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Israel targets and kills children

Édouard Soulier — 2026-07-10T11:37:34Z

Two damning reports show that, in both Gaza and the West Bank, Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Palestine, Israel

The framework agreement Lebanon-Israel, a capitulation to multiple threats

Joseph Daher — 2026-07-04T08:26:50Z

Following the fragile memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, on 26 June 2026 the Lebanese and Israeli governments signed, with the sponsorship of the United States, “a framework agreement”. In addition to representing a capitulation to US and Israeli political interests, this “agreement”, in its conclusion, threatens to transform the Lebanese state into a security subcontractor of Tel Aviv and thus deepen both political and sectarian tensions in the country.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Israel, Lebanon

Palestine and Lebanon are burning

Édouard Soulier — 2026-07-02T14:55:21Z

Despite the ceasefires proclaimed, Israel continues its attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. Security Minister Ben Gvir's declarations calling for the “burning of Lebanon” openly express the logic of erasure at work, as part of a project of total regional domination.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Palestine, Israel, Lebanon

Trump-Netanyahu Debacle: A World of Collateral Damage

David Finkel — 2026-06-28T07:41:36Z

Strait of Hormuz: Nice oil shipping lane there. A real pity if something would happen to it…

- IVP617 - June 2026 / United States (USA), Israel, Iran

Israel mistreats Flotilla activists and tortures Palestinian prisoners

An Gwesped — 2026-06-07T18:14:07Z

After the Israeli army's violent interception of the Gaza flotilla, activists have denounced humiliation and violence — a long-documented glimpse into the torture and sexual violence suffered by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. More than 430 activists from the 50 boats that set out to break the blockade of Gaza were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation army between Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 May, in international waters off the coast of Cyprus, up to 500 km from the coast of Gaza for the most distant boats and about 100 kilometres for the closest.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Palestine, Israel

The Reasons for the US-Israeli Aggression against Iran

Sarah Selami — 2026-05-20T14:01:54Z

“It is important to remember that the Islamic Republic of Iran — and more broadly the Iranian capitalism it administers — is not a simple passive victim of this warlike configuration. It is a fully-fledged player, committed to its own logic of power, internal consolidation and regional influence.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Israel, Iran

Justice for the Middle East Is Also About Climate

Adam Hanieh, Denys Gorbach, Simon Pirani — 2026-05-11T17:10:15Z

“The deepening climate emergency means that we need to put upfront the question of the climate and the urgent need to move away from fossil fuels. The Middle East is absolutely key to this because it sits at the centre of the world oil and gas industry, particularly in relation to global exports. The politics of the region – from Palestine to Iran – cannot be understood separate from this role of the Middle East in the global energy system.”

- Features / Palestine, United States (USA), MENA (Middle East/North Africa), Ecology and the Environment, Israel, Iran, Kurdistan

Support for the flotilla targeted by the Israeli assault

NPA-l'Anticapitaliste (NPA-A) — 2026-04-30T10:35:17Z

Last night, the world once again witnessed Israel's absolute impunity. The Israeli army carried out a raid in international waters, intercepting and rendering several vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) inoperable. This assault took place off the coast of Crete – nearly 1,000 km from Gaza!

- News from around the world / Palestine, Israel

Living conditions and resistance in Lebanon

Nicolas Dot-Pouillard — 2026-04-21T09:26:56Z

“Nevertheless, there is today a left-wing sensibility in Lebanon, anti-imperialist, opposed to the occupation and which has concrete effects on the ground, limited but nevertheless real. It is trying to build something, in particular what could be called a form of civil resistance.”

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Israel, Lebanon

Death penalty by hanging for Palestinians

Osama Abu Rabee — 2026-04-06T05:17:39Z

The Israeli colonial state did not need a new law to kill Palestinians. Yet, on Monday, 30 March 2026, the Israeli parliament passed a law establishing the death penalty, by hanging, for Palestinians — and only for Palestinians.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Palestine, Israel