah is the party and liberation organization, with massive support, that drove the Israeli occupiers out of southern Lebanon in 2000. Hezbollah has agreed to past ceasefires as it has to the present ceasefire, but based on concrete experience with decades of past brutal Zionist occupations…
(2026-04-25). Starmer's FCDO closes Israel war-crime monitoring unit, 'loses' massive evidence. thecanary.co 
The Starmer government's Foreign Office (FCDO) has closed down its unit that tracked Israeli atrocities and breaches of humanitarian law in Gaza and Lebanon. The closure also shuts down the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project run by the Centre for Information Resilience. This is — now was — the FCDO-funded project that reviews the legality […] | By
(2026-04-25). Israel's diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists. asiapacificreport.nz 
As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie reflects in a speech at Te Komititanga Square today. MEDIA FREEDOM: By David Robie In a week's time next Sunday, it is World Press Freedom…
(2026-04-25). Wounded Lebanese journalist recounts hours of agony when Israeli strike killed colleague. haaretz.com 'Amal was crawling, she was wounded — her nose and head and shoulder and leg,' Faraj recalled, speaking with difficulty with her face swollen and bruised. Faraj said Khalil had also suffered burn wounds after the targeted car next to them caught fire…
(2026-04-25). a Lebanese person who sought asylum in Israel. Many Israeli Arabs see us at. haaretz.com Lebanese-born Jonathan Alkhouri, whose father was in the pro-Israel South Lebanon Army, recalls the day the IDF withdrew and Hezbollah entered his village, and explains why he now does PR internationally for Israel…
(2026-04-25). Israel Kills Journalist in Lebanon After "Hunting" Down Her and a Colleague. scheerpost.com By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout Israel targeted the slain journalist's colleague with three strikes, including one on an ambulance she was in. Israeli forces killed journalist Amal Khalil and wounded her colleague, Zeinab Faraj, on Wednesday, firing multiple strikes on the journalists in southern Lebanon in Israel's latest attack on …
(2026-04-25). Israel kills 10 in Lebanon despite ceasefire extension. newarab.com 
(2026-04-25). New Israeli strikes reported in Lebanon after Netanyahu orders attacks. scmp.com Lebanese state media reported a series of new Israeli strikes in the country's south on Saturday night, after attacks earlier in the day killed six people despite a recently extended ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah. | The new attacks followed orders from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the military to "forcefully attack Hezbollah targets" after the army accused it of breaching the truce.
(2026-04-25). Israeli forces kill 13 Palestinians in Gaza in last 24 hours. newarab.com 
Israel's attacks on the devastated enclave have become more deadly after truces were reached in Iran and Lebanon. | Three children and a woman, as well as two police officers are among those killed. | Sour…
(2026-04-25). War in the Middle East: latest developments. al-monitor.com The latest developments in the Middle East war: – Israel strikes southern Lebanon -Lebanese state media reported a series of new Israeli strikes in at least four different locations in the country's south late Saturday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to attack Hezbollah following alleged ceasefire breaches.Attacks earlier in the day reportedly killed six people, despite a recently extended ceasefire.- Iran FM back to Pakistan -…
(2026-04-25). Six killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon. newarab.com 
Lebanon's health ministry said "Two Israeli enemy strikes, on a truck and a motorbike, in the town of Yohmor al-Shaqeef in the Nabatieh district killed four people," a ministry statement said. | It lat…
(2026-04-25). Israeli strikes kill six in southern Lebanon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Israeli strikes killed six people in southern Lebanon on Thursday, Lebanese health officials said.
(2026-04-25). Palestinians are holding local elections, but hardly anyone is running. Here's why that matters. mondoweiss.net 
Municipal elections were the last democratic outlet Palestinians had. This year, barely anyone is running, as two years of genocide and Israeli crackdown have hollowed out Palestinian political life.
(2026-04-25). Filmmaker Adderley says he will seek legal advice as Greens capitulate again. thecanary.co 
Filmmaker, anti-genocide campaigner and Green Party candidate Mark Adderley has reacted with fury to smears from Israel fanatic Labour front-bencher Steve Reed. He has also blasted the Green Party administration for (again) capitulating to fake antisemitism smears from Reed and the Israel lobby media. The Greens have again fallen for Labour's and the Israel lobby's […] | By
(2026-04-25). New death penalty law should force Starmer government to reevaluate UK policy toward Israel. mondoweiss.net 
British Member of Parliament Iqbal Mohamed asks if genocide, starvation, and the introduction of a death penalty for Palestinians alone are not red lines for this Labour government, then what is? The UK government must reevaluate its Israel policy now.
