ISRAEL EXPANDS ‘YELLOW ZONE’, FORCING THOUSANDS MORE GAZANS TO FLEE AGAIN – ISRAELI MEDIA

Wed 29 July 2026: Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!  Israel is continuing to expand its control over the Gaza Strip by moving yellow concrete barriers deeper into the territory, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel now controls 70 per cent of the enclave, according to Yedioth Ahronoth. The Israeli newspaper, citing […]

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IRAQI CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR URGES IRGC, ALLIED MILITIAS TO LEAVE IRAQI OUT OF THE WAR

Wed 29 July 2026: Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and armed militias on to refrain from attacks involving Iraqi territory, warning against dragging the country into another war. In a statement on X Sadr said on Wednesday, Iraq had not been used as a launching pad for attacks on Iran […]

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HOUSE OF HOPE: NEW FILM FOLLOWS A WALDORF-INSPIRED SCHOOL IN THE WEST BANK

Tue 28 July 2026: A documentary about a primary school in the West Bank follows children under occupation and the couple who run it even as Israel’s war persists. At one point in the documentary, House of Hope, the protagonist, Manar Wahhab, breaks down in a classroom corner in the school she founded with her […]

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IRANIANS STRUGGLE TO GET BY AMID US WAR AND DOMESTIC WOES

Tue 28 July 2026: People are faced with mounting pressures, including rising living costs, electricity cuts and bombarded infrastructure. Tehran, Iran – Each trip to the supermarket brings an unpleasant surprise for Leyla, a pensioner who lives in western Tehran. “You find yourself comparing prices to just a few weeks or months ago,” she said. Just […]

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WATCH | AL-SHARAA OUTLINES SYRIA’S APPROACH TO SECURITY WITH ISRAEL AND LEBANON

Mon 27 July 2026: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has revealed that Damascus is actively working to reach a security agreement with Israel with the participation of several countries. Speaking in an exclusive interview on Al Jazeera’s Al Muqabala programme, the full interview, to be broadcast at 19:00 GMT, al-Sharaa said he hopes the deal with Israel […]

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NETANYAHU HEADS TO WASHINGTON, VOWS TO GO TO NYC DESPITE ICC ARREST WARRANT

Mon 27 July 2026: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday departed for Washington for talks with US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu is visiting Washington at Trump’s invitation and will discuss issues of mutual interest to Israel and the US, according to the official Israel in Arabic account on US social media platform X. The […]

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IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER ‘NOT COMMUNICATING’ WITH ANYONE, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW SAYS

Mon 27 July 2026: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is not communicating with any party or person for “specific reasons,” his father-in-law said Sunday.​​​​​​​ Khamenei “is not communicating with any party or individual for specific reasons,” Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said in statements carried by ISNA News Agency. He, however, did not give any further details. Haddad-Adel […]

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WATCH | AFTER THE CALIPHATE: WHAT MUSLIM HISTORY TEACHES ABOUT RENEWAL

Mon 27 July 2026: Can the Muslim world recover from political decline? What resources does the Islamic tradition offer in times of crisis, and what does genuine regeneration look like? In this episode of The Thinking Muslim, we are joined by Dr. Sohaira Siddiqui to explore how Muslims have historically responded to periods of political […]

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TRUMP SAYS FULL-SCALE WAR WITH IRAN ‘IF WE DON’T GET 100% OF WHAT WE WANT’: REPORT

Sun 26 July 2026: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was considering resuming a full-scale war with Iran “if we don’t get 100% of what we want.” In a phone call with French News Channel LCI, Trump said that he would resume a full-scale war with Iran “if we don’t get 100% of […]

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US PUBLIC OPINION INCREASINGLY NEGATIVE TOWARD ISRAEL, POLLS SHOW

Sun 26 July 2026: Public opinion toward Israel in the US has grown increasingly negative, according to several recent polls, reflecting mounting concern over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. A Pew Research Center survey released in July found that Americans have become more critical of both the Israeli people and government in recent years, while […]

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