(2026-06-17). 'Welfare Not Warfare' Protest Demands Halt To Europe's Rearmament. popularresistance.org On Sunday, June 14, over 12,000 people joined the "Welfare Not Warfare" protest in Brussels, organized by more than 800 civil society organizations, trade unions, and movements to oppose EU and NATO rearmament. "The coalition rejects the idea that Europe's security can be bought through a massive rearmament project that starves social budgets and escalates confrontation," the Stop ReArm Europe platform wrote in the protest announcement. | "Ongoing wars, occupation, genocide, and military violence are shaping lives around the world — from Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon to Yemen, Sudan, and the Democratic Repub…
(2026-06-17). In landmark case, UK judge sentences pro-Palestine activists as terrorists. mondoweiss.net 
In a UK first, a judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists to terrorism charges for a direct action protest against an Elbit Systems factory. The move sparks fears the ruling could set a dangerous precedent for those opposing Israel's genocide.
(2026-06-17). Sunday 7/5: Yoga for Palestine. indybay.org San José Peace & Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San José, CA 95112…
(2026-06-17). Media's Hasan Piker Meltdown Is About Silencing Dissent. popularresistance.org Former high-ranking Biden administration officials should arguably be facing charges at the International Criminal Court for complicity in the Gaza genocide. Instead, they're embraced by polite society and enjoy influential posts in corporate media, academia and Washington think tanks. | Their concealment of Biden's declining mental faculties helped precipitate 2024's disastrous electoral results. | Democratic leaders in Congress, ostensibly in an oppositional role, continue to respond to Trump's militaristic authoritarianism, both at home and abroad, with characteristic fecklessness and even tacit support.
(2026-06-17). Saturday 6/20: Backyard Dance Party Fundraiser for Gaza Soup Kitchen. indybay.org 2112 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA…
(2026-06-17). 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.
(2026-06-17). Every drop counts: Gaza's water crisis deepens as summer takes hold. icrc.org
(2026-06-17). Iranian tankers exit US blockade zone ahead of peace talks. geo.tv 
US forces conducting an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina in the Indo-Pacific region. — Reuters/FileUS-Iran final settlement set to sign on Friday.Despite deal, Israeli strikes continue in Lebanon.Lebanon conflict remains threat to diplomacy: analysts.The…
(2026-06-17). 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.
(2026-06-17). No Iran—US Nuclear Deal Unless Israel Withdraws From Lebanon. popularresistance.org Hezbollah's Media Relations Department said in a statement to Reuters and other outlets on 16 June that the Islamic Republic has assured it that there will be "no nuclear deal between Iran and the US" unless Israel withdraws its occupation forces from Lebanon. | A full Israeli pullout will be the "result of" and "not a precondition for" the continuation of Iran—US talks following the signing of a Pakistani-mediated memorandum of understanding (MoU), the department said. | "[There will be] no nuclear deal between Iran and the US unless the Israelis withdraw," Hezboll…
(2026-06-17). Iran celebrates agreement with US, threatens Israel over Lebanon. newarab.com 
Hello, | Here are the latest key updates: | Iranian officials hailed the agreement with the US as a "diplomatic victory". For his part, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed any agreement with the US must include the release of frozen Iranian assets, sanctions relief and Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.
| Iran also noted Israel has already violated the agreement in Lebanon and warns of a "harsh response" if attacks continue. Despite a "ceasefire" and other agreements, Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have persisted every day, with injuries and deaths being recorded.
| Israeli attacks also cont…
(2026-06-17). Australian central bank holds interest rates but warns of further hikes. wsws.org The Reserve Bank of Australia is intent on further suppressing household spending, amid the ongoing global impact of the US-Israeli war on Iran and a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
(2026-06-17). Trump's fear exposed in 24-hour frenzy: Iran deal done, third strike canceled, Israel told to…. hindustantimes.com Just days after a devastating conflict that brought the Middle East to the brink, Donald Trump is now making a stunning claim — that Iran has a "more rational" leadership. But what does that actually mean, and what happened to the figures Trump once described as the main obstacle to peace? After U.S. and Israeli strikes killed several top Iranian officials during the war, Trump suggested that a new political reality had emerged inside Tehran. He argued that the leaders he viewed as "totally irrational" were now gone and that Iran's current leadership was more prepared to engage diplomatically with Washingto…
(2026-06-17). Smotrich says Israel taking control of Hebron. aljazeera.com Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Israel has transferred authority over Hebron to the army.
(2026-06-17). What would happen if US actually cut off military aid to Israel? responsiblestatecraft.org As Israeli officials
(2026-06-17). East Jerusalem: Israel Escalating Home Demolitions, Evictions. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A Palestinian man looks on as an excavator clears the rubble of homes demolished by Israeli authorities in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem, May 19, 2026. | © 2026 Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo…