The War Everyone Is Preparing For – And No One Wants To Start

Monday, 19 January 2026 07:36 am – Posted in Headlines Saudi Arabia doesn’t want Iran struck. Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly warned against it. Gulf states hosting U.S. bases have pleaded for restraint. Even countries that have spent decades fearing Iranian power are suddenly arguing that weakening Tehran could make everything worse. Read article

Gaza, Responsibility, and Davos Zephaniah and the Moment History Approaches Fulfillment – Tania Koenig

January 19, 2026 Gaza has been a global moral stage. For decades, it has functioned as a place where the world projects its outrage, its opinions, and its accusations. It has become a permanent platform for moral performance, where Israel is judged, condemned, and lectured, while the deeper questions of responsibility, cause, and consequence are quietly avoided. Governments issue statements. International bodies pass resolutions. Commentators offer judgments. Protest movements fill the streets. Yet what has been largely absent, decade after decade, is accountability—the willingness to carry cost, to enforce security, and to accept responsibility for outcomes rather than for words. …

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