(2026-04-25). A Dialogue Across Civilisations, For Now. popularresistance.org During some of the worst days of the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran, I was talking to friends who were in the civilian areas being bombed. Some of them are scholars, others poets and artists, some work in the government, others in institutions of different kinds. All of them, regardless of their views of the government, stood defiant. Not one person felt that their world was under threat. They remained steadfast, their courage emanating from an immense belief in the resilience of Iranian civilisation. | Marxist and national liberation thought have had a very complex history with the concept of 'civilisation'.
(2026-04-25). White Power, White Decadence, White Denial. popularresistance.org Ajamu, the U.S. and Israel began their attack on Iran on February 28, thinking they could change the regime with a bombing campaign. But fortunately, Iran has better defense capabilities than they thought, and has been able to defend itself. Things have not worked out the way the US thought. There is a ceasefire in effect, there were talks which did not last very long, which actually, perhaps is better for Iran. Iran is controlling the Strait of Hormuz. The US claimed to have boarded an Iranian vessel. What is your understanding of where we are now?
(2026-04-25). Imperialism vs. resistance — U.S.-Israel vs. West Asian resistance. iacenter.org By Sue Harris April 24, 2026 There are two ways of conducting a war that have become fairly obvious in this current phase of the battle between imperialism and the resistance against it. The style of the resistance is to limit the destructive power of imperialism, to destroy their military bases and to destroy their weapons and the factories that produce them — to make it unprofitable to attack, as by blocking the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has done. This approach is an attack against objects and not people. The message is "go away and leave us alone, or you'll be sorry." That is pretty much how Iran and the…
(2026-04-25). Racine, WI April 25, 2026: Stand For Peace! Stop U.S.-Israel War On Iran! Free Palestine! wibailoutpeople.org 
Martin Luther King Plaza tomorrow, Saturday, April 25th, from 12: 30 to 1: 30 pm, on the corner of State Street, Marquette Street and 909 Dr. Martin Luther Drive, Racine WI 53404 for Peace and Justice. | Students occupy City Hall in Milwaukee April 24, 2026. / Photo: WI BOPM…
(2026-04-25). Iran says most missile capabilities 'unused' in war with US: report. tribune.com.pk 
(2026-04-25). From the 1953 Coup to Today: Jeffrey Sachs Explains America's Endless War on Iran. scheerpost.com Joshua Scheer Jeffrey Sachs doesn't raise his voice — he doesn't have to. In this wide‚Äëranging conversation with Tucker Carlson, Sachs lays out a devastating, historically grounded indictment of U.S. foreign policy, the manufactured "Iran threat," and the decades‚Äëlong fusion of American empire with Israel's regional ambitions. What emerges is not a hot take but …
(2026-04-25). Iran forwards evidence of US-Israeli attacks on civilians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society said that documentation of American-Israeli attacks on civilian targets has been submitted to international bodies.
(2026-04-25). Palestinians bury pregnant woman and 2 of her children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza. scmp.com Palestinians on Saturday buried a woman pregnant with twins and two of her children who were among at least 13 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza. | The toll on Friday included two men who were killed in Gaza City, and eight others killed in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to local hospitals. | Officials at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said the eight people, including four police officers, were killed after Israel targeted a police vehicle.
(2026-04-25). Palestinians cast ballots in first elections since Gaza war. newarab.com 
Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza cast their ballots in Nearly 1.5 million people are registered to vote in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as well as 70,000 people in Gaza's
(2026-04-25). Palestinian local elections give some Gazans a chance to vote for the first time in years. al-monitor.com By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali SawaftaCAIRO/RAMALLAH, April 25 (Reuters) – Palestinians were voting in local elections on Saturday that include Gaza for the first time in two decades and will gauge the political mood at a time when Israel's government is seeking to destroy any future for a Palestinian state.The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority hopes the symbolic inclusion of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah will help reinforce its claim to authority over the war-torn territory, from where it was ousted by Hamas in 2007.
