UN rights officials warn that repeated displacement, attacks near encampments and restrictions on shelter materials are making return increasingly difficult. By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 2 November 2026 (IDN) — A ceasefire may have reduced the scale of fighting in Gaza, but it has not ended the displacement of Palestinians. Nor has it given most […]
OPINION: How to Stop the US-Israel War on Iran
Arab states must reject Israeli hegemony and build a regional security framework independent of Washington. By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares NEW YORK | 31 October 2026 (IDN) — The war that Israel and the United States launched against Iran on 28 February is in a lull, not at an end. Major combat has paused, […]
Israel’s Fateful Election: A Nation On The Brink
Israel’s next election will decide far more than who governs. It will help determine whether the country can reclaim its democratic foundations, restore its international standing, and fulfil its founding promise—or continue down a path that endangers the very future its leaders claim to defend. By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 20 October 2026 (IDN) […]
Decoding Pro-Israel Buzzwords in a Time of Genocide
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO | 20 October 2026 (IDN) — Nearly two years ago, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International released in-depth reports documenting that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Months later, Israeli human rights groups did likewise. Support for Israel has declined steeply among Americans, but its defenders continue to maintain a siege […]
Two Percent of the Christians in Gaza Killed by the IDF
By Benoit Lannoo* ANTWERP, Belgium | 7 October 2026 (IDN) — On the Instagram account of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa reported early Saturday morning that an airstrike on an apartment building in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City had killed, in addition to three other Palestinians, Maysa Abu Dawood and her […]
EEPA reports on seven Ethiopian armed groups form alliance
BRUSSELS | 21 September 2026 (IDN | EEPA) — The following are the situation reports on the situation in Ethiopia, the situation in Sudan, the international and regional situation, seven Ethiopian armed groups form alliance, Numerous drone attacks target Tigray, US lifts sanctions against Eritrea. Situation in Ethiopia (per 21 September) Seven Ethiopian armed groups […]
Israel’s Apartheid policy is jeopardising Christian schools in Jerusalem
Christian schools in Jerusalem remained closed on 1 September because more than 70 teachers from the West Bank had been denied entry. But what surprised Benoit Lannoo, an Antwerp based expert on Eastern Christians, most of all was that there was no reaction whatsoever from European, Western institutions or from any EU Member State, neither […]
Genocides Are No Bargaining Chips
By Benoit Lannoo* ANTWERP, Belgium | 25 July 2026 (IDN) — The relations of the State of Israel with Türkiye and Azerbaijan have been under great tension since the Israeli government submitted a bill recognising the Armenian Genocide to the parliament, the Knesset, at the end of June. The government of Benjamin Netanyahu did not […]
Human Rights Watch in Disarray Over Palestine
By Jan Servaes The Guardian and Jewish Currents reported on February 3, 2026, that two Human Rights Watch (HRW) staff members had been dismissed, leaving the organisation’s entire Israel and Palestine team. They resigned after HRW leadership blocked a section of a 33-page report that called Israel’s denial of the right of return to Palestinian […]
Situation Report: Somaliland’s independence recognised by Israel
Situation in Sudan (per 5 January) Over 114 people have lost their lives in the western region of Darfur, amid the recent clashes between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) using drone strikes and ground assaults, according to medical sources. Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris has proposed a plan to end […]