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In the span of roughly 10 minutes, Israel created one of the bloodiest days in Lebanon’s history. On April 8, Lebanon was the target of indiscriminate military aggression on par with the 2024 Pager Attacks, as Israeli forces conducted a series of coordinated airstrikes across southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley,...

Since the ceasefire in early October of last year, there have been attempts to restore normalcy to Gaza, including establishing security in areas not under Israeli military control, such as the central region and parts of the south and north. During the war, there were no functioning state or security...

While much of the world's focus has been on the US-Israeli war against Iran, there's another front that's receiving far less attention: Lebanon.

Israeli restrictions threaten to halt the services of the World Central Kitchen organization, which provides one million meals daily to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, warning of a worsening humanitarian crisis. The World Kitchen, which began operating in Gaza during the Israeli war of attrition, stated that the number of...

The war on Iran was decades in the making, but is finally here. Decades of US-led economic sanctions proved ineffective in toppling Iranian sovereignty. Faced with Iran’s refusal to capitulate under economic pressure, the US and Israel pursued the much riskier strategy of an unprovoked military war of choice; this...

Restoration efforts are being made at the Mamluk Pasha's Palace in Gaza City, one of hundreds of cultural heritage sites devastated and looted by the Israeli military.

Restoration efforts are being made at the Mamluk Pasha's Palace in Gaza City, one of hundreds of cultural heritage sites devastated and looted by the Israeli military.

Amid the escalations by federal agents and the fear that looms heavy in the air in the Twin Cities, Minnesotans are showing up for their immigrant neighbors and each other in a multitude of ways, some old and some newfound.

We’re joined live by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, “Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law,” unpacks how recent U.S. aggression from Venezuela to Gaza signals a dangerous unraveling of the post-World War II legal order. We’ll...

Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, to break down why the Trump administration attacked Venezuela—and what comes next. Norton explains how Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro are not isolated acts, but part of...