OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – A Palestinian youth was shot by Israeli police on Friday morning, while another was detained, in occupied Jerusalem.
Their identities have not been revealed yet.
The Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governorate said Israeli occupation police forces opened fire at a young man and detained another man who was with him while being chased by the police on a motorcycle in the Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood.
Israeli strikes and gunfire killed six Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, including women and children, as ongoing violations of the October 11, 2025 “ceasefire” agreement continued to raise the casualty toll.
Attacks were documented in Gaza City, Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, and the al‑Mawasi coastal area west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources and the Palestinian Health Ministry.
In Gaza City, medical teams confirmed that Mohammad Tayseer Obeid was killed and six civilians, including women and children, were wounded when an Israeli drone fired a missile at an apartment in the al‑Taj building on al‑Yarmouk Street.
A second Israeli strike targeted another apartment west of the city, causing additional injuries. Later, Israeli warplanes bombed a separate apartment on al‑Yarmouk Street, killing one Palestinian and wounding others who were transferred to al‑Shifa Hospital.
In Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, a woman, En’aam Abdullah al‑Attar, 52, was killed when an Israeli drone dropped an explosive device near Abu Tammam School.
In al‑Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, another woman, Amani Ibrahim Abu Jazar, 49, was killed by Israeli gunfire. Medical teams at Nasser Hospital said her body arrived after she was shot southwest of the city.
In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli forces shelled the “new camp” area west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing Suleiman Ibrahim Farajallah and wounding several others. Additional civilians were wounded when Israeli forces targeted a tent inside a shelter center west of Deir al‑Balah.
Later, Taher Abdul‑Wahed was killed when Israeli forces bombed the roof of a room behind the al‑Tawhid Mosque west of Nuseirat. Several Palestinians were also injured when the army bombarded an‑Nakhil Street in Deir al‑Balah. … Full article
An Israeli airstrike has killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded more than 20 others as they attended a funeral in the central besieged Gaza Strip.
Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp confirmed the casualties, reporting that the strike directly hit mourners gathered for the funeral of a Palestinian martyred in an earlier Israeli attack on the same day.
Combined with several other Palestinians killed in separate Israeli airstrikes across the blockaded territory, Friday’s death toll reached at least 12. … Full article
By Kit Klarenberg | Global Delinquents | July 17, 2026
In recent years, the Palestinian Civil Defence has been presented by Western media and rights groups as a vital volunteer emergency service, operating out of Lebanon’s myriad refugee camps. First on the scene of major disasters, including the officially unsolvedAugust 2020 Beirut blast, the group has provided news outlets with first-person disaster footage, while apparently winning hearts and minds among the country’s diverse population. But behind the PCD’s noble facade lurks a sinister British intelligence project, exploiting local Palestinian resistance to neutralise Hezbollah.
The PCD has invited comparisons with Syria’s notorious White Helmets, and this is no coincidence. ARK, a ubiquitous British intelligence contractor founded by MI6 veteran Alistair Harris, was behind the creation of both groups. An entry on ARK’s website outlining the firm’s experience of creating “search and rescue teams” overseas notes the Syrian White Helmets’ success directly inspired the PCD’s 2014 founding. The Western state-funded “programme” that created the Syrian ‘humanitarian’ group was “expanded” specifically to repeat the exercise, in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps.
A little-remembered controversy over the White Helmets related to its formal name, Syrian Civil Defence, being indistinguishable from the country’s established civil defence force. On the ground reporting fromVanessa Beeley indicated extremist groups murdered the state’s emergency and medical workers, before stealing their equipment, uniforms and ambulances to found the White Helmets. Beirut’s PCD similarly emulates the long-established Palestinian Civil Defence’sname, a rescue group operating in both Gaza and the West Bank. Is this similarly a malicious attempt to falsely conflate the pair?
Like the White Helmets, Lebanon’s PCD aims to be an alternative, quasi-state structure, advancing regime change objectives. The PCD very visibly provides parallel services to those proffered by Hezbollah. The Resistance group’s Islamic Health Organization, Risala Scout Association and civil defence units are typically responsible for rescuing civilians from rubble, extinguishing fires, and other emergencies. Such provision hassignificantly bolsteredHezbollah’s support across Lebanon’s multifaith society, problematically for Western powers – including Britain – which desperately want the Resistance faction crippled politically and militarily. … continue
A federal judge has ruled that the US government violated the constitutional rights of Palestinian American Osama Abu Irshaid after customs officials seized and searched his cellphone during two separate encounters at a US international airport in 2024.
In a ruling filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, US District Judge Michael Nachmanoff determined that the phone searches violated Irshaid’s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable government searches and seizures. … continue
Israel-backed propagandists demanded Blumenthal face US government persecution for reporting from Iran. The Trump admin obliged.
The Grayzone | July 16, 2026
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a time-sensitive motion in the Eastern District of Virginia’s federal court on behalf of journalist Max Blumenthal, seeking the immediate return of two smartphones unlawfully seized and retained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The motion argues that CBP’s warrantless seizure and continued retention of Blumenthal’s phones violate the First and Fourth Amendments and the Privacy Protection Act. It seeks the immediate return of both devices and all information or copies obtained from them under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41(g), along with an expedited hearing because the seizure is interfering with Blumenthal’s work, chilling his reporting, and threatening the confidentiality of his sources and unpublished reporting. … continue
Washington has blocked the issuance of SSL security certificates for Fars News Agency‘s website, cutting the country’s most visited news outlet off from browser-trusted encryption, the agency revealed on 17 July.
