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US midterm elections 2026: Democrats take control of Senate and House in major rebuke of Trump agenda

Democrats flip South Carolina senate seat and Texas governorship
How an election defeat triggered a carnival of racism against PalestiniansNetanyahu is going nowhere until Israel's Palestinians are taken seriously
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Aber Kawas becomes first Palestinian American elected to New York State Legislature
Economy
Can the world withstand another winter of war?
Marco Carnelos
Yemen War
‘Death is closer than school’: Yemen’s children struggle with war trauma
US Politics
US elections 2026: Can a Democrat-controlled Senate thwart Trump's agenda?
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Israeli Elections
Live: US has plans to strike Iran as early as tomorrow, report says
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Senegal arrests activist for protesting against Israeli participation at Youth Olympic Games
War on Iran
Iran says US ceasefire proposal 'insufficient' as strikes are reported on Qeshm Island
Occupation
Israeli prison guards ‘shot prominent Palestinian detainees nine times’
Israeli Elections
Israeli racism against Palestinian voters reveals a society in crisis
Palestine Action
UK Supreme Court to hear landmark appeal over Palestine Action ban
Israel's war on Lebanon
French judges open war crimes probe into Israeli strike that killed seven in Beirut
Israel's genocide in Gaza
‘Everyone panics’: Indiscriminate Israeli gunfire kills and terrorises Gaza's displaced

Opinion

Israeli Elections
How an election defeat triggered a carnival of racism against Palestinians
Lubna Masarwa
Israel's genocide in Gaza
One thing unites all Israel’s Zionist parties: Preserving apartheid at all costs
Jonathan Cook
Economy
Can the world withstand another winter of war?
Marco Carnelos
US Politics
Aipac and the Michigan Senate race: How the Israel lobby became toxic
Mitchell Plitnick
Egypt Turmoil
Sisi says he will go in 2030. The army will decide who comes next
Hesham Gaafar
Latin America
Lula's victory alone cannot loosen the US and Israeli grip on Latin America
Jodor Jalit
US Politics
Democrats forgive Obama all his wars and complicity in Israeli crimes
Joseph Massad
Islamophobia
US elections: Republicans are betting on Islamophobia to win the midterms
Mobashra Tazamal
Israeli Elections
Eisenkot or Netanyahu: No matter who forms government, democracy is dead
David Hearst
Occupation
Another East Jerusalem neighbourhood is demolished as the world fails to act
Peter Oborne
Israeli Elections
How an election defeat triggered a carnival of racism against Palestinians
Lubna Masarwa
Israeli Elections
The myth of Israel as the region's 'only democracy' should be dead. Not in western media
Faisal Hanif
Israeli Elections
Why Palestinian electoral gains in Israel should be met with caution, not celebration
Ghada Majadli
Antisemitism
How the UK's new antisemitism guidelines for schools will stigmatise Muslim pupils
Fatima Rajina
United Nations
The UAE deals in the darkest of politics - its representative should be nowhere near the UN
Dino Mahtani
Antisemitism
How UK antisemitism report could worsen the very problem it warns against
Gary Spedding
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Why Hamas must not repeat Fatah's historic mistakes
Sami Al-Arian
UK Politics
Like Blair and Starmer before him, Burnham has found his Middle East war
Joe Gill
Israeli Elections
I have boycotted Israeli elections for years, but this time I will vote
Zahra Saeed
France Tensions
Paris protests are not about Islam. They're about France
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israeli Elections
For Palestinians, Israeli election will only determine the pace of dispossession 
Emile Badarin
Politics
In Athens, Marco Rubio's civilisational hubris reaches a peak
Marco Carnelos
US Politics
Ilhan Omar was never supposed to be an equal
Azad Essa
Israeli Elections
How Israel’s election is further excluding Palestinian citizens from politics
Ghada Majadli
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Environment
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
In South Africa, municipal elections collide with solidarity for Gaza
Inside Iraq
Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar?
Inside Morocco
​​​​Morocco: Ten years after the Rif uprising, its leaders are still jailed and its demands unmet
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Sudan war
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US midterm elections 2026: Democrats take control of Senate and House in major rebuke of Trump agenda
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Aber Kawas becomes first Palestinian American elected to New York State Legislature
Israel's genocide in Gaza
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War on Iran
Iran says US ceasefire proposal 'insufficient' as strikes are reported on Qeshm Island
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Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
In South Africa, municipal elections collide with solidarity for Gaza
Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Israel's genocide in Gaza
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US and Israeli war on Iran

