How Former Biden Officials Defend Their Gaza Policy

Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker

The former President’s support for Israel abetted a humanitarian catastrophe. But Jacob Lew, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the country, still thinks that the Trump White House could learn from its predecessor.

Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital - what we know

BBC News

Netanyahu said it was a "tragic mishap" but did little to address the apparent "double-tap" nature of the attack.

Trump predicts ‘conclusive ending’ to Gaza war within three weeks

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

The US president has made such claims before, but Israel has pressed on with its genocidal war with full US backing.

Syria condemns new Israeli “military incursion” in Damascus countryside

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Syria's foreign minister accuses Israel of violating a 1974 agreement to advance its 'expansionist and partition plans'.

4 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while seeking aid near Gaza City, witnesses say

apnews.com, Biztoc.com

The West Bank Is Sliding Toward a Crisis

Jon Finer, The Atlantic

Unless it changes course, Israel is closer to triggering a second war with West Bank Palestinians than to ending the disastrous conflict in Gaza.

WATCH: Children orphaned in Gaza get graduation ceremony

ABC News

Over 1,000 orphans are receiving support and classes at Al-Wafaa Orphan Village in Khan Younis.

The Collapse Of American Judgment

Mike Brock, Techdirt

Western allies are abandoning American leadership while we stand by, morally bankrupt and intellectually spent, watching children starve in Gaza with weapons we provided to a corrupt authoritarian we’re too cowardly to constrain. Meanwhile, the same brilliant…

Iran’s president visits Armenia for talks on US-backed Azerbaijan corridor

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Iran rejects TRIPP, says the presence of American companies in the region would be 'worrying'.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,271

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Here are the key events on day 1,271 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Israeli military bombs power plant near Yemeni capital Sanaa

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Israel fires missiles at the energy facility south of Sanaa saying it was used by Houthis, but provides no evidence.

The Trump administration wants to end the UN peacekeeping in Lebanon. Europe is pushing back

MATTHEW LEE and ABBY SEWELL, Yahoo Entertainment

The future of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies, raising implications for security in the Middle East and...

Arab, Islamic countries condemn Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ remark

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

A statement issued by the countries says the Israeli PM's remarks constitutes a direct threat to Arab national security.

Links 8/16/2025

Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com

Our scintillating daily links: demon weed worries, Long Covid. Putin-Trump ho hum, China economy soft, NZ exodus, UK bond wobbles, IDF Gaza green light, Kristi Noem's free house, RIP Schumer? financial repression blowback? Musk, AI tower of Babel, US rich w/ …

Jeremy Bowen: Netanyahu is presiding over a divided Israel - the old fault lines are now chasms

BBC News

Jeremy Bowen travelled through Israel to hear views from all sides - from protesters in 'psychological despair' over Gaza, to those who feel an overwhelming sense that their country's actions are justified

Does anyone in Israel support the plan to escalate its offensive in Gaza?

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Opposition has come from many sectors, including the security establishment.

Analysis-Diplomacy or defiance: Iran’s rulers face existential choice after US-Israeli strikes

Parisa Hafezi, Yahoo Entertainment

DUBAI (Reuters) -Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear activity and risk...

Russia pounds Ukraine, boosts army as world braces for Putin-Trump talks

John T Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera English

Ukraine has publicly rejected any land concession deal with Russia, but some reports suggest it may be open to it.

Israel announces a settlement that critics say will effectively sever the West Bank in two

OHAD ZWIGENBERG and MELANIE LIDMAN, Yahoo Entertainment

Israel’s far-right finance minister announced approval Thursday of contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which...

Trump-Putin meeting: How much territory does Russia control in Ukraine?

Hanna Duggal, Marium Ali, Al Jazeera English

Russia controls about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and wants full control of four eastern and southern regions.

Starmer hosts Ukraine’s Zelenskyy ahead of high-stakes Trump-Putin meeting

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The UK is ready to ‘increase pressure’ on Russia over its continuing war on Ukraine, says Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,267

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Here are the key events on day 1,267 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Trump touts second trilateral meeting before Putin summit; Zelenskyy pushes

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The jockeying follows a virtual meeting between European leaders and the US and Ukrainian presidents on Wednesday.

Does a Trump-brokered deal squeeze Russia, Iran out of the South Caucasus?

Mansur Mirovalev, Al Jazeera English

A transit corridor pact signed by Azerbaijan and Armenia could be game-changing, according to several experts.