Without valid certificates, visitors to the site face security warnings and restricted access, while the agency’s content has been removed from Google search results.
Technical assessments confirm that all major internationally recognized Certificate Authorities – including Let’s Encrypt, DigiCert, and Sectigo – have rejected certificate requests for the agency’s domains, citing US sanctions pressure.
The measure is the latest in a series of US actions against the outlet. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control seized the agency’s .com domain in 2020, and in September 2023 added Fars and its CEO to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) sanctions list.
The EU and Canada have since imposed sanctions of their own. … continue
By Cam Wakefield | Reclaim The Net | July 17, 2026
Police Scotland has arrested and charged someone over two posts published online.
Heather Herbert, a 50-year-old web developer at the University of Aberdeen, a transgender activist and a former Labour and Scottish Greens candidate, wrote two vile messages on Bluesky about the death of Ann Widdecombe, a British politician and television personality who was found murdered in her home last week.
“And some good news for once. I hope it was an extremely painful death,” the first one said. The second went further. “And I hope she was handcuffed to the bed as she screamed in agony.”
Wishing an elderly woman a screaming, agonized end is the sort of thing that typically earns you a wide social berth and a lot of quiet unfollowing.
Then the police got involved. And un-involved. And then involved again.
Police Scotland looked at the posts and decided, in its own words, that “no criminality has been established.” Filed away, done. Then a petition gathered around 3,500 signatures in a matter of days, and the force pulled a handbrake turn.
A spokesman confirmed that “following further assessment, additional inquiries are being carried out.” Put plainly, the public shouted and the definition of a crime shuffled over to meet the shouting. … continue
Finnish MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen has warned that Britain is fast becoming the worst example in Europe when it comes to defending free speech after he became the latest elected European politician to be banned from entering the country ahead of his appearance at the inaugural Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Great Britain.
In a video posted on social media, the conservative politician said, “I was just banned from entering the U.K. I am an elected member of the European Parliament and was invited to speak at the very first conservative CPAC conference in the U.K.
“We had the adverts out, flights and hotel booked, and I was supposed to head to the airport in just two hours.
“Then, only moments ago, I was informed that my presence wouldn’t be conducive to the public good.
“Throughout my political career, I have defended our girls and women from the threats posed by mass migration. For some, like U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, this is hate speech.
“For me, it is simply what all politicians should be doing: addressing the problem, changing the legislation and sending them home.”
Tynkkynen then warned the British people that something is “deeply wrong” with their country, and that it was “becoming the worst example in Europe of the death of freedom of speech.”
He urged them to change their leadership if they wanted to change their lives “for the better.”
Tynkkynen is a member of the co-governing Finns Party, a right-wing populist party that is currently the second-largest in the Finnish parliament. The party holds seven of the 19 ministerial positions in Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s coalition government. … Full article
Moscow has dismissed claims linking Russia to threats against US elections, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, calling the intelligence cited by Washington unsubstantiated.
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump delivered a prime-time address which focused on alleged vulnerabilities in the voting infrastructure. He said the current system “falls catastrophically short” and is exposed to hacking.
While Trump barely mentioned Russia in his speech and was more focused on alleged meddling efforts by China – which Beijing has denied – the White House released a trove of declassified documents, with one assessment stating: “We judge that US adversaries, including at a minimum Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea… have the capability to compromise US election infrastructure.”
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Peskov said the allegations are based on “certain anonymous and unsubstantiated information from the US intelligence services.” … continue
China on 17 July rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that Beijing had interfered in the 2020 US presidential elections, saying the allegations were baseless and an attempt to smear China.
“The relevant allegations by the US are entirely fabricated and aimed at vilifying China,” stated Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian. “We have no interest in interfering in US elections and have never done so.”
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson made the remarks at a press conference in response to Trump’s comments during a speech at the White House on Thursday.
Lin said China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs and has never influenced, or had a reason to influence US elections.
“On the contrary, the international community sees all too clearly who routinely interferes in the internal affairs of other nations, conducts long-term, indiscriminate surveillance of governments, businesses, and ordinary citizens worldwide, and steals the data of other countries’ citizens on a massive scale,” the spokesman said. … continue
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Israeli influence campaign aimed at steering the United States into an “unwinnable war of choice” against Iran will “soon unravel,” pointing to Israeli manipulation of US policymakers and suppressing dissenting voices.
Araghchi made the remarks in a post on his X account on Friday as US strikes on southern Iranian cities and ports continued for a sixth consecutive day despite a war-ending memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Tehran and Washington.
He said Americans are being warned of “foreign influence”, directly turning the accusation toward the US closest ally in the region.
“Americans are being warned of Foreign Influence. How about the extensive Israeli Campaign to bamboozle the U.S. Administration into an unwinnable war of choice?” he wrote. … Full article
Criminal attacks by the terrorist US Army targeted civilian infrastructure across several Iranian provinces overnight and into Friday, including the destruction of the maritime control tower at Chabahar’s Shahid Kalantari Port, killing eight people and injuring 20 others.
The attacks from late Thursday into early on Friday primarily struck the provinces of Hormozgan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Khuzestan and Lorestan, media reports said.
The latest strikes follow US President Donald Trump’s threats to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including bridges and power plants amid international community’s silence on war crimes committed by the US. … continue
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that it had targeted US fighter jets and aerial refueling aircraft stationed in Jordan, as well as bases in Kuwait and Qatar, in response to US aggression carried out on Thursday, July 16.
