Habib Siddiqui

  Keir Starmer has resigned as British prime minister less than two years after winning a landslide general election. Since then, his Labour Party has lost enormous support, with Reform rising in the polls and voters on the left deciding that enough was enough. Labour lost more votes to the left-wing Green Party than to Reform at the local elections last month, polling has shown. A new study then revealed that over half of former Labour voters who intend to vote for a centre or left-wing party in the next general election cited Israel 's genocide in Gaza as a factor in their decision. The findings indicate the enormous significance the genocide and the UK 's cooperation with Israel throughout it have had on Starmer's legacy. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Jeremy Corbyn, Starmer's predecessor as Labour leader, told Middle East Eye that the p...

Gaza's Health Ministry said it recorded the Israeli killing of three Palestinians over 24 hours by Dave DeCamp | June 22, 2026 at 4:13 pm ET | Gaza , Israel An Israeli strike targeting a car on a busy street in Gaza City on Monday killed at least one Palestinian , a high school student, and wounded several others as the IDF’s constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal continue. The slain high school student has been identified as Raghad Ashour, who, according to the Quds News Network , was on her way to take final exams when she was killed. Ashour was the only child of her parents, and her father was previously killed by Israeli forces. Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Raghad Ashour, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle, according to medics, during his funeral in Gaza City, June 22, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update on Monday that Israeli attacks over the previous 24-hour period killed at least three Palestin...

Dozens of Syrians reportedly still missing after Israeli detention by Jason Ditz | June 22, 2026 at 6:38 pm ET | Israel , Quneitra , Syria Israeli forces were reported to have conducted multiple raids today into southwest Syria’s Quneitra and Daraa Governorates. The raids involved the establishment of a checkpoint near the village of Jamleh , and the interrogation of multiple shepherds in rural Daraa. In Daraa, a lot of the operations involved the area around the al-Yarmouk Basin, an important watershed along the Syria-Jordan border. Israel’s operations in southwest Syria have shown increased interest in agriculture areas and water supplies. None of the west Daraa shepherds were reported to have been detained beyond the interrogation, however the same can’t be said for a farm worker in Quneitra’s al-Rafid, who was reportedly captured by the Israeli forces and held for hours at an unknown location before being released . Israeli troops block the road in southwest Syria | Image from SO...

Israel mulls ‘symbolic’ withdrawals while continuing Lebanon war, occupation by Jason Ditz | June 22, 2026 at 3:04 pm ET | Israel , Lebanon Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir fueled international condemnation with his calls over that weekend for all of Lebanon to “burn,” with the European Union declaring such rhetoric to be “ unacceptable .” Unsurprisingly, Ben-Gvir continued to make statements likely to garner such attention, as on Monday he not only demanded that the government reject any call for a ceasefire out of hand, but insisted that Lebanon must remains “ Israel’s playground .” The rhetoric continued, with him defending the ongoing invasion on the grounds “you wouldn’t tolerate having Nazis on your border,” and saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should make clear to the US that Israel won’t fulfill any peace deal involving not attacking Lebanon. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir That’s largely a distinction without a difference, as Israe...

  A new CBS News poll found that most Americans want the war between the United States and Iran to end. The poll found that 78% of Americans want the war ended now, compared to 22% who want the conflict to continue. Despite the Trump administration's stated goals in launching the war, only 31% believe the U.S. has permanently halted Iran's nuclear program. The poll found that only 32% believe the war prevented Iran from invading other countries, 26% believe it made the Iranian people safer and freer, and 21% believe it made Iran's leadership more pro-U.S. Although a majority want the war between the United States and Iran to end, only 22% believe the agreement favors the U.S., while 41% say it benefits both sides equally. The poll also found that 69% of respondents do not believe the war was worth the costs to the U.S., including higher gas prices, while many said it was unsuccessful in advancing U.S. strategic or economic interests. Respondents were divided along party l...

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