(2026-05-30). What options as UN Lebanon exit looms? al-monitor.com Lebanon is seeking an international force to replace a decades-long United Nations peacekeeping mission whose mandate ends this year following US and Israeli pressure, even as the latest Israel-Hezbollah war continues.Concerns over the possible exit of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with no alternative come with Israeli troops occupying south Lebanon's border areas, and as Israel and Lebanon hold direct negotiations seeking to end decades of hostilities.
(2026-05-30). Lebanon and Israel hold military talks at Pentagon despite Israeli offensive: What to know. al-monitor.com A renewed Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon aims to extract concessions from Beirut in US-brokered diplomatic talks, but Lebanese military officials say there is no path forward until Israel halts its attacks and returns to the April ceasefire.
(2026-05-30). Frustration in Lebanon as Israel expands invasion. aljazeera.com Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon has moved deeper into sovereign territory, with troops crossing the Litani river.
(2026-05-30). Israel launches more south Lebanon strikes after warnings. al-monitor.com Israel launched strikes across south Lebanon Saturday after ordering evacuations from more than a dozen locations a day after its premier said Israeli forces had pushed even deeper into Lebanese territory.Lebanon's army said a "targeted" Israeli strike wounded two soldiers in the south, just a day after military delegations from both countries held landmark security talks in Washington.The military talks in the US capital came ahead of US-brokered negotiations early next week ⚪ the fourth round since the latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict erupted.
(2026-05-30). Israeli forces push deeper into Lebanon as delegates meet in US. newarab.com 
Israel's military issued evacuation warnings on Saturday for residents of 13 villages in southern Lebanon and pushed deeper into the country, even as military delegations from Beirut and Tel Aviv The delegations held talks at the Pentagon and ahead of US-brokered negotiations early next week – the fourth round since the latest Israel has kept up its heavy bombardment of s…
(2026-05-30). Israel orders new evacuations as forces push deeper into Lebanon. al-monitor.com Israel's military issued evacuation warnings on Saturday for residents of seven villages in southern Lebanon, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had pushed deeper into the country.The latest warnings came a day after military delegations from the two countries held landmark security talks in Washington and ahead of US-brokered negotiations early next week ⚪ the fourth round since the latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict erupted.
(2026-05-30). Friday 5/29: Demonstration against genocide at the israeli consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St | San Francisco…
(2026-05-30). strongest card in nuclear talks: its highly enriched uranium. al-monitor.com By Francois MurphyVIENNA, May 29 (Reuters) – Iran and the United States are in discussions to extend their ceasefire so as to start negotiations on issues including Tehran's nuclear program, where Washington insists Iran must not be able to make a nuclear weapon.While much of Iran's uranium enrichment infrastructure was destroyed or badly damaged when Israel and the U.S. bombed it in June, a large part of the highly enriched uranium it amassed is thought to have survived. That is the biggest U.S. concern ahead of nuclear talks.
(2026-05-30). 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.
(2026-05-30). IMF, World Bank, others warn Middle East war is straining energy supplies. al-monitor.com May 29 (Reuters) – The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization warned on Friday that the war in the Middle East was straining global energy supplies and hitting vulnerable economies hardest.The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has disrupted trade, rattled financial markets and raised concerns over global energy supplies, particularly through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil and gas shipments.
(2026-05-30). Unicef reporta 77 niños muertos o heridos en una semana por ataques de Israel en Líbano. cubadebate.cu El Fondo de Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef) denunció este sábado que 77 niños murieron o resultaron heridos en Líbano durante los últimos siete días debido a la ofensiva israelí, mientras el presidente libanés Joseph Aoun urgió a Estados Unidos a lograr un alto el fuego. En las últimas 24 horas, los ataques israelíes mataron a 31 personas e hirieron a 68 en territorio libanés.
(2026-05-30). 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.
(2026-05-30). UN Reports 26 Killed in Gaza During Eid Holiday. moderndiplomacy.eu Monitors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory reported a rise in Israeli attacks as families prepared for Eid al-Adha. On May 26, three airstrikes killed 12 Palestinians, including a teenage girl who died from injuries sustained in an earlier strike. One airstrike targeted four men in Middle Gaza, while two others were killed in Khan Younis …
(2026-05-30). Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel's first Pacific embassy. asiapacificreport.nz 
Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine activist groups plan to simultaneously protest against the opening of the first Pacific embassy by Israel with pickets in the Fiji capital Suva and the New Zealand cities of Auckland and Wellington next week. Fijians for Palestine and the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) are planning these coordinated protests in opposition…
(2026-05-30). Brooklyn shop backs Israel boycott after years-long fight. newarab.com 
A Brooklyn grocery store has voted to boycott Israeli products, in a decision that has turned one of At a three-hour virtual meeting on Tuesday, nearly 7,000 members of the Park Slope Food Coop took part in the vote — with 67 percent backing the measure, 31 percent opposing it and 2 percent abstaining. | Members first approved a s…
(2026-05-30). Congress Is Poised to Integrate US and Israeli Militaries More Closely Than Ever. truthout.org At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before. Buried in the House's version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released on Tuesday, is section 224, entitled "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative. |