The New Arab

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would be "honoured" to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said that the US government is supplying Israel with white phosphorus bombs that are being used in Lebanon and are killing civilians. She called on the US government to end what she described as its complicity in war crimes and to pass the Lebanon War Powers Resolution.

Pro-Palestinian activists confronted Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski during a book promotion event in Kraków, accusing Poland of complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Trump has engaged in an assault on immigrant communities, arresting undocumented immigrants & changing legislation to make it more difficult to legally immigrate to the US. Imad Hamad tells Anna Lekas Miller that Trump has succeeded in making people think “10, 100, 1000 times” before they speak:

A week from now, the World Cup will kick off in the US, Mexico and Canada. The New Arab is joined by Salma Mashhour to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of the beautiful game. Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel from tonight.

Mass protests have erupted in Albania over an Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner-linked luxury resort planned for the country’s wild coast. Backed by Kushner’s investment firm, the mega development has become a lightning rod for anger over foreign influence from the US and Israel.

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire aimed at stopping ongoing hostilities, following US-led talks in Washington DC. The deal, announced by the Trump administration, is intended to support wider efforts to reduce regional tensions linked to the war with Iran

In an interview with Sky News at London's SXSW Festival, Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen condemned the UK government's decision to deny Hasan Piker entry to the country

Israeli diplomat Waleed Gadban was forced to cut short his speech at the ILO conference in Geneva after delegates repeatedly interrupted him with loud protests Despite repeated calls for order, the protests continued and Gadban was unable to complete his remarks

London's Met Police removed a statue of imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti from Parliament Square shortly after activists unveiled it. Reports and footage circulating online showed officers dismantling the installation after it was placed directly opposite the statue of Nelson Mandela

Historian Ilan Pappé presented the opening lecture of the British International Studies Association conference in Brighton on Tuesday, attended by hundreds of academics. Pappé presented his talk titled "Gaza as an Epicentre: the Breakdown of the International Order".

Shattered glass covered hospital floors and debris littered patient wards at Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre after Israeli strikes caused extensive damage to the facility’s emergency department and intensive care unit. Lebanese health authorities said dozens of people were injured in the attack.

Repeated attacks by Israeli settlers & harassment by Israeli soldiers have discouraged Palestinians from visiting Ein Aulim Park, located east of Beita in the occupied West Bank. The park is considered one of the oldest natural sites in the area and contains water springs that supply parts of Beita

In a podcast interview with conservative Australian-American commentator Miranda Devine for The New York Post, Trump reflects on why he lashed out at 'crazy' Netanyahu over Lebanon

A young German woman raised a keffiyeh and flashed the victory sign as police escorted her into a police vehicle following her arrest during a solidarity march for Gaza and Lebanon in Berlin

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told graduates at Yeshiva University that he is “an unapologetic Zionist” because “that is what the Holy Book commands me to be"

Palestine solidarity activists disrupted Angela Campbell, the Provost and Executive Vice-President of McGill University, just as she came on stage to address students during a graduation ceremony at one of Canada’s most prestigious universities:

Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, known for his extreme degradation of Palestinians through both online posts and his political work, has now posted a video threatening to ban the Muslim call to prayer in occupied Palestine

"You're serving Israel! Stop serving Israel!" An anti-war and Palestine solidarity activist disrupted US Secretary of State Mario as he was delivering his opening statement during a congressional hearing:

Israeli settlers have been setting fire to crops, agricultural land, and trees across the West Bank, targeting the basic food and income sources that Palestinian families depend on. The attacks are part of a systematic settler campaign against Palestinian daily life.

Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, has called on Israel to intensify its battle over public opinion, arguing that the country is losing the "information war" amid growing international criticism of its actions in Gaza.

Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump has bought a whole island in the Mediterranean Sea with her husband Jared Kushner, with plans to build over what is a land area of approximately 1,400 hectares. The project, which will reportedly be on Sazan Island in Albania, has sparked anger among locals.

A Palestinian woman at an anti-war protest in Israel is gaining attention after pushing back against an Israeli interviewer questioning her identity and connection to the land.

