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An opinion piece published by Ahram Online critically examines the editorial stance and perceived biases of the news outlet Middle East Eye, questioning its objectivity and coverage.

The daughter of Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi stated that his family has been denied information following his collapse in prison. This lack of communication has raised concerns about his well-being and the transparency of his detention.

Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi reportedly fainted in prison due to the heat, raising concerns about his health. Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye reported on the incident, with fears growing for his well-being.

Tunisia is escalating its actions against non-governmental organizations, with reports of suspensions, arrests, and dissolutions.

The Ghriba Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia has reportedly seen an increased turnout this year, following several years of restrictions.

Jerusalem Braces For Unrest After Wartime Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Through Ramadan Via Middle East Eye Israel is set to keep Al-Aqsa Mosque closed through the upcoming Muslim holiday…

Iran Says US-Israeli Attack Hit Elementary School, Killing 85+ Girls Via Middle East Eye At least 85 people, almost all of them young girls, have been killed in an air strike on a primary school in southern Iran, the Iranian judiciary said. The attack on Saturday morning hit Shajareh Tayyebeh schoolin the city of Minab, in Hormozgan province, as the United States and Israel began launching strikes on targets across Iran. The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according...

Riyadh Seeks To Replace Israel With Syria For EU Fiber-Optic Cable Route Via Middle East Eye Saudi Arabia wants to replace Israel with Syria as the transit country for a fiber-optic cable designed to connect the kingdom to Greece through the Mediterranean Sea, two regional officials familiar with the project told Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia's insistence that it be connected to Greece through Syria, and not Israel, as previously discussed, underscores how regional alignments ar...

Details Of Iran's First Known Successful Cyberattack Against A UK Energy Facility Via Middle East Eye Iranian hackers shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented…

Saudi Arabia reportedly blocked Egypt's participation in a military agreement proposed in Mecca, stemming from ongoing conflicts between the two nations. Turkey had extended an invitation to Egypt, but Riyadh's intervention prevented its inclusion.

In the birthplace of Tunisia's revolution, a period of apathy has given way to renewed anger and political engagement following the events in Gaza.

A Middle East Eye report on potential France-Turkey rapprochement in defense and defense industry sectors has reignited discussions about Ankara's future role in European security architecture, causing concern in Athens.

A report by Middle East Eye, cited by Zero Hedge, claims that Iran has destroyed $1 billion worth of MQ-9 Reaper drones, accounting for roughly 20 percent of the US's pre-war inventory. This claim is further supported by a Bosnian outlet reporting on the destruction of approximately 20% of the US MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet.

Iraq Revives Syria Land Route, Post-Assad, To Export Oil To Europe Via Middle East Eye Iraq has restarted overland oil exports through Syria, marking a significant shift in regional…

Echoes Of Iraq: Mainstream Media 'Deja Vu' Over Framing Of The War On Iran Via Middle East Eye “Why we should go to war” ran the headline of a Guardian article in February 2003 by the…

Will China Come To Iran's Rescue? Via Middle East Eye As tensions between Iran and the US-Israeli alliance approach a critical juncture, a question echoes through global capitals,…