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it targeted US fighter jets and aerial refueling aircraft in Jordan in response to the US aggression against “civilian targets, including several bridges, residential areas, and a water pumping station in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.”
The IRGC said the operation was carried out during Wave 14 of Operation Nasr 2, using “several ballistic missiles and a large number of drones” in a two-phase operation.
Iran urges Jordanian people to stand up against US occupation
In its Statement No. 22 detailing the operation and the reason behind it, the IRGC directly addressed the “noble Jordanian people” and said that following its strike last year on the Al Udeid base in Qatar, the US military “transferred the command center of US forces in the region from Qatar to Al-Azraq, and it became the command center of aggression against the Palestinian people and other Islamic countries on your land and within your reach.”
The IRGC stated that in addition to the US Central Command base, “there is an air base containing dozens of aerial refueling aircraft where US F-35, F-15, and F-16 aircraft are stationed, and from which they launch airstrikes against the oppressed peoples of Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon.”
“The US aggression used its bases in Jordan to commit a major war crime and strike civilian targets, including several bridges, residential neighborhoods, and a water pumping station in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran,” it continued. … Full article
Iran’s March drone and missile attacks disabled numerous critical US radars and forced it to “expend a significant portion of their air and missile defense stockpiles,” military expert and CAST security think tank senior research fellow Yuri Lyamin told Sputnik.
Lyamin pointed out, for example, that “the AN/TPY-2 radar in Jordan destroyed by Iranian strikes in March, was part of the American THAAD missile defense system battery providing cover for American bases in Jordan against medium-range ballistic missiles. The destruction of the radar effectively rendered the THAAD battery inoperable, as it’s used to detect and track targets and guides interceptor missiles to them.”
Fast forward the present, and Iran is freely targeting US barracks, logistics bases and Air Force facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain using Arash heavy drones.
Lack of effective resistance on the US’ part signals that whatever efforts the Pentagon took to restore regional capabilities (like transferring THAAD from South Korea) proved insufficient, Lyamin says. … continue
… Back in May, the Air Force’s top officer declared the MQ-9 Reaper drone the “most valuable player” in the U.S. war against Iran. Last week, a U.S. official said Iran has shot down about 30 Reapers, leaving the U.S. military with about 135. At roughly $30 million each — raise your hand if you remember experts telling us how cheap drones would be — that’s close to $1 billion in grim Reapers.
So, on July 7, the Pentagon refreshingly conceded its Reaper fleet costs too much. It needs to be replaced with something cheaper, yet able to fly the “missions that the MQ-9A performs today.” That would allow the Pentagon to buy more drones, and risk dispatching them on more dangerous missions than crewed aircraft.
This, of course, also requires a new acronym: MMA, for Massed Modular Aircraft. According to the Air Force and the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit:
By deploying large groups of risk-tolerant MMA, the Joint Force can overwhelm enemy defenses even while experiencing numerous MMA losses. Keeping a constant airborne MMA presence to launch weapons, gather intelligence, perform electronic warfare missions, or relay communications will force an adversary to stay on the defensive. This relentless pressure will exhaust the adversary, forcing them to burn through expensive anti-aircraft missiles and resources faster than they can be replaced.
The technical term for such language is “wishful thinking.” … Full article
Ukraine’s latest government reshuffle is not about reforming the military but about Vladimir Zelensky trying to preserve his grip on power, exiled opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk has said.
Medvedchuk, who formerly led the Opposition Platform – For Life party, banned by Kiev, made the remarks after Zelensky dismissed Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov and launched a broader cabinet overhaul that has triggered protests across Ukraine.
Zelensky justified Fedorov’s dismissal by citing tensions between the defense minister and Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr Syrsky, stating the two could not work together without his personal mediation.
However, in an article published on Thursday via his Other Ukraine platform, Medvedchuk said the real political struggle in Kiev is actually between Fedorov and Zelensky himself, and is “not for military power, but for civilian power, for overall leadership of the country.”
He claimed that despite nationwide protests, Zelensky cannot afford to back down after firing Fedorov because doing so would mean surrendering political control and access to wartime graft schemes.
“For the bloody clown, to retreat now means to finally lose power and hand over military corruption flows to others,” Medvedchuk wrote. … Full article
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday approved former Naftogaz CEO Sergey Koretsky as prime minister. Koretsky has been linked to disgraced businessman Timur Mindich, a close associate of Vladimir Zelensky who fled to Israel amid a major corruption scandal.
Koretsky’s appointment comes as Zelensky presses ahead with a sweeping government reshuffle less than a year after the previous overhaul, while Ukrainian forces face mounting battlefield pressure and authorities continue to grapple with large-scale corruption in the energy sector.
The investigation centers on an alleged $100 million embezzlement scheme involving state nuclear operator Energoatom. Western-backed anti-corruption agencies have tied the affair to Mindich, who has long been regarded as one of Zelensky’s closest associates and dubbed “Zelensky’s wallet” by Ukrainian media.
Koretsky was “100% Mindich’s man,” Ukrainian lawmaker Aleksey Goncharenko claimed last August, citing the so-called ‘Mindich tapes’ – leaked surveillance recordings from the corruption investigation published by the media.
According to Goncharenko, Koretsky was placed in charge of Ukrnaftoburinnya, a private energy company previously owned by Zelensky’s former patron, oligarch Igor Kolomoysky, after it was seized by the state.
“The idea: to take control of cash flows, withdraw billions, and install your own people. This plan was discussed and implemented right in Mindich’s apartment. Everything is recorded on the tapes,” Goncharenko said.
