The Guardian view on the catastrophe in Gaza: it must not be overshadowed by the Iran crisis
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Hopes of a ceasefire have ebbed, concerns about an assault on Rafah endure, and aid remains wholly insufficientThe Middle East is “on the precipice” and “one miscalculation, one miscommunication, one mistake, could lead to the unthinkable,” the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, warned on Thursday. Israel has vowed to retaliate to Iran’s weekend barrage of missiles and drones – itself a response to Israel’s killing of two generals at an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus. It is hard to...
The Guardian—The Guardian view on the women of Iran: still resisting repression. The regime wants to crush resistance. But those it rules continue to push back against its brutalityThe protests that exploded across Iran following Mahsa Amini’s death in custody in September 2022 were a turning point. The young Iranian-Kurdish woman had been detained by the “morality police” for “improper hijab”. Not only did young women take to the streets and cast off their scarves in fury, but parents and grandparents came too. The protests were strikingly socially diverse. Critically, men...
BBC—Israel's strike on Iran: Crisis shows how badly Iran and Israel understand each other. After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both miscalculated, writes Jeremy Bowen.
The Independent—Israel-Gaza news: UN says evidence of Gaza mass graves must be preserved as five killed in Rafah strikes. More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah