(2026-05-11). Israeli Army: We destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel measuring 120 metres in length in southern Lebanon using more than 20 tonnes of explosives. ecns.cn Israeli Army: We destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel measuring 120 metres in length in southern Lebanon using more than 20 metric tons of explosives.
(2026-05-12). Lebanese in south refuse to flee again despite escalating Israeli strikes. aljazeera.com Obaida Hitto reports from southern Lebanon, where residents say they will not leave again despite intensifying strikes.
(2026-05-12). 61st Venice Biennale: Cultural workers and artists strike and protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza. wsws.org The strikers and demonstrators were responding to a call from the organisation Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA), supported by a number of other activist groups.
(2026-05-12). How an Iran Conflict Could Fracture the Arab World and Test Pakistan's Loyalties. thinktank.pk A full-scale confrontation between Israel (backed by the United States) and Iran would be a watershed event for the Middle East and its neighbors. Even limited strikes and tit-for-tat escalations already have cross-border consequences; a broader military campaign would magnify those effects across security, economics, politics, and social cohesion. The Arab states—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, …
(2026-05-12). Flotilla activist Thiago àÅvila arrives in Brazil. aljazeera.com Brazilian activist Thiago àÅvila returned to Sà£o Paulo after being detained and deported from Israel.
(2026-05-12). Israel approves law on public trials, death penalty for October 7 detainees. aljazeera.com Rights groups warn that the bill makes the death penalty easier to impose and strips fair trial protections.
(2026-05-12). EU Breaks Political Deadlock to Punish Violent Israeli Settlers. thinktank.pk The decision by the European Union to approve new sanctions against violent Israeli settlers may appear limited on the surface, but politically it represents one of the strongest signals yet that Europe's patience with the current trajectory of the Israel-Palestine conflict is rapidly eroding. For years, divisions inside Europe prevented unified action against Israeli settlement …
(2026-05-11). Israeli strikes on S. Lebanon kill 4, wound 19. ecns.cn BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, May 10 ⚪ Four people were killed and 19 others wounded on Sunday in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah announced attacks targeting Israeli troops and military equipment along the border.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
(2026-05-11). Lebanese PM says Lebanon open to peace agreement with Israel if demands met. ecns.cn Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday that Lebanon is open to a peace agreement with Israel once its demands are met, stressing that Beirut currently focuses on "stopping hostilities and ending the war."
(2026-05-11). Israeli soldiers jailed for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon. scmp.com Two Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for desecration of a Christian object after one stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon and the other photographed it. | The photo of the soldier, a cigarette dangling from his own mouth, went viral and sparked widespread outrage.
(2026-05-11). 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.
(2026-05-11). 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.
(2026-05-11). 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.
(2026-05-11). 'There is absolutely no division at all'. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Yousef Pezeshkian, son of Iran's president, has dismissed reports of divisions between his father and military commanders, amid stalled efforts to bring the US-Israeli war that began on February 28 to a lasting end.
(2026-05-11). Strategic Imperative Drives U.S. Support For Israel. covertactionmagazine.com The conservative media landscape has recently been embroiled in an explosive debate about Israel. One one side, there is former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has broken with Donald Trump and the MAGA universe over the Iran War, stating that Trump betrayed his anti-war election pledge because of his fealty to Israel and that …
(2026-05-11). Livestream: The Gaza disarmament trap. electronicintifada.net Muhammad Shehada discussed how the Iran war is frustrating the US-Israeli push to disarm Gaza resistance.
(2026-05-11). 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.
(2026-05-11). 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.
(2026-05-11). World's top media outlets urge Israel to "Let Us Into Gaza" ummid.com Senior leaders from more than two dozen global news organizations signed an open letter calling for Israel to allow international media to independently enter the Gaza Strip.