“The main executor is Sergey Koretsky,” the lawmaker added, alleging that the executive coordinated all key decisions with Mindich and, by extension, with Zelensky. … Full article
Pro-Palestinian German journalist Anna Liedtke says Israeli prison guards rape detainees with the systemic intention to “break” their will.
Anna Liedtke, 25, who in September had set sail for the Gaza Strip with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition vessel Conscience, was raped by Israeli prison guards during detention.
“There is no reason for me to be ashamed,” Liedtke said, in her first interview about a legal case filed against the perpetrators.
“It’s clear they want to break our will and silence us, making this so traumatic that we will never talk about Palestine again,” she said in an interview with The Guardian. “Whenever we are silent, they will do it to another person.”
In the meantime, Liedtke’s lawyers have filed a complaint, demanding Israeli authorities investigate the case. Israeli law defines any kind of non-consensual penetration as rape.
Liedtke’s lawyer, Muna Haddad, said her client wanted justice, and that she also aims to raise awareness about the Israelis’ response. … continue
Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a series of assaults across the occupied West Bank, injuring several Palestinians—including a six‑year‑old child—and burning vehicles and agricultural equipment, in a continued escalation under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
In Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank, armed colonizers attacked Ragheb Dababsa while he was attempting to reach his home in Khallet ad‑Dab’a area, beating him, and causing multiple bruises before residents evacuated him to Yatta Governmental Hospital.
The colonizers also roamed near homes in Khallet Ali Ghneim in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, shouting insults and hurling abusive language at residents.
In the Old City of Hebron, a six‑year‑old child, Mokhles Ammar Salayma, was injured after being run over by a colonizer near the Israeli military roadblock known as Checkpoint 160 at the entrance to the Salayma neighborhood. Palestinian Red Crescent Society medics rushed to the area and transported the child to a nearby hospital.
In Abu Njeim, southeast of Bethlehem, colonizers assaulted Anwar Mohammad Mousa Fawaghra, 30, beating him severely and causing bruises and wounds before he was transferred to hospital.
At dawn Thursday, colonizers stormed the town of Ramin, east of Tulkarem, in four vehicles and set fire to a car and an agricultural tractor belonging to Rouhi Hammad. … continue
GAZA – Five Palestinians were killed on Thursday as Israeli occupation forces renewed attacks across several areas of the Gaza Strip, continuing their violations of the ceasefire agreement.
A medical source said Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan was killed and five others, including a woman and a child, were injured after an Israeli airstrike targeted a jeep near Asdaa City, west of Khan Yunis.
In a separate attack on Thursday morning, a man was killed and several others were injured when Israeli warplanes struck a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Al-Mina area, west of Gaza City.
A local source said a Palestinian man was killed in an Israeli artillery strike targeting the vicinity of Dawla Junction, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City, as Israeli tanks advanced along Al-Sikka Street east of the neighborhood.
An Israeli military helicopter also opened fire on eastern areas of Gaza City.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that five people were injured in the Israeli shelling of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.
In a separate attack, two people were killed and several others injured after an Israeli strike targeted Al-Sanafour Junction in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City.
Several more Palestinians were injured when Israeli aircraft struck a home in the Al-Baraka area of Deir al-Balah and another house west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, coinciding with an Israeli airstrike on the area. … Full article
Sanaa’s Deputy Information Minister Mohammed Mansour told Al Mayadeen on Thursday that the positions laid out by Ansar Allah leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi effectively amount to a formal declaration that Yemen has decided to end the US-Saudi blockade imposed on it.
He said Yemen will see massive demonstrations tomorrow in response to Sayyed al-Houthi’s call, giving the Yemeni people a chance to make their position on lifting the Saudi blockade unmistakably clear.
“The Yemenis have grown tired of negotiations. Either the blockade is lifted in practice, or we move to break it by force,” he said. … continue
Israeli aircraft assisted Saudi forces in their attempts to intercept Yemen’s retaliatory strike, which was launched in response to the Saudi bombardment of Sanaa Airport, a senior military source within the Yemeni Ministry of Defense revealed to Al Mayadeen.
According to the Yemeni source, the Israeli deployment consisted of specialized Gulfstream intelligence-gathering aircraft equipped for communications interception, wiretapping, and reconnaissance.
The aircraft took off from “Israel’s” Nevatim Airbase and operated primarily along a flight path over the Red Sea, where they actively participated in tracking and mapping the trajectories of incoming Yemeni missiles and drones, the source said. … Full article
By Robert Inlakesh | Palestine Chronicle | July 15, 2026
The US Trump administration sought to weaponize diplomacy once again against the Islamic Republic of Iran and implement a surprise attack strategy – this time, Tehran appears to have preempted the American-Israeli plot. … continue
… Moving forward, no regional framework can hold if it relies on a anti-Tehran pact anchored in Washington and Tel Aviv while ignoring the permanent reality of Iranian geographic power.
Ultimately, the fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran exposes a fundamental reality that Washington and its regional allies can no longer ignore: the entire Middle Eastern security architecture must be fundamentally re-evaluated.
The core dilemma facing the region is that no collective security arrangement can ever be viable or effective if it seeks to exclude Iran—an indispensable, geographically permanent power armed with increasingly sophisticated offensive, defensive, and asymmetric capabilities.