(2026-04-25). Palestinian local elections give some Gazans first chance to vote in years. tribune.com.pk 
Palestinians voted in local elections on Saturday that, for the first time in two decades, include Gaza and will gauge the political mood as Israel's government seeks to destroy any future for a Palestinian state. | The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA) hopes the symbolic inclusion of the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah will reinforce its claim to authority over the territory from which it was ousted by Hamas in 2007. | Gazans, who are struggling to meet their basic needs in the devastated enclave, welcomed the opportunity to vote. | "As a Palestinian and a son of the Gaza Strip,…
(2026-04-25). Hamas to negotiate disarmament with Board of Peace on Monday. haaretz.com Talks between Hamas and the Board of Peace are set to resume on Monday in Cairo. The mediators' proposal includes the disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups, the reconstruction of Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops…
(2026-04-25). Hamas, Resistance groups decry Israeli attack on Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Hamas and other Palestinian Resistance groups have categorically denounced the latest wave of Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip as "a bloody Zionist escalation and full-fledged war crimes."
(2026-04-25). Six charged in UK after van hits Israel-linked drone factory. newarab.com 
Six people are due to appear in a The investigation into the incident in the early hours of Friday at the premises in central England has been led by counter-terrorism officers, Leicestershire Police said. | The business allegedly targeted is understood to be specialised military drone maker UAV Tactical Systems, according to Britain's domestic Press Association (PA) news agency. | Israel-based defe…
(2026-04-25). Six charged in UK after van targets Israel-linked drone factory. newarab.com Six people are due to appear in a The investigation into the incident in the early hours of Friday at the premises in central England has been led by counter-terrorism officers, Leicestershire Police said. | The business allegedly targeted is understood to be specialised military drone maker UAV Tactical Systems, according to Britain's domestic Press Association (PA) news agency. | Israel-based defe…
(2026-04-25). Shin Bet will collapse faster than police. No internal force can stop. haaretz.com David Zini may have lacked the chops required for heading the Shin Bet, but that hasn't stopped him from fomenting an upheaval there. Only civil society can stop the collapse, warns one of his predecessors…
(2026-04-25). 60 former UK ambassadors warn of Israel's West Bank annexation steps. tribune.com.pk 
(2026-04-25). Seven teens arrested on suspicion of stabbing pizza shop worker to death on Independence Day. haaretz.com A source says Israel Police have obtained 'significant evidence' linking the suspects, aged 13-17, to the murder of 21-year-old Yimano Binyamin Zelka earlier this week. The main suspect was arrested in a safehouse and his parents are suspected of obstructing the investigation…
(2026-04-25). High Court affirms Attorney role in vetting police appointments. haaretz.com The High Court orders Ben-Gvir to allow Baharav-Miara's input a week before appointments. The justices also ruled that the commissioner's recommendations should be simultaneously presented to Ben-Gvir and to Baharav-Miara…
(2026-04-25). West Bank scepticism as Palestinians doubt local elections will change much. aljazeera.com Frustration with the Palestinian Authority and Israeli occupation fuel voter apathy in local West Bank elections.
(2026-04-25). Jerusalem — Residents of Sheikh Jarrah are being forcibly displaced by the Israeli occupation, yet again. thecanary.co 
The Jerusalem municipality has approved plans to construct a huge 11 storey ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious school on a 5000 square metres of land in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem. The development will be at the heart of daily life for Palestinians, as the project — which includes classrooms, dormitories, and housing […] | By
(2026-04-25). Israeli Military Reportedly Bombed Lebanese Journalist, Blocked Rescuers. popularresistance.org The Israeli military reportedly targeted two Lebanese journalists, assassinating Amal Khalil who worked for the Al-Akhbar newspaper and seriously injuring freelance photographer Zeinab Faraj. | Lebanese Red Cross volunteers rescued Faraj but were unable to rescue Khalil before she died because the Israeli military opened fire on them, which Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called a "war crime." | "Israel's targeting of media professionals in the South while they are performing their professional duties can no longer be viewed as a series of isolated incidents," Salam declared.
(2026-04-25). Press Freedom Groups Demand International Probe Into Israel's Killing of Journalist Amal Khalil. scheerpost.com Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Global press freedom organizations are demanding an immediate international probe into the Israeli military's apparently targeted killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who died trapped under the rubble of a home bombed by Israeli forces earlier this week. The calls for an urgent independent investigation came as the details surrounding Khalil's killing …
(2026-04-25). Israel Apologists Lie About Their Feelings And Beliefs, And Other Notes. caitlinjohnstone.com.au ‚ùñ | One of the most frustrating things about Israel apologists is how they constantly pretend to believe things they don't really believe in order to push Israeli PR. | There's a