Middle East

By M.A. AL-GHARIB Ghassan Kanafani’s “The Revolution of 1936 – 1939 in Palestine: Background, Details, and Analysis,” is a concise and densely argued book, translated with clarity and beauty by Hazem Jamjoun and contextualized with a helpful introduction and afterword by, respectively, Layan Sima Fuleihan and Maher Al-Charif. Originally published in 1972, the Peoples Forum-affiliated […]

From the flotilla to the streets, an international wave of demonstrations is rising up to challenge the blockade and denounce the Palestinian genocide. The Global Sumud Flotilla, which set sail from Spain at the end of August and has already crossed the Mediterranean towards the Gaza Strip (follow the route here), is expected to reach […]

—Fabio Bosco, Unified Socialist Workers’ Party (PSTU) Brazil March 1, 2025. According to Israel’s Channel 13, the government had decided to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza to force the Palestinian resistance to surrender. The State of Israel had decided to use starvation as a weapon of war on a large scale. On the 18th, […]

By JAMES MARKIN With the crisis in Gaza caused by the Israeli military’s genocidal onslaught becoming increasingly dire, Israel’s diplomatic standing globally has continued to disintegrate under the pressure from public pressure and social movements across the globe. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in Europe which was once one of the friendliest regions […]

Last week, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a resolution proposing the permanent annexation of all Jewish settlements in the West Bank to the State of Israel[1]. This marks the “final death” of the false “two-state solution” that has been proposed by some Palestinian and Arab organizations, imperialist governments, and a portion of the global […]

By Fabio Bosco On July 11, a group of Bedouins [1] attacked a vegetable merchant traveling on the road between the city of Sweida [2] and the Syrian capital, Damascus. The merchant was assaulted, and his merchandise was stolen. The next day, Druze militiamen [3] kidnapped eight Bedouins, who then kidnapped five Druze in retaliation. […]

By JAMES MARKIN Every day in Gaza brings another massacre as this July has turned into the deadliest month in Gaza in over a year, according to the British-based charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide. Last week, Israel launched a new offensive against Deir al-Balah, the neighborhood in central Gaza. Deir al-Balah is one of the few […]

By Ivonne A. An emergency meeting convened by the Hague Group was held in Bogotá, Colombia, on July 15 and 16. Founded in February 2025 by the presidents of Colombia and South Africa, the group includes nine states: Belize, Bolivia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South Africa. The group coordinates legal, diplomatic, and economic […]

A truce imposed by Trump has interrupted the United States and Israeli war against Iran. It is time to assess the situation and its ramifications. The truce was imposed after the United States heavily bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities with 125 aircraft, dropping the world’s largest non-nuclear bombs. As part of a brutal attack, planned well […]

By the International Secretariat of the IWL The United States has directly attacked Iran, thus joining the Israeli offensive against that country. They used the most advanced aircraft in the world and the largest non-nuclear bombs known to attack a semi-colonial country. The argument used—“Iran cannot have nuclear weapons”—is the most cynical expression of imperialist […]

Joint Statement by Socialist Organizations (see the Note at the End of the Text), 23 June 2025 On 13 June, Israel started another war in the Middle East. Until now it has killed nearly 600 people and destroyed numerous buildings. In response, Iran retaliated and fired a number of missiles against the settler state. Nine […]

By Fabio Bosco [Originally printed May 23, 2025] Between May 13 and 16, Donald Trump, President of the United States, visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The visit followed the failure of Trump’s tariff hike, which was reversed in the face of repudiation by all countries, the majority of the US population […]

By LENA WANG “The Encampments” (directed by Michael T. Workman and Kei Pritsker, 2025) documents the surge of Palestine solidarity activism at Columbia University and beyond in the spring of 2024. The film faithfully captures the political mindset, resolve, and self-sacrifice of the Columbia student organizations protesting for their school to divest from Israel. While […]

By M.A. Al GHARIB U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Middle East astonished many observers in sidelining Israel. Trump agreed to a captive release deal with Hamas, an end to the hostilities with Yemen’s Ansar Allah (often known as the Houthi movement), a restart to nuclear program talks with Iran and a start to […]

By Carlos Sapir On May 21, two staffers employed by the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead while leaving a pro-Israel professional networking event hosted by the American Jewish Committee. A suspect, Elias Rodríguez of Chicago, was arrested at the scene. Less than a week later, U.S. officials announced that they had apprehended […]

On May 19, the Yemeni Houthis announced that they would target all ships entering or leaving the port of Haifa, Israel’s main port in occupied Palestine. The port is located in the Red Sea, through which 15% of all world trade passes. By Fabio Bosco The Houthis hold de facto power in western Yemen. Since […]