Moving forward, any stable regional order must not only account for Tehran’s military leverage, but also accommodate its non-negotiable strategic demands. … Read full article
By Faezeh Firuzeh | Responsible Statecraft | July 16, 2026
Over the past week, the U.S. resumed heavy airstrikes on Iran, hitting over 300 targets in the first three nights alone, according to U.S. Central Command. The strikes killed more than 30 civilians and wounded more than 260, according to Iran’s Health Ministry. This U.S. bombing campaign came amid ongoing peace talks between Iran and the U.S. and while Iran held cross-border funeral processions for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
At the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8, President Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran “over.” He called Iranian officials “scum,” “sick” and “vicious, violent people.” Such insults against Iranians are not new. Weeks earlier, this aggressive rhetoric and the renewed bombing campaign were foreshadowed by the U.S. and FIFA’s mistreatment of the Iranian football team. I witnessed the rehearsal firsthand.
The opening act came well before the tournament began. U.S. officials accused the Iranian national team of attempting to smuggle Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operatives and barred at least eleven members of the delegation from entering the United States.
Iran’s football federation condemned the claims as “false, fabricated, and lacking any credibility.” However, the accusations played their part. By casting the Iranian football team’s attendance at the World Cup as an infiltration risk, the U.S. could frame every discriminatory action it took as a necessary safety measure.
With the premise set, the restrictions followed. … continue
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva has called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to unequivocally condemn ongoing US attacks on civilian infrastructure, warning that Washington’s renewed illegal war against the Islamic Republic is inflicting grave humanitarian and human rights consequences.
In a letter on Thursday, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Ali Bahraini, urged the UN rights chief to publicly denounce the attacks, saying the continuing US aggression against Iran is causing serious humanitarian and human rights harm.
Bahraini called on the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take a clear and unequivocal stance by condemning the widespread US strikes on Iran, particularly those targeting the country’s southern ports.
He said the attacks constitute a blatant violation of international law, stressing that they have killed large numbers of civilians and caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure and other critical facilities across the country.
As examples, Bahraini cited the targeting of sections of the Tehran–Mashhad railway, a drinking water production facility in Dehloran, wheat storage silos in the cities of Hoveizeh and Dasht-e Azadegan, fishing vessels belonging to fishermen in southern Iran, missile strikes near Baqaei Hospital in Ahvaz, and the attack on Semnan Airport. … continue
211 hospitalized patients were evacuated after a US attack on the area surrounding Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Ahvaz, a children’s cancer hospital, Press TV reported.
Fars News Agency said several projectiles struck near the hospital during the US attacks on Wednesday.
Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences said the hospital “has been temporarily taken out of service to ensure the safety of patients and staff.”
The US continues to target civilian infrastructure in Iran amid its ongoing aggression. On February 28, US-Israeli strikes killed at least 171 schoolgirls in the attack on the Minab school, according to Iran’s foreign minister.
US Vice President JD Vance on 15 July accused elements within Israel of trying to derail negotiations with Iran and manipulate US public opinion to keep the war going “indefinitely.”
“There are some people within their system, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, who are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely,” Vance said while speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Wednesday.
“Not toward any objective, but just indefinitely,” he stressed. […]
During the wide-ranging interview, Vance also commented on the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, saying the financier convicted of sex crimes with minors has connections to both US and Israeli intelligence. … Full article
Iranian negotiators sent a private warning to US Vice President JD Vance earlier this year, saying that US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were “abusing” their roles in the talks to profit from financial markets, Drop Site News reported on 16 July.
The Iranian negotiators sent the warnings to Vance through an intermediary during the late June talks in Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, telling him the pair cared more about profiting from insider knowledge of the negotiations than reaching a deal to end the war on Iran.
The negotiators also said that Kushner had been repeatedly leaking details of the talks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with one US official telling Axios that Witkoff and Kushner “talk almost every day to Netanyahu” and the head of Mossad.
The Vance outreach came after Tehran had already tried to alert the White House to the pair’s conduct, presenting evidence that “individuals close to [US] President [Donald] Trump” were abusing the war on Iran and diplomatic developments to manipulate financial markets, while warning of Witkoff’s “overall destructive role in the previous negotiation.” … continue
… Not oblivious to the changing tides of public opinion, clever intriguers like Rahm Emanuel are right now hard at work levelling the land for the development of a centrist plantation upon which criticism of Netanyahu and aspects of his Likud regime — and US support for it — are tolerated in the hope of reclaiming the support of disillusioned voters by affixing a more palatable face to the pro-Israel cause. … Read full article
International shipping companies are avoiding crossing the Strait of Hormuz through the US-controlled alternative corridor that runs along the Omani coastline due to fears of Iranian strikes, sources told Reuters on 16 July.
After a series of Iranian strikes on ships attempting to bypass the Iranian-designated shipping channels as mandated in the Iran–US memorandum of understanding (MoU), shipping companies are reassessing the safety and viability of US military escort through the strait.
“The US doesn’t seem to have any control over the situation,” one shipping source said, noting that their firm chose to avoid the strait altogether out of concern for crew safety as security conditions worsen.
“Iran’s continued ability to target ships sailing through the Omani route means the Trump administration’s proposed solution to keep ships moving is unlikely to work,” said Torbjorn Solvedt, principal West Asia analyst at risk intelligence firm Verisk Maplecroft. … continue
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its Navy and Aerospace Force carried out the eighth wave of Operation Nasr 2 in response to overnight attacks on Iran’s southern coast and cities, Tasnim reported.
The IRGC said the combined missile and drone operation struck and destroyed the C-RAM early-warning radar system at Ali Al-Salem base in Kuwait, and also hit a location where US troops were gathered.
The statement also slammed the US for using Kuwaiti territory to carry out aggression against Iran, warning that American aggression launched from regional bases will continue to face retaliation.
