International Glance
A string of primary victories by left-wing Democratic candidates has triggered alarm across Israeli media and pro-Israel circles, with commentators warning that support for Israel no longer guarantees "political success".
The victory of democratic socialist Melat Kiros over 15-term pro-Israel US Representative Diana DeGette in Colorado’s primary election on Tuesday added to a series of wins by candidates who have challenged Israel’s influence over US politics, opposed the genocide in Gaza and described Israel as an apartheid state.
Kiros's win followed wins by three Democratic Socialist candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, as well as another in a Philadelphia congressional primary and one in the Democratic primary for mayor of Washington DC.
The Democratic Socialists are a left-leaning faction that often contests primary elections with the Democratic Party and is becoming a formidable within the US left.
Israeli press alarmed as criticism of Israel becomes winning recipe in US politics
MEE: British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays
The British Museum removed the terms “Palestine”, “Palestinian” and “Israelite occupation” from its displays in direct response to months of lobbying in 2024, a Middle East Eye investigation has found.
In February 2026, the museum defended its decision to alter some displays, saying that “audience testing” showed the term “Palestine” to be “no longer meaningful”.
However, a new disclosure by the museum to MEE, in response to a freedom of information request, confirms that no such testing was carried out, nor any visitor research related to the term “Palestine”.
The museum’s various conflicting responses appear to obscure the full extent of changes made.
In fact, the changes to displays dating as far as 7,500 BCE came after private and public complaints by organisations and high-profile individuals supportive of Israel between October and December 2024, museum emails show.
Kyiv Under Fire: Russia Bombards Homes and Medical Facility as Battlefield Failures Mount
At least two people were killed and 16 others injured, including medical workers, after a barrage of Russian drones and ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early Thursday, city officials said.
The multi-wave overnight assault damaged residential buildings and a medical facility, with destruction reported across several districts of the Ukranian capital.
The attack came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukrainian intelligence had detected preparations for a massive Russian strike.
As air defense units engaged incoming targets, multiple explosions echoed across Kyiv after Ukraine’s Air Force warned that ballistic missiles were approaching the capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the capital was under a “furious enemy attack” involving ballistic missiles and drones.
Untold casualties and humanitarian needs: What to know a week from Venezuela's quakes
It's been a week since Venezuela's worst earthquake disaster in over a century. Thousands of people are feared dead, with the official death toll continuing to rise as hope fades of finding survivors in the rubble.
The South American country now faces a humanitarian catastrophe — on top of the deep crises it was already dealing with before the quakes.
Here's a look at some of the major developments since the evening when tragedy struck.
Venezuela's rare double earthquakes happened within seconds of each other on June 24 at 6:04 p.m., measuring a magnitude 7.2 and 7.5. Their epicenters were in Yaracuy state west of the capital of Caracas, and they were felt across Venezuela and even parts of neighboring countries. Venezuelan authorities say the hardest-hit area was La Guaira state.
As of Wednesday, the number of people killed by the earthquakes had risen to 2,295, and more than 11,200 injured, said Jorge Rodríguez, Venezuela's National Assembly president. But tens of thousands of people are still unaccounted for.
Trump declines to renew major trade deal with Canada, Mexico
The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not renew the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form.
Wednesday marked the deadline to renew the trade agreement, which President Trump struck with Canada and Mexico during his first administration.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer noted in a statement that even though the administration will not renew the USMCA, it will remain “in force pending resolution of these issues or until the Agreement’s termination.”
Greer noted that the U.S. will meet with Mexico during the week of July 20 for a third round of negotiations.
“The United States will continue to engage with Mexico and Canada to address the Agreement’s shortcomings and our trade deficits with these countries,” he said.
Palestinians Are Being Denied Return to West Bank Refugee Camps After Israel Bulldozed Their Homes
It took Omar Qalib more than a decade to finish his family’s three-story house in Jouret al-Dahab, a neighborhood in the heart of the Jenin refugee camp. A construction worker, he built it himself, brick by brick. But it was worth it, he thought. The property fell within Area A, a zone within the occupied West Bank where the Palestinian Authority nominally controls both civil and security affairs.
But in January 2025, Qalib was forced from his home, along with tens of thousands of other Palestinians, as Israel launched a large-scale military operation dubbed “Iron Wall” targeting refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams. More than 30,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes over the ensuing months, in the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in a single operation since the 1967 war.
After invading and occupying the camps in February 2025, the Israeli military campaign flattened entire neighborhoods, turning them into wastelands. Where narrow alleys once ran between tall buildings so close they blocked the light, wide dirt roads now cut through the heart of the camps, carved out by Israeli military bulldozers.
As part of the campaign, the camps have been cordoned off. Just to see what’s left of his home, Qalib needs a permit from the Israeli military. Few Palestinians are able to obtain them. And the permits only grant one-time, temporary access. Two weeks ago, Qalib was one of the lucky few who obtained a permit to visit his destroyed home.
US Lawmakers Push Bipartisan Bill to Mass-Produce Ukrainian Drones in America
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced legislation to transform Ukraine’s battlefield drone expertise into a long-term defense technology partnership with the United States.
The Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act would establish a US-Ukraine Strategic Defense Innovation Working Group focused on unmanned aerial systems, unmanned surface vehicles and counter-drone technologies. The goal is to help the US co-develop, co-produce and rapidly acquire cost-effective Ukrainian-designed systems tested in active combat.
The House bill was introduced by Reps. Michael McCaul and Marcy Kaptur, alongside co-leads Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Quigley, Jim Costa and Don Bacon. A Senate companion bill was introduced earlier this month by Sens. Jacky Rosen and Mike Rounds.
According to McCaul’s office, the working group would bring together the Pentagon, Ukraine’s Armed Forces and other relevant stakeholders to deepen cooperation on unmanned systems and counter-unmanned systems. Kaptur’s office also listed Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, the Brave1 defense tech cluster and the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center among the entities involved.
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