War on Iran
Iran has 'no intention' to engage in peace talks with US as war looms
War on Iran
US senator briefed on Trump's plans to restart Iran war says proposal is 'insane'
War on Iran
Iran rejects 'unacceptable' proposal by Qatar to end war with US
War on Iran
Oman calls for Gulf, Iraq and Iran to unite under one security pact
War on Iran
Iran says US ceasefire proposal 'insufficient' as strikes are reported on Qeshm Island
War on Iran
Trump says he will not attack Iran after midterms
War on Iran
Israel intentionally released footage of Mossad operatives in Iran to provoke mass arrests, ex-chief says
War on Iran
US warns Gulf of intense strikes on Iran after midterms: Report
War on Iran
Houthis hit Saudi refinery as Iran warns of ‘devastating’ response to further US-Israeli attacks
War on Iran
Mecca alliance visits Tehran in push to end Israeli-US war and build regional security
War on Iran
Iran warns of ‘unimaginable’ response to US aggression as tensions rise over Hormuz
War on Iran
'Escalation is coming': Middle East on edge as new Israeli-US attack on Iran looms
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Occupied West Bank

UK Politics
Palestinian ambassador urges action over London event advertising settlement-linked Israeli agency
UK Politics
Exclusive: London event advertises Israeli agency building illegal settlements
Occupation
Israel holds recruitment drive for British doctors amid physician brain drain
Occupation
‘We left with heavy hearts’: Israel’s assault displaces thousands in Hebron
Occupation
Israeli prison guards ‘shot prominent Palestinian detainees nine times’
Occupation
Israeli forces release Palestinian 'doctor of the poor' with visible signs of abuse
Occupation
Israeli settler group submits proposals for new Jewish settlement in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood
Occupation
‘A disaster zone’: Hebron is under full Israeli siege, mayor says
Occupation
After deadly shooting, Israel forcibly evicts hundreds of Palestinian families from Hebron homes
Occupation
Another East Jerusalem neighbourhood is demolished as the world fails to act
Peter Oborne
Occupation
Israel prepares full West Bank lockdown after Hebron shooting
Occupation
Israel arrests 10 settlers over attacks on US journalist and European officials in West Bank
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Explainers

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Israel’s election deadlock: What could happen next?
48 Palestinians
Who are the Palestinian citizens of Israel?
Diplomacy
Who is Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE diplomat hoping to become the next UN secretary-general?
Inside UAE
What does the UAE own in the UK? Football clubs, London landmarks and billion-pound assets
Israeli Elections
Israel’s election: Who are the main leaders and where do they stand on key issues?
Inside Yemen
Red Sea crisis: How powerful is the Houthi war machine?
War on Iran
How the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps underpins Iran
Diplomacy
Who is leading the race for ‘the most impossible job on this earth’?
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Trending

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Haley Stevens slammed over Republican endorsement, struggles to explain abrupt reversal
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Trump's attacks on Ilhan Omar highlight concerns about normalisation of racism in US politics
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Abdul El-Sayed confronts heckler linking him to Muslim Brotherhood
Boycott
Critically acclaimed video game Big Walk not released on Xbox to support BDS movement
France
‘Bismillah, it's the darkness’: How a suspected police infiltration became a protest meme in France
UK Politics
Sally Rooney's books to be withdrawn from sale in UK over Palestine Action support
Turkey Politics
Azerbaijan's hijab ban sparks outrage in Turkey as women recall past restrictions
US Politics
Abdul El-Sayed is under fire for joining forces with Obama in upcoming rally
United Nations
Emirati influencers celebrate UAE sitting for Netanyahu’s speech to UN amid walkout
Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Sport
Israel Football Association cites Nobel Prize winners in rant at Ireland coach
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Ms Rachel matches Macklemore with $1m donation for Palestinian children
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Discover

Film
A Lebanese bank heist towers over this winter's Middle Eastern film offerings
Israel's genocide in Gaza
‘Hereness’: What the forgotten history of Jewish anti-Zionism can teach us today
Books
Making a Killing: Who profits from slaughter in Gaza and Yemen?
Israel's genocide in Gaza
NAZA review: Portrait of Israel as a nation stuck in a moral abyss
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How Fauda season five rewrites the Gaza genocide
Film
Venice Film Festival 2026: American monsters dominate the 83rd edition
Film
Locarno Film Festival 2026: Palestine, Iran and Gaza's genocide continue to dominate debate
Books
Towards Palestinian Liberation: How resistance travels across borders
Israel's war on Lebanon
Against erasure: The artists preserving south Lebanon’s stories
World Cup 2026
How the World Cup brought out the best and worst of America
Inside Turkey
Palace in the Mist: The inside story of the 1908 Young Turk revolution
Film
Asad versus 7 Dogs: Two starkly different movies compete to be the summer Arab blockbuster
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: Ranking some of the best kits from the Middle East and North Africa
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: Five players from the Middle East to watch out for
World Cup 2026
World Cup 2026: Match dates, kick-off times and how to watch
Film
A vision of dissent: Tarik Saleh on his acclaimed Cairo trilogy
Inside Kuwait
Bidon Waraq: How a Kuwaiti media start-up recreates the ‘diwaniya’ for the digital age
Heritage
The Renewal of Islam: An Oxford academic's antidote to bigoted narratives
Books
America's Middle East: How Washington brought ruin to the region
Religion
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali: How one of Islam’s most revered figures still speaks to the modern world
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The Big Story