… I don’t know who convinced MBS to put a full stop to further attacks on the Houthi-controlled portion of Yemen, but the Saudis have not attacked again. The Saudis are in no position financially to handle the simultaneous closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al Mandab strait. It appears that cooler heads in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia prevailed… for now at least. – Read full article
China has vowed to protect its companies from proposed US tariffs targeting buyers of Russian energy, warning Washington that economic coercion and unilateral sanctions would ultimately backfire.
Speaking on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian responded to legislation introduced in the US Senate that would authorize tariffs of up to 100% on imports from the largest purchasers of Russian oil and natural gas, including China.
“China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or authorization of the UN Security Council, and will take necessary measures to firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses and citizens,” Lin said.
“Practicing double standards and resorting to coercion and pressuring will eventually prove to be self-defeating,” he added. … continue
Moscow is expecting an explicit response from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the killing of a senior engineer at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by the Kiev regime, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been targeted by Ukraine on multiple occasions since Russia took control of the facility in March 2022. On Wednesday, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said a Ukrainian drone struck a ZNPP service vehicle on the edge of the plant’s industrial site near the city of Energodar, killing chief engineer Aleksandr Yakovlev and driver Dmitry Filippov.
Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev described the strike as a “deliberate terrorist act” by the “Kiev regime,” saying Yakovlev had devoted his life to the nuclear industry and “died, in essence, at his post.” Likhachev added that similar attacks over the past two and a half months had killed 13 people and wounded 48 others, warning they pose a “real threat of a massive nuclear incident” affecting parts of Russia, Ukraine and the EU. … Full article
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has created “an atmosphere of fear” through the “systematic” persecution of political opponents with the tacit backing of Western nations, a newly formed rights group has claimed, warning that any dissenting voice is now treated as an “enemy.”
Tensions have remained high since last month’s parliamentary election, in which Pashinyan’s pro-EU Civil Contract party won 49.74% of the vote, according to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). At least seven opposition parties have petitioned the constitutional court to annul the results, alleging widespread electoral misconduct, while hundreds of protesters rallied outside the CEC headquarters.
On Monday, the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Persons Subjected to Political Persecution – a watchdog established by lawyers, political activists, and several former officials – accused the government of waging a campaign to silence the opposition.
“Everything is being done to foster a climate of fear, isolate political and public figures, and attempt to decapitate the numerous opposition forces,” former MP and lawyer Elinar Vardanyan said. According to the committee, around half a dozen opposition politicians are either in custody or facing criminal prosecution. … continue
After 17 years of hostility, Caracas is starting rethink its relationship with Israel.
José Niño Unfiltered | July 15, 2026
… A new era is dawning in Venezuela. One in which the revolutionary zeal of Chavismo is being discarded in favor of submission—spun by some as pragmatism—to the Judeo-American order. Because the United States serves as the military guarantor of Jewish supremacy worldwide, no country can challenge Israel without facing American retaliation. With great powers in Eurasia pushing back on multiple fronts, Washington will re-focus on Latin America to consolidate its hegemony, plunder wealth, and retool its global grand strategy, all while creating safe havens for Jewish influence. At first glance, Delcy Rodriguez’s Venezuela is poised to become the next Zionist satellite in South America.
Only a resurgence of authentic nationalism can prevent Venezuela’s absorption into the Pan-Judah. – Full article
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said any Israelis found entering the country will be immediately deported, as authorities investigate reports that Israelis used dual citizenship documents to enter the southern state of Johor.
“We are investigating. We do not allow it. If there is, action must be taken. Because we do not recognize them (Israel), they will be deported immediately,” Ibrahim said on Wednesday.
He made the remarks following reports that an Israeli holding dual passports had managed to enter Johor.
The PM said relevant government agencies were investigating reports of Israelis entering Malaysia by using dual citizenship documents.
The Johor government urged the Home Ministry and relevant agencies to investigate the operation of Network School in Forest City, which was alleged to involve Israelis.
Malaysia, a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, does not recognize Israel and bars Israeli passport holders from entering the country.
A number of countries, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and others, do not recognize Israel and maintain no diplomatic relations with the regime.
Israeli occupation forces cut and uprooted dozens of olive trees on Wednesday during a new land‑clearing operation in the village of Zububa, west of Jenin in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
The bulldozers invaded agricultural areas located near Palestinian homes and destroyed roughly two dunams of farmland, uprooting around 40 long‑standing olive trees.
Zaki Jaradat, head of the Zububa village council, said the uprooted trees belong to citizens Ibrahim Abdul-Qader Jaradat and Munir Ahmad Yousef Jarradat.
He stressed that the area had not received any prior demolition or clearing notices, and that the bulldozing took place directly adjacent to residential homes.
Jaradat added that Israeli forces have destroyed nearly 3,000 trees in Zububa since the beginning of the year, as part of continuous invasions and land‑clearing operations that have expanded across the village. … Full article
WEST BANK – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning began demolishing Palestinian-owned structures in the southern areas of Jenin Governorate, as part of a broader campaign of destruction across the West Bank.
According to local sources, IOF troops, accompanied by military bulldozers, demolished a residential apartment and commercial storage units along the Anza Road, south of the city of Jenin.
Israeli bulldozers also demolished a factory specializing in metal fabrication, decorative ironwork, and the production of mounting structures for solar panels in the Al-Mikhed area, west of Beit Ula, northwest of al-Khalil.
The factory, which covered more than 800 square meters, was jointly owned by Ishaq Mohammad Al-Atrash and Rajai Al-Amleh. … Full article
Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks killed a Palestinian family of three and several other civilians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as bombardment intensified in multiple residential areas amid ongoing Israeli military violations.
In Gaza City, a Palestinian man was killed, and others were wounded, when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of civilians near the Khalil al‑Wazir Mosque in the Sheikh Ejleen neighborhood southwest of the city.
he Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, was also struck by renewed artillery fire, with residents reporting continuous explosions and extensive damage to homes and civilian infrastructure.
In central Gaza, four members of one family were killed at dawn in Deir al‑Balah when Israeli helicopter gunships bombed their home. … continue
Here is the bottom line: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of leaving Gaza, either before Israel’s general elections—likely to be held in October—or after. Conceding an inch from the roughly 70 percent of the territory his army currently occupies in Gaza will be considered a weakness by the majority of Israeli voters and would result in an open revolt within his extremist coalition.
He has made his intentions clear time and again. Recent statements by Israel’s political leadership have only reinforced that reality, with officials insisting that Israel must maintain indefinite military dominance over the Strip and explicitly rejecting any framework that requires a full withdrawal of troops. To Netanyahu, the military footprint in Gaza is a permanent fixture, not a temporary bargaining chip.
Some may argue that Netanyahu’s statements are merely political fodder aimed at prolonging his career and avoiding the disastrous outcomes awaiting him—in terms of state investigations and court trials—should he be ejected from power. However, his extremist policies throughout his entire career at the helm of Israeli politics say otherwise. … continue
For decades, the slogan of “restricting arms to the state” has been presented as a universal principle of sovereignty and state-building. Yet a closer geopolitical examination reveals a striking inconsistency: the doctrine is aggressively promoted in countries like Lebanon and Iraq, while it is largely absent from discussions in surrounding countries such as Syria, Libya, or other fragmented states where multiple armed actors continue to exist.
This selective application raises an uncomfortable question: Is the objective truly the consolidation of state authority, or is the slogan primarily employed where armed movements challenge Israeli military superiority and American hegemony?
Political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that sovereignty ultimately belongs to whoever decides the exception.
Modern geopolitical practice appears to confirm his observation. The international order invokes legal principles selectively, depending on whether they reinforce or undermine prevailing strategic interests. The debate over arms, therefore, is not merely legal; it is profoundly political.
The Lebanese case illustrates this contradiction with exceptional clarity. … continue
Washington is “seriously pushing” and escalating its efforts to dismantle the Iraqi resistance factions that supported Gaza during the genocide, according to sources cited by the New Arabon 14 July.
Political sources and people close to Baghdad said the US is “seriously pushing a plan to strip Iran-backed Iraqi armed factions of drones and advanced long-range missiles with no extension.”
The report confirms that US President Donald Trump’s administration has “hardened its stance” on the Iraqi resistance, which not only has backed Gaza and Lebanon during Israel’s wars but also inflicted heavy losses on US assets during the 40 days of war imposed on Iran in late February.
The US “will not accept any weapons that are not registered with the Iraqi state,” it goes on to say.
The report coincides with the new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s visit to Washington. […]
Over the past few years, Iraq has held talks with Washington on the potential withdrawal of US forces from the country. While the US military has reduced its presence, it has not signaled a willingness to fully withdraw, and has insisted on a transition toward an “advisory” role.
Iraqi resistance factions demand full US withdrawal before full disarmament can be discussed. – Full article
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says the country has no plans to return to negotiations with the United States as long as Washington violates its commitments under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries last month.
Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday that Iran is currently focused on repelling and retaliating against US attacks on its territory.
“We currently have no plans for negotiations and are focused on defense,” Baghaei said in response to claims by the US that its ongoing attacks on Iran would force Tehran back to the negotiating table.
The spokesman said Iran no longer considers itself bound by the terms of the MoU signed with the United States on June 17, citing Washington’s repeated violations of its commitments under the agreement. … continue
Senate blocked defense bill Monday amid frustration with administration’s return to war and lack of transparency
By Blaise Malley | Responsible Statecraft | July 15, 2026
Congress returned to Washington DC this week after its July 4 recess. With President Donald Trump having recently declared the memorandum of understanding with Iran “over” and with the two countries exchanging attacks, the war has predictably taken center stage.
Congressional Democrats have been mostly unified against the war, but this week has presented opportunities for members to use new vehicles to express their opposition via the power of the purse. On Tuesday, every present Democratic Senator voted to block debate over the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes the appropriation of Pentagon funds. The bill, which needed 60 votes to advance, failed by a 50-46 tally.
The NDAA typically proceeds in a relatively bipartisan manner, but the warning signs were apparent in June when nine Democrats voted against advancing the bill out of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). Several Democrats framed their opposition as, in part, a rejection of the war in Iran. … continue
By Stephen Semler | Popular Information | July 8, 2026
… Neither the Trump administration nor congressional Republicans have a plan to “pay for” the Iran War, either through a commensurate increase in taxes or reduction in spending.
Apparently, they don’t believe they ought to. “War is never paid for when you fight it,” House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) said in a March interview. “We didn’t pay for World War II or Korea or World War I … so I don’t think [the cost of the Iran war] should be offset.”
Rep. Cole is wrong. Taxes were levied in 1914, 1916, 1917, and 1919 to fund World War I; in 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1944 for World War II; and in 1950 and 1951 for the Korean War. Cutting taxes during major conflicts and financing them with the national debt is a post-9/11 contrivance, unique to the US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and now Iran. “How do you pay for it?” is a question imposed on many policies, but war is not one of them.
