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WATCH: Will Israel Blackmail Trump to Attack Iran?

February 12, 2026

A former senior Israeli intelligence officer tells Consortium News’ CN Live! Benjamin Netanyahu can threaten to release unredacted revelations about Donald Trump in the Epstein files to get him to attack Tehran.

Commentary, Corruption, Israel, Legal, Spying, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

The Banality of Evil & Jeffrey Epstein

February 12, 2026

Who was this nonpareil hustler? That is the question that challenges our understanding of human behavior, says Michael Brenner.

Gaza, Genocide, Human Rights, International, Israel, Israel, Palestine, Uncategorized, United Kingdon

Jonathan Cook: Palestine Action Ban Protected Arms Industry

February 12, 2026

Channel 4’s documentary dissecting the proscription of Palestine Action revealed the impetus behind it was to protect pro-Israel and pro-arms interests, but it still engaged in pro-Israel narrative traps.

Civil Rights, Commentary, Constitution, Human Rights, Nazism, Police Brutality, Prisons, Protest, Right Wing, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept.

Call Trump ‘Detention Camps’ by Their Real Name

February 11, 2026

History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. History isn’t whispering: it’s shouting, says Thom Hartmann.

Britain, Free Press, Intelligence, Israel, Uncategorized, United Kingdon

Labour Think Tank Paid to Probe Declassified Journalist

February 11, 2026

Declassified UK reporter John McEvoy was among the journalists probed by a PR company hired by Labour Together, which has ties to the top of the U.K. government, Phil Miller reports.

Advanced Technologies, Analysis, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Middle East, Military, Palestine, United States, Zionism

Israel ‘Evaporated’ Nearly 3,000 Palestinians in Gaza

February 11, 2026

“We found nothing of Saad. Not even a body to bury. That was the hardest part,” Gaza resident Yasmin Mahani told Al Jazeera.

Civil Rights, Donald Trump, Legal, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Justice Dept.

US Rep Pushes DOJ on Epstein File Redactions

February 10, 2026

Thomas Massie says that when U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday he plans to ask why many of the Jeffrey Epstein files remain redacted.

Africa, Anti-Colonialism, Assassinations, Burkina Faso, Canada, Commentary, Foreign Policy, France, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, Income Inequality, Indigenous People, Mali, Niger, Revolution

Colonial Power Didn’t Die — It Diversified

February 10, 2026

Europe likes to believe it has turned the page. But it keeps rereading the same chapter – only with better lighting, writes Raïs Neza Boneza.

Anti-Colonialism, Column, Crimes Against Humanity, Economy, Human Rights, Immigration, Income Inequality, Indigenous People, Mexico, Uncategorized

Vijay Prashad: Migration Is About Neo-Colonialism

February 10, 2026

In 2024, there were 304 million — mostly economic — migrants. Thousands die or disappear in transit. Creating dignified employment in the poorer nations is the primary answer.

Foreign Policy, Gaza, Genocide, International, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Militarism, Military, Palestine

Jeffrey Sachs: On Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal

February 9, 2026

The Middle East stands at a crossroads between endless war and comprehensive peace. A framework for peace does exist. Will the U.S. finally seize it?

Australia, CN Live!, Israel, Palestine, Police Brutality, Protest, War Crimes, Zionism

WATCH: Protecting a Genocidaire

February 9, 2026

Sydney police unleashed a torrent of violence against citizens who were protesting the presence in their city of a man who leads a nation condemned for ongoing genocide.

Analysis, Australia, Civil Rights, Genocide, Israel, Legal, Middle East, Palestine, Police Brutality, Protest, War Crimes, Zionism

Police Attack Anti-Herzog Protesters in Sydney

February 9, 2026

UPDATED: After protesters stopped trying to march, police horses charged the crowd to clear the front of Sydney Town Hall on Monday. CN was caught in the mayhem.

Analysis, Civil Rights, Gaza, Great Britain, Human Rights, Israel, Legal, Military, Palestine, Palestine, Prisons, Uncategorized, United Kingdon

Why the Jury Were Right to Acquit Palestine Action

February 9, 2026

Jurors bravely set aside social conditioning, the instinct to defer to authority and media expectations. Instead they considered the actual evidence, reports Jonathan Cook.

Analysis, Australia, Civil Rights, Commentary, Free Speech, Genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Law, Israel, Legal, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, Protest, War Crimes, Zionism

Tensions Soar Over Herzog Visit

February 8, 2026

After the Bondi massacre and new hate laws, a visit to Australia beginning Monday by the Israeli president — named in the ICJ genocide case — is raising tensions, as Herzog seals Israel’s victory in Oz, writes Joe Lauria.

Analysis, Australia, Britain, CN Live!, Cold War, Commentary, Genocide, History, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Zionism

WATCH: The World This Week – Episode 4

February 7, 2026

Hiding Epstein’s ties to Israel; new nuclear danger as New START ends; Palestine Action acquitted in London, poised to protest Herzog in Sydney, The World This Week. Watch the replay.

Advanced Technologies, American Empire, Donald Trump, History, Iran, Middle East, Militarism, Military Industry, United States

Dreaming of Ending Trump’s $1.5 Trn ‘Dream Military’

February 6, 2026

Not only is Donald Trump’s colossal military spending bad for the country, but it’s bad for the military and may well wreck what’s left of U.S. democracy, writes William J. Astore.

Australia, Consortium News, Iran, Israel, Media, Ukraine

PayPal Blocks Grayzone Over Iranian’s $40 Donation

February 6, 2026

The Grayzone investigated the suspicious PayPal ban by interviewing the small donor flagged by Paypal. What Grayzone Editor Max Blumenthal learned “confirms that our account was blocked on political grounds,” he says in the following video.

International Law, Israel, Legal, Middle East, Middle East, Military Industry, Palestine, Prisons, Protests

Craig Murray: Acquittals Demolish Lies About Palestine Action

February 5, 2026

Despite the U.K. government taking every possible precaution to ensure that the state got its convictions in this show trial, the jury refused to find that trying to stop genocide is a crime.

Anti-Colonialism, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Palestine, United Kingdon

Palestine Action Protesters Found Not Guilty

February 5, 2026

Pro-Palestinian campaigners claim ‘huge blow’ to U.K. government after landmark prosecution of the direct action group fails, report Phil Miller and Dania Akkad.

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Hedges Report: The Future of the ‘New World Order’

February 5, 2026

Donald Trump believes U.S. economic and military might are all he needs to achieve unilateral control over America’s allies, but he’s a “one-man wrecking crew.” John Mearsheimer speaks to Chris Hedges.

China, Militarism, Military, Military Industry, Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Weapons, Russia

START Is Finished

February 5, 2026

As the arms treaty ends today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been to global thermonuclear annihilation.

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