(2026-05-11). EU hits Israel settlers with new sanctions over W. Bank violence. newarab.com 
The EU foreign ministers backed the sanctions package, which targets seven individuals and organi…
(2026-05-11). Labour ministers ditch leadership plotting for the Devil Wears Prada 2. thecanary.co 
Following Labour's embarrassing defeat at the polls, business and trade secretary and friend of Israel, Peter Kyle, was the designated fall guy and sent out on the media round. It was as serious a time as you'd expect, with Kyle saying Wes Streeting is not plotting to overthrow Keir Starmer. The labour ministers were too […] | By
(2026-05-11). Netanyahu Stresses The Need For More Propaganda As Israel's Hasbara Budget Soars. caitlinjohnstone.com.au In a fawning softball Major Garrett (which apparently is a real name belonging to a real guy who works for 60 Minu…
(2026-05-11). A Sad and Beautiful World: "When things get better, we'll come back to Beirut" wsws.org Beirut has been subjected to repeated, brutal Israeli bombing raids throughout the current conflict.
(2026-05-11). The Global Sumud Flotilla is sailing on, here is why. aljazeera.com The Israeli attack on part of our flotilla has convinced us we must continue with our mission.
(2026-05-11). The Town That Wouldn't Die: A View from the Streets of Bint Jbeil. thecanary.co 
If you want to understand the soul of Bint Jbeil, you don't look at a map. Instead, you look at the Israeli artillery left in our town square — a sign of liberation from the occupation after the year 2000. Our town centre was a graveyard of Israeli hubris. We kept the rusted skeletons of […] | By
(2026-05-11). EU agrees sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlers, Hamas leaders. aljazeera.com The long-awaited agreement comes after Hungary's new government dropped the country's veto.
(2026-05-11). China Soars In Democratic Perception Ranking As US, Israel Plummet. popularresistance.org China is among the most democratic countries in the world, according to the perception of its own citizens, while the US is now among the most negatively perceived countries in the world, according to a new poll released on 10 May. | The survey, the Democracy Perception Index, was compiled by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation in Denmark. | It surveyed more than 94,000 respondents in 98 countries about their perceptions of their own governments on issues related to democracy. The survey ranked each country on a scale from +100 to —100.
(2026-05-11). Interfaith Pilgrimage From Oakland City Hall to Airport to Protest Israeli Crimes. indybay.org FedEx goes into hidihg…
(2026-05-11). Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC. theintercept.com 
A controversial real estate expo that advertises properties for sale in the occupied Palestinian territories returned to New York City on Monday, less than a week after a previous event drew The "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" took place Monday evening at Young Israel of Midwood, an Orthodox synagogue in southern Brooklyn. Event organizers confirmed the location in an automated response to The Intercept's request for comment, but they did not comment on the event itself.
(2026-05-11). Israel's Knesset backs 'show trial' bill to try 7 Oct defendants. newarab.com 
(2026-05-11). CONTENT WARNING: Police in Israel arrest and violently beat Palestinian lawyer. thecanary.co 
A Palestinian lawyer, who is an Israeli citizen, has been beaten to a pulp by police in Israel after they invaded his apartment in Be'er Sheva. Saleh Khalil Faisal Na'ama's attack comes amid rampant and escalating Israeli violence and land theft perpetrated on Palestinians under the apartheid occupation. Israel's daily newspaper Haaretz got hold of […] | By
(2026-05-11). Will an Anti-Turkish Alliance in the Eastern Mediterranean Lead Türkiye to Strengthen Ties with Russia? unitedworldint.com/feed/ Türkiye's response is likely to involve hedging through deeper ties with Russia, even as some disagreements persist. By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida The recent prospect of a military alliance between Greece, Israel and Cyprus introduces a new variable into the Eastern Mediterranean security equation. Such an arrangement, even if initially limited, will inevitably be perceived …
english.palinfo.com (2026-05-11). Gaza: Several civilians injured, two martyrs recovered as Israeli ceasefire violations enter day 214
Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip left several Palestinian civilians wounded, while the bodies of two martyrs were recovered on Monday, marking yet another violation of the ceasefire now in its 214th consecutive day.