Inside Turkey
From Mecca to the Moon: How Turkey is trying to become a player in space
Rohingya
The Rohingya case that could redefine the law on genocide
Sport
'They're a selfish bunch': How Abu Dhabi shaped modern Manchester
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Queuing for water and phone charging: What survival looks like in Gaza
UK Politics
'We're waiting to sweep up their votes': Three days inside the Green Party conference
Arts
'Artists must pick a side': How Israel's assault on Gaza is shifting the culture on Broadway
Occupation
‘Britain can stop this’: The East Jerusalem yeshiva taking UK charity money and planning expansion
Tunisia coup
Tunisia's summer of discontent
9/11 Attacks
I was 18 when they sent me to Guantanamo. The system that allowed it never went away
Inside Israel
Greece's alliance with Israel is becoming a domestic liability
Politics
Mecca agreement: Why Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan teamed up
UK Politics
From 'absolute monarchy' to dear friend: How Nigel Farage and Reform learned to love the UAE
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Real Talk

Real Talk
How did the pro-Israel lobby shape Obama's Middle East policy? | Eli Clifton
Real Talk
'Iraq had no Jewish problem': As an Arab Jew, Israel made me feel inferior | Avi Shlaim
Real Talk
He was born into Israeli ‘privilege’. Now his life's work is to abolish it | Eyal Weizman
Real Talk
She was asked to defend America's Gaza policy to Arabs. She quit instead | Hala Rharrit
Real Talk
AIPAC spent millions to unseat me. Here’s why they’re now losing: Ex-congressman | Jamaal Bowman
Real Talk
Why the US pro-Israel lobby wants Trita Parsi out of America | Real Talk
Real Talk
No one had an issue until I pointed my lens at Palestine | Misan Harriman
Real Talk
I cooked for London’s top Palestinian chef
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Unapologetic

Unapologetic Podcast
Stephen Kapos: The Holocaust survivor who leads pro-Palestine protests
Unapologetic Podcast
Butch Ware: How the US legacy of slavery led us to Trump’s America
Unapologetic Podcast
Eyal Weizman: How Israel is engineering genocide and ethnic cleansing
Unapologetic Podcast
Helena Cobban: Why understanding Hamas matters
Unapologetic Podcast
Karishma Patel: What it was like inside the BBC amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza
Unapologetic Podcast
Gideon Levy: Reporting on the Intifada changed how I see Israel
Unapologetic Podcast
Iyad el-Baghdadi: Israel as an ethno-nationalist state, won't last beyond the 2030s
Unapologetic Podcast
Hossam el-Hamalawy: How has Israel's war on Gaza weakened Sisi's rule?
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MEE Opinion Videos

War on Iran
War on Iran: How the Gulf stepped in to clean up America's mess
Andreas Krieg
Racism
Belfast riots: Why UK mobs see racial violence as 'national defence'
Amina Shareef
Al-Aqsa Attack
Al-Aqsa: The moment of peril is here. Will the Muslim world act?
Ismail Patel
Israel's genocide in Gaza
What began in Gaza has spread to Lebanon. This is the price of Israel's impunity
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Human Rights
How can you look at the horrors in Palestine and feel nothing?
Anas Altikriti
Palestine state
Palestine is now the conscience of the world. No deal will change that
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
The great betrayal: Why Arab and Muslim rulers backed Trump's Gaza plan
David Hearst
Occupation
Gaza flotilla: The tide of defiance against Israel is now an unbreakable wave
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Doha is a warning to all Arab autocrats: The US will not protect you. Stand against Israel
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Doha strike shows that no peace can be achieved by recognising Israel
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Anas al-Sharif was murdered for being Gaza's voice
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Not just Israel: The Arabs and Europe are complicit in starving Gaza
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Syria after Assad
From Damascus to Gaza, Israel’s plan to fragment the region may end up uniting it
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Britain once jailed suffragettes. Now it jails Palestine activists 
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Music
'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Where is the outrage over Israeli crimes in Gaza?
Joe Gill
Israel attacks Iran
Israel's failure to subdue Iran shows it can no longer dictate the regional order
David Hearst
Israel attacks Iran
A colonial reckoning: How Israel's war on Iran reopens old wounds
Soumaya Ghannoushi
International law
By threatening the ICC, David Cameron disgraced Britain
Peter Oborne
Iran-Israel tensions
By allowing Israel to bomb Iran, Trump is pushing Tehran to go nuclear
David Hearst
Israel's genocide in Gaza
Gaza flotilla: The Madleen shows us the world as it could be
Soumaya Ghannoushi
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