West Asia is Lurching Toward War

September 5, 2025

Indications are that Israel with the support of Washington is spoiling for a fight with Iran as the E3 moves for snapback sanctions against Tehran, writes M. K. Bhadrakumar.

Tehran in April 2018. (Ninara/ Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 3.0)

The new Israeli map proposing to annex 80% of the West Bank, explained

September 4, 2025
Qassam Muaddi

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich released a map proposing to annex over 80% of the West Bank. He's not far off from the rest of the Israeli political establishment — even the "pragmatic" opposition.