Interest on the national debt is an example of the Iran War’s indirect costs, which cover broader budgetary and economic costs like veterans care and inflation. … Full article
The United States targeted a grain warehouse in southwestern Iran and a mineral water production facility in the country’s west overnight, according to Iranian officials, as military exchanges between Washington and Tehran initiated by renewed US aggression continued.
Iran’s Fars News Agency, citing the deputy governor of Khuzestan Province, reported that a US missile struck a grain storage facility in the city of Hoveyzeh late Tuesday night.
Separately, the governor of Dehloran in Ilam Province said a US attack targeted a mineral water production factory with three missiles. He said no casualties were reported, although the attack caused damage to equipment. … Full article
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the US attack on a center belonging to a provincial environmental official in Hormozgan Province, saying the strike killed three members of the official’s family and constituted a war crime.
Baghaei said Washington continues to reveal “a new aspect of its hatred toward Iran with each passing day,” stressing that the United States is committing repeated violations of international law during its war on the Islamic Republic.
In a post published on X, Baghaei said what he described as the “terrorist US military” targeted the center of the head of the Environmental Protection Department in the village of Seyyed Jozar, north of Hormozgan Province. … Full article
MOSCOW – Russia will continue to seek a list of the alleged victims of the Bucha provocation from the next UN secretary-general, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia, stated.
Earlier in July, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said current UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had avoided answering questions about the list of those allegedly killed in Bucha.
“We will keep raising the issue until we get an answer. What we have been told so far is a sham,” Nebenzia said when asked whether Russia would continue pressing for the list after the UN secretary-general changes.
In April 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry said that photographs and videos published by Kiev, which purported to show alleged crimes committed by Russian troops in the town of Bucha in the Kiev region, were another Ukrainian provocation. According to the ministry, no local residents were harmed by any violent acts while the town was under Russian control. … Full article
… The European Commission said on Wednesday that new applicants would have to “satisfy their military obligations in Ukraine” to qualify for temporary protection. It said the measure was intended to reflect the country’s “evolving defense needs” […]
Ukraine has struggled to replenish its ranks as Russian forces continue to advance. The so-called “busification” campaign, in which draft officers ambush men on the streets and outside their homes, often using force against those who resist, has repeatedly sparked public outrage.
The conscription crisis has prompted several of Kiev’s European backers to review their asylum laws. Earlier this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to restrict protections for Ukrainians, arguing that young men were needed in their home country. … Full article
A French court is set to hold a hearing on the case of Anna Novikova this Wednesday—the founder of the humanitarian group SOS Donbass, who has now spent more than six months behind bars in France.
Novikova’s ordeal, according to Russia’s human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova, began with “an absolutely absurd denunciation” lodged by the Union of Ukrainians in France.
The charges stem solely from Novikova’s charitable work — collecting food, medicine, and clothing for residents of Donbass. She is vice-president of the association and has repeatedly traveled to Donetsk and Lugansk as a volunteer.
Lantratova condemned France’s actions as a “cynical double standard” — noting that Paris has no qualms about sending long-range missiles to Ukraine, yet prosecutes a woman collecting baby diapers for shelling victims as if she were a dangerous spy.
Novikova and her French colleagues — who have also been arrested — were trying to open Europeans’ eyes to the crimes of the Kiev regime in Donbass, calling on Europeans to pay attention to them, Russian correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny said. … Full article
The criminal case against SOS Donbass organizer Anna Novikova is part of France and EU’s broader policy of “intimidating dissenters and neutralizing them to suppress domestic opposition to the official hostility to Russia,” independent French geopolitical analyst Come Carpentier de Gourdon told Sputnik.
“In fact any support of Russia, even by quoting or circulating news reports, opinions or comments from Russian (state) media is considered in France as connivence with the enemy and therefore potentially treasonous,” with Russia deemed “de facto an enemy country,” the observer pointed out.
But the prosecution may face problems, because the law “is far from clear” regarding humanitarian aid, “and any trial can become very controversial as the accused may object the French Government’s position: Ukraine is not an ally of France or a NATO member, France has not declared war on Russia.”
“Therefore objections can be raised to the claim that assistance to the Donbass and denunciation of Ukrainian actions there is tantamount to supporting Russia’s military campaign.”
Nevertheless, “other EU countries” should be “expected to adopt similar measures or laws,” the analyst fears. … continue
By John Wear | Inconvenient History | May 19, 2018
One of the worst atrocities attributed to the Einsatzgruppen was the Babi Yar massacre, which allegedly occurred in a large ravine outside Kiev in the Ukraine. The allegation is that Einsatzgruppe C rounded up 33,771 Jews in Kiev and shot all of them over the period September 29-30, 1941.[1] German Reserve Police Battalion 45 and Police Battalion 303 are said to have assisted in the operation.[2] This article will examine the veracity of these allegations. … continue
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Israeli strikes and gunfire killed six Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, including women and children, as ongoing violations of the October 11, 2025 “ceasefire” agreement continued to raise the casualty toll.
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… Moving forward, no regional framework can hold if it relies on a anti-Tehran pact anchored in Washington and Tel Aviv while ignoring the permanent reality of Iranian geographic power.
Moscow is expecting an explicit response from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the killing of a senior engineer at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by the Kiev regime, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
A French court is set to hold a hearing on the case of Anna Novikova this Wednesday—the founder of the humanitarian group SOS Donbass, who has now spent more than six months behind bars in France.
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