Lebanon

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

As Iran and the U.S. talk, Israel chooses eternal war

Sidelined from discussions over the region’s future, Netanyahu is telling Israelis they’ll have to go it alone — and they all nod in agreement.

By Ori Goldberg July 3, 2026

Israeli and Lebanese flags at the South Lebanon Army (SLA) Memorial near Metula, following the signing of an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, June 28, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Lebanon walks into Israel’s trap

The latest agreement only confirms what Hezbollah has warned: Negotiations that fail to secure Israel’s full military withdrawal will prove a fatal mistake.

By Elia Ayoub July 1, 2026

President Donald J. Trump signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America at the Palace of Versailles, France, June 17, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The only logical outcome of a completely irrational war

Israel and the U.S. vowed to crush the Islamic Republic and its proxies. Yet despite its losses, the regime is stronger and has more leverage than before.

By Lior Sternfeld June 26, 2026

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Heavy Israeli bombardment hits the city of Nabatieh amid ceasefire negotiations, southern Lebanon, April 16, 2026. (Santiago Montag)

‘If we go there, we’ll be killed’: Inside Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon

During the nearly two-month 'ceasefire,' Israel has continued besieging villages, razing farmland, attacking journalists and rescue workers, and disappearing civilians. Those who remain describe their quest to survive.

By Santiago Montag June 8, 2026

A fragment of an Iranian missile lodged in the ground in the Golan Heights, April 8, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

The beginning of the end of Israel’s ‘permanent security’ doctrine

Israel’s relentless pursuit of ‘total victory’ has entangled it in an unwinnable war with Iran, eroding legitimacy abroad and deepening moral decay within.

By Meron Rapoport and Ameer Fakhoury April 24, 2026

Israeli forces operate in southern Lebanon during "Operation Roaring Lion," March 11, 2026. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Is Israel trying to foment civil war in Lebanon?

Amid U.S.-brokered talks to extend the ‘ceasefire,’ Israel’s ongoing attacks are weakening the Lebanese government — and Hezbollah seeks to capitalize.

By Elia Ayoub April 23, 2026

Smoke rises from southern Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes, April 11, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Why the ceasefire in Lebanon won’t stop Israel’s expansionist ambitions

Israel’s push for buffer zones and ‘natural borders’ suggests the emerging ceasefire is unlikely to halt its ongoing ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon.

By Dimi Reider April 16, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an army base near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, July 4, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Less Jesus, more Genghis Khan: How Netanyahu sees Israel’s place in the world

The prime minister’s historical analogies betray an appetite for eternal war and barbaric aggression — a worldview now reflected in Israel's regional policy.

By Meron Rapoport March 31, 2026

Israeli military vehicles and tanks are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 8, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon is about more than just Hezbollah

After violating the ‘ceasefire’ 10,000 times, Israel is once again pounding Lebanon as its enduring thirst for war drives ever expanding ambitions.

By Elia Ayoub March 11, 2026

Screenshots from animations published by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, along with digital scans from a boat-building workshop in the Scottish Maritime Museum.

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda videos

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations, used to justify Gaza strikes and amplified by international outlets, discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

By Oren Ziv October 8, 2025

An Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in Rafah, April 2025.

‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction

While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

By Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv May 15, 2025

Israeli soldiers from the army’s 210th Division seen inside Syrian territory. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

‘As much and as quickly as possible’: Israeli settlers eye land in Syria, Lebanon

With the Israeli army advancing into Syria following Assad's fall, a group promoting settlements in Lebanon is casting its gaze eastward.

By Illy Pe’ery December 12, 2024

Displaced Palestinians in their tents at the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, November 25, 2024. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Rejoicing at Lebanon ceasefire, Gazans ask: ‘When will our turn come?’

Successful diplomacy in Lebanon has deepened Gazans' sense of isolation — and with Hezbollah out of the way, they fear Israel's assault will only intensify.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha December 2, 2024