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By Sharif Abdel Kouddous – Drop Site News
TAYBEH, Occupied West Bank*—On Sunday, the Israeli military declared the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank a closed military zone, claiming the order was aimed to prevent escalating attacks by marauding Israeli settlers. It ostensibly bars Israelis and foreigners from entering the area. Continue reading “In West Bank Village, a New Israeli Order Enables Settler Attacks While Claiming to Prevent Them”
By Michelle Witte – The Grayzone
Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month was a ruse designed to derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday. Continue reading “Report: Turkey Suspects Israel Fabricated Trump Assassination Plot To Derail US-Iran Diplomacy”
As the deadly Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon continues, the fabulously wealthy banker-turned-“philanthropist” Antoun Sehnaoui has assembled a network of business and media operatives – and a fascist Christian goon squad – in Beirut and Washington dedicated to doing Israel’s dirty work. Continue reading “Meet the media and militiamen funded by ‘Lebanese AIPAC Guy’ pushing Beirut into Israel’s hands”
Israel’s political standing in America fractured its foundation even before the 2026 war, or the summer 2025 strikes. Gaza put Israel on life support in American public opinion, and the Iran war has now pulled the plug on it for generations to come. There’s a reason why when AIPAC tries to buy a congressional seat in America, the one thing AIPAC’s campaign ads never talks about is Israel itself, even going so far as to disguise its campaign role under front names and shell entities, through laundered donations and bogus campaign organizations. Continue reading “Israel Now A Political Pariah in America”
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called on Congress to approve his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 during remarks at a ceremony in South Carolina for the renaming of Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died unexpectedly last month. Continue reading “Hegseth Says Congress Should Pay Tribute to Lindsey Graham by Approving $1.5 Trillion Military Budget”
The Pentagon is reportedly drafting a new nuclear strategy that’s expected to emphasize the use of tactical nuclear weapons to give the president more “options” in a potential nuclear conflict. Continue reading “Pentagon Drafting New Nuclear Strategy To Expand Options for Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use”
By Ismail Nofal – Drop Site News
GAZA CITY—Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the former director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, suffered multiple injuries, including fractured ribs, after enduring severe beatings by Israeli prison authorities on July 27, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office. The group described it as the “most difficult day” of his imprisonment since being detained without charge over a year and a half ago. Continue reading “Israel’s Brutal Retaliation Against Imprisoned Palestinian Doctors Seeking Legal Appeals”
Thursday marked 300 days since October 10, 2025, the day the ceasefire was supposed to go into effect in Gaza, but the Israeli military has continued constant violations, and, according to the UN’s child relief agency UNICEF, has killed at least 300 children in that time, or one per day. Continue reading “Israeli Attacks in Gaza Have Killed One Child Per Day Since ‘Ceasefire’ Started: UNICEF”
President Trump on Thursday threatened “leakers” with jail time over reports about dwindling US military stockpiles as a result of the Iran war, and claimed the US had plenty of munitions available. Continue reading “Trump Threatens ‘Leakers’ With Jail Time Over Reports About Munitions Shortages”
Writing in POLITICO on Tuesday, Dasha Burns and Nahal Toosi reported that in recent months the US intelligence community has “sent spies and assets” to Cuba. Specifically, they reported the CIA has increased its presence on the island, which sits approximately 90 miles south of Florida. Continue reading “US Intelligence Assets Said To Descend On Cuba”
By Max Blumenthal and Michelle Witte – The Gray Zone
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City on Tuesday held a mass funeral for 112 members of the Abu Sharia al-Hassaina family, a well-known and respected clan that has been nearly wiped out by Israel’s genocidal war, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported. Continue reading “Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for 112 Palestinians From the Same Family Killed by Israeli Airstrikes in 2023”
By Murtaza Hussain – Drop Site News
On February 20, 2015, an official of the United Nations Population Fund sent two Israeli diplomats an email containing a confidential report about a trip two weeks earlier to Washington, D.C. by Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, then the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Continue reading ““For Your Eyes Only”: Israel’s Mole Inside the United Nations”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
President Trump — after purging Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones from the GOP and “MAGA” — on Tuesday welcomed in “the highly respected” Alan Dershowitz to the GOP. Continue reading “Trump Welcomes ‘The Highly Respected’ Alan Dershowitz Into The GOP, Shills His New Book”
This woman can’t believe a container of cut-up watermelon costs over $40 while a whole watermelon is only $8.99. Yes, that’s exactly how convenience works. You’re not just paying for the fruit. You’re paying for someone to cut it, package it, and have it ready to eat. If it’s not… pic.twitter.com/2MwoGoJD44
— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) August 3, 2026
A Ukrainian drone on Monday crashed on a beach in Gelendzhik, a Russian Black Sea resort town in the Krasnodar region, killing at least seven civilians, including three children, according to local officials, as Ukraine’s US-backed drone operations continue to kill a significant number of civilians. Continue reading “Ukrainian Drone Crashes on Russian Beach, Killing Seven, Including Three Children”
President Trump said on Saturday night that he decided to hold off on launching major strikes on Iran that he said would have inflicted “military terror” on the country, which came after media reports said he was ready to significantly escalate the war. Continue reading “Trump Says He’s Holding Off on Attack That Would Have Inflicted ‘Military Terror’ on Iran”
By ¡Do Not Panic! – The Grayzone
By Max Blumenthal and Michelle Witte – The Gray Zone
