Driven out of the US administration, the Straussians, who already control Ukraine and Israel, have extended their influence to the UN and the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine. They now have the means to wage war and paralyze supporters of peace. For nearly a year, President Donald Trump has been restoring order in…
Home » Editorials » The world is determined: Free Palestine! People all over the world are protesting Israel’s attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Over 40 boats were attempting to reach Gaza, deliver material aid and break the siege. According to the flotilla’s website, 161 of the kidnapped crew members had been released as of…
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Israel could not be doing what it is doing without significant support from the West. And they have found some very powerful allies in Silicon Valley. Chief among these is Google, which has allowed the Israeli government to use its platforms to target tens of millions of Europeans with propaganda. Joining the MintCast today to…
This episode of State of Play by MintPress News delivers a sharp, unfiltered look at the overlapping crises shaping our world, from Gaza to the U.S. borderlands, exposing how displacement, propaganda and militarized policing function as interconnected tools of state power. The show opens with a satirical jab at Donald Trump’s recent claim that he…
Documenting crimes against humanity has never been more dangerous. Since October 2023, Israel has killed well over 200 journalists covering the war—an average of 13 per month. Today, MintCast host Mnar Adley is joined by one journalist who both shot to worldwide fame during the attack on Gaza and managed to survive the catastrophe. Motaz…
A new investigation by the Associated Press has uncovered disturbing details about American military contractors operating in Gaza under the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.-based group tasked with distributing aid. Video footage and eyewitness testimony suggest these contractors—many of them former U.S. soldiers—have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinians seeking food, raising serious concerns about…
The Israeli attack on Iran continues. Since Friday, IDF jets and missiles have hit sites across the country, carrying out targeted assassinations of key leaders and hitting buildings and other civilian infrastructure. Iran has retaliated in kind, firing missiles into Israel. The Trump administration, which knew about the secret Israeli attack from the beginning, appears…
When Israel launched a surprise military strike on Iran last week, it did more than risk igniting a catastrophic regional war. It also exposed long-simmering tensions in Washington—between entrenched bipartisan, pro-Israel hawks and a growing current of lawmakers (and voters) unwilling to be dragged into another Middle East disaster. “This is not our war,” declared Rep. Thomas…
On this week’s edition of “MintCast,” host Mnar Adley speaks with Dr. Mohammed Tahir about his time working in hospitals in Gaza, Greta Thunberg’s “Freedom Flotilla,” Iraq’s unwavering support for Palestine, and the urgent need for unity in the Islamic world. Dr. Tahir is a British-Iraqi surgeon specializing in trauma, orthopedics, and peripheral nerve care.…
The scenes Willy Massay witnessed in Gaza were harrowing: children shot multiple times in the head, chest and groin; hospitals reduced to rubble; the smell of burning flesh and gunpowder lingering in the air. For the American ICU nurse, recently returned from the besieged enclave, Israel’s assault on Gaza was not just war; it was…
Last week, headlines lit up with a staggering development: Microsoft locked the world’s top war crimes prosecutor out of his email. Karim Khan, chief of the International Criminal Court (ICC), had dared to go after Israeli officials for war crimes and was instantly digitally silenced. His accounts were frozen. His name smeared. His power stripped.…
With over half a million people in Gaza on the brink of starvation and aid groups warning of an “imminent famine,” Israel has agreed to allow a token number of relief trucks into the besieged enclave. But what’s entering Gaza now isn’t humanitarian aid, it’s a Trojan horse. A new, U.S.-backed private aid scheme staffed…
The New York Times has been awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on Gaza. This has shocked many who were paying attention to its coverage. After all, a leaked company memo from November revealed that management explicitly instructed its reporters not to use words like “genocide,” “slaughter,” and “ethnic cleansing” when discussing Israel’s…
Driven out of the US administration, the Straussians, who already control Ukraine and Israel, have extended their influence to the UN and the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine. They now have the means to wage war and paralyze supporters of peace. For nearly a year, President Donald Trump has been restoring order in…
Home » Editorials » The world is determined: Free Palestine! People all over the world are protesting Israel’s attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Over 40 boats were attempting to reach Gaza, deliver material aid and break the siege. According to the flotilla’s website, 161 of the kidnapped crew members had been released as of…
Some 800 U.S. generals, admirals and their closest staff were summoned from their assignments all over the world to the military base in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30. There, following their orders, they sat silently as they heard “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth insult them — then stayed silent as their commander in chief Donald Trump…
Home » Global » Philadelphia march for the Global Sumud Flotilla Over 500 people rallied and took to the streets in Philadelphia on Oct. 2 in response to the Israel Occupation Forces’ seizure of over 40 ships in international waters. The boats, collectively the Global Sumud Flotilla, were attempting to deliver needed humanitarian supplies to…