• Historian William Dalrymple criticises move, later says museum has not ‘cancelled’ the term wholesale • Legal challenges instituted against campaign by UK Lawyers for Israel LONDON: The British Museum has removed the word ‘Palestine’ from some of its gallery displays, revising maps and information panels in its ancient Middle East collections on the grounds that the term was used inaccurately and is no longer historically neutral. Reports in leading British papers, including The Guardian, said the changes affect displays in the museum’s ancient Levant and Egypt galleries, where parts of the eastern Mediterranean coast had previously been labelled as ‘Palestine’, and some individuals described as being of “Palestinian descent”. At least one panel in the Egypt galleries was amended to replace “Palestinian descent” with “Canaanite descent”. The revisions followed representations from UK Lawyers for Israel (LFI), a voluntary group of solicitors, which wrote to the museum’s director arguing that the retrospective application of the term ‘Palestine’ across thousands of years obscured historical change and erased the emergence of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah from around the first millennium BCE. In its response, the museum said that while ‘Palestine’ had been widely used in Western and Middle Eastern scholarship since the late nineteenth century as a geographical designation, it no longer carried a neutral meaning and is now often understood as referring to a modern political territory. The museum said it uses ‘Can­aan’ for the southern Levant in the later second millennium BCE, UN terminology for modern political boundaries, and ‘Palestinian’ as a cultural or ethnographic identifier where appropriate. The decision has prompted criticism from historians and members of the public, with more than 5,000 people signing a petition calling for the museum to reverse the changes and arguing that they contribute to the erasure of Palestinian presence from public memory. The Guardian also noted that while several displays have been updated, the museum claims these changes were made last year after feedback and audience research. Historian and author William Dalrymple criticised the move, calling it ridiculous to remove the word ‘Palestine’, when it has a greater antiquity than the word ‘British’. “The first reference to Palestine is on the Egyptian monument of Medinet Habu in 1186 BCE. The first reference to Britain is the 4th century BC when it appears in the work of the Greek traveller Pytheas of Massalia,” he wrote on X. In a subsequent post, Dalry­mple said that after speaking with the museum’s director, Nich­olas Cullinan, he had lear­ned that reports about the muse­um cancelling the name ‘Palestine’ altogether were inaccurate. Quoting Cullinan, Dalrymple wrote: “To reassure you we are not removing mention of Pales­tine from our labels. Indeed, we have a display on at the moment about Palestine and Gaza.” According to the historian, the director of the British Museum had said that only two panels in the ancient Levant gallery were amended last year during a routine gallery refresh, and that the director had not been aware of the issue until it became public. Cullinan was quoted as saying he had not seen the letter from UK Lawyers for Israel until recently and was “disgusted by the whole thing”. Criticism Academics who spoke to Middle East Eye defended the historical validity of the term. Marchella Ward, a lecturer in classical studies at the Open University, said “ancient Palestine” was a legitimate scholarly descriptor. “I use the term ‘ancient Palestine’ frequently in my own research and will continue to do so,” she said, adding that claims the term is illegitimate are aimed at “the erasure of Palestinians”. The campaign group Energy Embargo for Palestine accused the museum of hypocrisy, saying it claims to objectively communicate history while “preparing itself to rewrite history, to erase Palestine, and its millions of people, out of the history books”. Critics also argue that the museum’s decision fits into what they describe as a broader pattern of pressure exerted by UKLFI on public bodies. According to the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC), a forthcoming database documents hundreds of incidents of alleged anti-Palestinian repression in the UK between 2019 and 2025, with UKLFI appearing in a significant number of cases. Giovanni Fassina, executive director at ELSC told Middle East Eye that the targeting of the British Museum was part of a “very clear pattern” of letters threatening legal action or alleging breaches of UK law. ELSC and the Public Interest Law Centre have submitted a complaint to the Solicitors Regulation Authority over UKLFI’s alleged use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs). The UK Charity Commission has also confirmed it is investigating the group’s charitable wing following complaints by advocacy organisations. UKLFI had argued in its letter that describing ancient civilisations as Palestinian creates “a false impression of continuity”. Published in Dawn, February 17th, 2026

This article presents an analysis questioning the perspective or impartiality of the Middle East Eye news outlet.

Algerian President Tebboune has stated that Algeria will stand by Tunisia against any threat, as reported by Middle East Eye.

In the birthplace of Tunisia's revolution, a previous state of apathy has given way to renewed anger, largely fueled by the events unfolding in Gaza. This shift indicates a re-engagement with political and social issues among the populace.

Tunisian authorities have detained seven activists associated with a Gaza flotilla, as reported by Middle East Eye.

A girls' school in Minab, Iran, was reportedly hit by two missiles in an alleged US-Israeli airstrike, killing at least 165 students aged 7 to 12. The attack is described by local sources as targeting surviving girls with a second missile.

Iran Rushes To Load Oil Onto Ships In Anticipation Of US Strikes Via Middle East Eye Iran is loading almost three times the amount of oil it normally does onto tankers in the Persian…