"History is the history of war -- of leaders of countries finding reasons and rationals to send the young people off to fight." -- John Stockwell, former CIA official and author
Posted by Tyler Durden: Via Middle East Eye
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a map of the wider Middle East showing his country and the UAE aligned with a paramilitary in Sudan accused of committing genocide, and separatists in Libya, Yemen and Somaliland.
The proposal, often referred to as Section 219, would go far beyond agreements with Washington’s closest allies
By Andrew M. Leonard, reposted from Responsible Statecraft, October 19, 2026
Google’s artificial intelligence research laboratory, DeepMind, is recruiting leading nuclear scientists to investigate whether its advanced AI systems help people develop world-ending weapons.
The AI giant’s recruitment drive seeks specialists capable of evaluating risks involving fission, fusion, and thermonuclear weapons proliferation.
The company is offering salaries of up to $252,000, plus a 15 percent bonus.
By Tyler Durden
The United Kingdom has on Tuesday announced yet more creeping escalation in the Yemen war. It is offering Saudi Arabia 'defensive' assistance by deploying its Typhoon fighter jets.
The British Ministry of Defence claimed the warplanes and British pilots would operate only in a "defensive role" - though its yet to be seen what exactly this will mean.
middleeasteye.net
Israeli troops have detained several Palestinians, including teachers, and issued demoilition notices across the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.
According to the report, Israeli troops detained two Palestinian residents and two foreign solidarity activists following an attack by settlers on the home of Musab Rab’ i in the village of al-Tuwani, in Masafer Yatta.
by Jason Ditz, antiwar.com
Last week, the New York Times released the results of its investigation into the ongoing Israeli invasion and occupation of southern Lebanon and found that some 48 towns and villages had been destroyed by IDF forces. Defense Minister Israel Katz, in a weekend appearance on Israel’s Channel 14, bragged that the number is even higher.
middleeasteye.net
"My life is worse than before the war," Omar Halawa, a Palestinian child amputee from Gaza told Middle East Eye.
"Everything I used to do, I can't do anymore," the young boy said, who was injured after an Israeli tank shelled him and his cousins while they were fetching water for their family.
His cousins were killed, but he survived.
Omar, like thousands of other Palestinian amputees, is waiting to receive rehabilitation treatment and a prosthetic limb, which may not come due to Israel's blockade on Gaza.
By Simon Speakman Cordall, aljazeera.com
In the run-up to Israel’s high-stakes election, few parties have featured more often in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attacks on rivals than Ra’am and the Joint List.
Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Abdel Kouddous, dropsitenews.com
by Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
The UN’s World Food Program said on Monday that it was being forced to “drastically reduce” aid to Gaza due to funding shortfalls, a statement that came as Israel continued its relentless attacks across the besieged Palestinian territory.