Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed that “very soon, Dahiya will look like Khan Younis,” publicly acknowledging that the genocide in Gaza is now Israel’s model for violence across the region.
The U.S. and Israel launched a full-scale air war on Iran. Twenty-three years after the invasion of Iraq, they are running the same playbook, but this time against a far more capable adversary, with no strategy and no accountability.
This week, we covered Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace,” escalating threats toward Iran, and Israel continuing to make life unlivable for Palestinians.
Netanyahu presses the U.S. toward confrontation with Iran as Israel deepens its grip on the West Bank and Western governments intensify their crackdown on Palestine organizing.
U.S. threats toward Iran ramp up as buried Biden administration warnings about Gaza come to light. Plus: Rafah intimidation, a meningitis outbreak in Gaza, settlement expansion in the West Bank, Israel’s war economy, and a UK court win for Palestine Action.
Rafah may reopen, but Gaza remains under siege conditions and subject to renewed attacks. This week, we focus on the U.S. reconstruction plan and what Gazans are saying about the proposed “Board of Peace”, alongside reporting on the crackdown in the United States and the West Bank.
Trump’s “Board of Peace,” shock doctrine governance in Gaza, West Bank teens under occupation, repression in Germany and Australia, and Israel’s export crisis.
Israel escalates West Bank displacement, tightens restrictions on aid groups, and Gaza’s “Phase 2” ceasefire plan offers little change for Palestinians.
Israel’s “administrative” measures in Gaza and the West Bank are making life unlivable, as the U.S. stages regime change in Venezuela and ramps up domestic repression.
In New York, Zohran Mamdani breaks with the old pro-Israel playbook, Israel tightens the vise on Gaza, and Trump invades Venezuela.