Prominent Turkish-American political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker have been barred from entering the UK over their criticism of Israel.

Israeli airstrikes hit near Jabel Amel hospital in Tyre, southern Lebanon causing extensive damage to the hospital which was still crowded with people, including women and children.

Flotilla German activist Anna Ledetzke has recalled the sexual abuse she says she experienced while detained by Israeli authorities during a previous Freedom Flotilla mission. In a recent interview on the YouTube channel Mad in Germany with James Jackson.

The third edition of Nawafiz brought together some of the most exciting artists from across the SWANA region to Utrecht, The Netherlands, drawing a packed diaspora crowd to a night celebrating Arab music and culture. The New Arab spoke with some of the artists part of the line-up

A new bookshop dedicated entirely to Palestine has opened in Barcelona. Finestres Palestina brings together around 2,000 books on Palestinian history, politics, culture and art, and aims to become a space for public discussion and community events

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad and his regime in December 2024, around half a million Syrians have returned from Lebanon. Many came back to Aleppo, only to find a city still struggling to recover. Hana and her daughter Fatima returned to a family fractured by conflict:

A recent video has gone viral showing two Zionist tourists being denied entry to Sauna Thermas, a spa in Barcelona, Spain. In the footage, staff ask whether the visitors are Zionists, which leads to a heated political exchange.

Four activists from People Against Genocide blockaded UAV Engines in Shenstone, Staffordshire, a UK-based factory owned by Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems

Lebanese residents are one again fleeing Beirut’s southern suburbs after renewed Israeli threats and forced "evacuation" warnings targeting parts of Dahieh. The threats came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs

A new term - “healthocide” - has emerged to describe Israel’s systematic targeting of healthcare systems in Gaza and Lebanon.

Euphrates floodwaters have displaced more than 2,400 families across Syria's Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa provinces, submerging homes and farmland and putting more than 60 water stations out of service. Engineers have warned that the crisis exposes decades of illegal construction.

Juliet Lamont, an Australian documentary filmmaker and Gaza flotilla activist, has spoken about being sexually assaulted by Israeli soldiers after her vessel was intercepted in international waters on May 18.

Israeli settlers seized a Palestinian vehicle and threw it off an elevated area in the village of Deir Abu Mash'al, Ramallah, in occupied West Bank. The attack is part of a wider pattern of daily settler violence against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.

The Dutch police attacked a nine-month pregnant woman married to Palestinian Wesam Mekdad, a refugee from Gaza. The Palestinian family shared a statement on their years of displacement and asylum. This footage shares the hard time the woman has faced, and how baby girl “Reem” has since been born.

Israeli forces have seized Beaufort Castle - also known as Qalaat al-Chqeef - in southern Lebanon, making the deepest ground incursion into the country in 26 years as troops encircled the city of Nabatieh.

Amid the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in Paris yesterday, fans made sure the Palestinian flag and other pro-Palestine symbols were visible during the match and after PSG's victory

Israeli settlers have repeatedly attacked the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, targeting residents' properties and land. Dr. Rabee Shourfa spoke to The New Arab about the latest raid on the Bir Quza area, describing damage caused to residents' properties.

Students at the Colin Powell School at City College of New York disrupted their graduation ceremony, heckling former US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield as she addressed graduates. Greenfield vetoed three UN Security Council ceasefire resolutions on Gaza

Lebanese graduate Leen Ezzeddine dedicated her Harvard Medical School graduation speech to Palestine and Lebanon. She spoke of the contradictions of learning about health equity at a university that urged its students to remain silent as Israel wages war crimes on Gaza and Lebanon.

A young Lebanese singer drew crowds in Rome after spontaneously performing the Italian classic Sara Perche Ti Amo in the streets of the Trastevere district, turning the moment into a festive public singalong:

Sneak Peek: A brand new episode in our The Brief In podcast series. This week, we discuss Syria's transitional justice after Assad:

Akram Al-Fayoumi, 13, lost his right leg and left hand in Israeli strikes on Gaza and now roller skates using a prosthetic leg through the devastated streets of the enclave. Unable to continue his childhood passion for horseback riding after the injuries, he turned to roller skating: