By Lylla Younes – Drop Site News

BEIRUT, Lebanon—When Lebanon and Israel announced a ceasefire agreement on April 16, Nasreen Abd Elaal and her husband and four children packed their few belongings and departed the public school in Marj al-Zuhoor where they had taken shelter—for the last time, they hoped. They returned the next day to their home in Ain Arab, a small village nestled in the plains near the southern border, where they run a small butcher shop and corner store. That same day, Israeli forces entered the village and established a curfew, warning local residents not to leave their homes after dark, before setting up a checkpoint on the exit road leading south. Continue reading ““You Either Leave Right Now or You Die”—Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of a Village in Lebanon”

By Dave DeCamp – Aniwar.com

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday that Iran would be in a “direct confrontation with the enemy” if Israel doesn’t halt its attacks in Lebanon.

Ghalibaf made the comments in a post on X recounting a conversation he had with Nabih Berri, the speaker of Lebanon’s parliament and leader of the Amal Movement, a Shia political faction that’s largely aligned with Hezbollah. Continue reading “Ghalibaf Says Iran Will Be in ‘Direct Confrontation’ With Israel If It Doesn’t Halt Attacks on Lebanon”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The Israel Lobby wants to revamp US aid to Israel by permanently ensnaring the Pentagon in a “partnership” with the Jewish state involving opaque contracts and minimal oversight and accountability, the Quincy Institute reports. Continue reading “Israel Lobby Seeking to Revamp U.S. Aid as ‘Partnership’ Immune to Political Shifts”

By Michelle Witte – The Gray Zone

Israeli citizens wonder why the state won’t return October 7 footage it confiscated from them. The mother of an Israeli victim says authorities deleted video of her son’s death. Others complain “someone is hiding” the videos.

Continue reading “Israeli authorities refuse to return massive trove of Oct 7 video. What are they hiding?”