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New Israeli settlement in West Bank town near Bethlehem threatens the Christian presence in Palestine
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-israeli-settlement-in-west-bank-town-near-bethlehem-threatens-the-christian-presence-in-palestine/
Published: December 11, 2025 18:52
Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank, residents say.
Palestine activists conducting a historic hunger strike in Britain need our international solidarity
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/palestine-activists-conducting-a-historic-hunger-strike-in-britain-need-our-international-solidarity/
Published: December 11, 2025 14:47
Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
Israelâs military chief says the âYellow Lineâ dividing Gaza will be Israelâs new border. Palestinians say this is a âsecond Nakba.â
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/israels-military-chief-says-the-yellow-line-dividing-gaza-will-be-israels-new-border-palestinians-say-this-is-a-second-nakba/
Published: December 10, 2025 21:13
Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the "Yellow Line" dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza's landscape through force in what they call a âsecond Nakba.â
New U.S. military funding bill includes measure to oppose global arms embargoes on Israel
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-u-s-military-funding-bill-includes-measure-to-oppose-global-arms-embargoes-on-israel/
Published: December 10, 2025 17:49
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes a U.S. commitment to counter arms embargoes on Israel as the country's isolation deepens due to the Gaza genocide.
Inside the Israel lobbyâs lesser-known tool for influencing Congress: free travel
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/inside-the-israel-lobbys-lesser-known-tool-for-influencing-congress-free-travel/
Published: December 9, 2025 16:11
This year, Israel will account for nearly one-quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.
YouTube and big tech censorship threatens global accountability, Palestinian rights groups say
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/youtube-and-big-tech-censorship-threatens-global-accountability-palestinian-rights-groups-say/
Published: December 9, 2025 15:11
After the U.S. imposed sanctions, YouTube took down over 700 videos from prominent Palestinian human rights groups. Rights advocates say this censorship goes beyond Palestine and affects the future of international justice and accountability.
âGenocide is not an Oakland value:â inside Oaklandâs grassroots campaign to end military shipments to Israel
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/genocide-is-not-an-oakland-value-inside-oaklands-grassroots-campaign-to-end-military-shipments-to-israel/
Published: December 8, 2025 19:18
Oakland International Airport has become a key hub for transporting military cargo to Israel during the Gaza genocide. Now, over 30 groups and thousands of Oakland residents have come together in the Oakland Peopleâs Arms Embargo to stop it.
Liberation Is Not Integration: On liberal Zionism, one-state fantasies, and what Palestinians actually want
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/liberation-is-not-integration-on-liberal-zionism-one-state-fantasies-and-what-palestinians-actually-want/
Published: December 8, 2025 18:12
The left's view of Palestineâs future often reduces to vague terms like âone-state solutionâ or âequal rights for allâ but few address the tough questions they raise, especially: how can Palestinians live with those who carried out the Gaza genocide?
As the U.S. deadline for disarming Hezbollah approaches, Lebanon remains deadlocked on next steps
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/as-the-u-s-deadline-for-disarming-hezbollah-approaches-lebanon-remains-deadlocked-on-next-steps/
Published: December 7, 2025 15:00
The U.S. set a deadline for the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah by the end of December. But as the deadline nears, it is unclear what Lebanon will do, given the challenges of disarming the group and popular support for resistance to Israel.
Book Review: The weight of witnessing
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/book-review-the-weight-of-witnessing/
Published: December 6, 2025 15:00
Wasim Saidâs âWitness to the Hellfire of Genocide: A Testimony from Gazaâ documents a genocide that continues to unfold. It is a record of what the world allowed to happen, and what the world will continue to allow unless we stop it.
âA new form of genocideâ: Gazans feel little relief from Israeli strangulation since the ceasefire
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/a-new-form-of-genocide-gazans-feel-little-relief-from-israeli-strangulation-since-the-ceasefire/
Published: December 5, 2025 21:58
Most Palestinians in Gaza say they donât feel the relief they expected after the ceasefire. Israel keeps blocking aid into the strip, delaying reconstruction efforts, and leaving hospitals short on supplies, while people go hungry every day.
Groundbreaking âNYTâ Op-Ed lays bare the Democratsâ internal battle over Israel
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/groundbreaking-nyt-op-ed-lays-bare-the-democrats-internal-battle-over-israel/
Published: December 5, 2025 17:08
As Hillary Clinton and Sarah Hurwitz blame the rising support for Palestine within the Democratic Party on social media, former Obama staffer Ben Rhodes makes clear why Democrats are turning on Israel and what this means for the party moving forward.
Gaza gang leader and Israeli collaborator Yasser Abu Shabab has been killed, reports say
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/gaza-gang-leader-and-israeli-collaborator-yasser-abu-shabab-has-been-killed-reports-say/
Published: December 4, 2025 18:07
Yasser Abu Shabab had become an infamous figure in Gaza over the past two years for his role in collaborating with the Israeli army, looting aid convoys destined for starving Palestinians, and sowing social strife amid the genocide.
Inside the grassroots campaign to release U.S. teenager Mohammed Ibrahim from Israeli detention
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/inside-the-grassroots-campaign-to-release-u-s-teenager-mohammed-ibrahim-from-israeli-detention/
Published: December 4, 2025 16:20
Last month, 16-year-old Palestinian-American Mohammed Ibrahim was finally released after nearly 10 months in an Israeli prison. His freedom follows a campaign by over 100 organizations pressuring the Trump administration to intervene on his behalf.
As displaced Palestinians wait to return to their homes in West Bank refugee camps, U.S. reconstruction plans threaten to erase the camps
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/as-displaced-palestinians-wait-to-return-to-their-homes-in-west-bank-refugee-camps-u-s-reconstruction-plans-threaten-to-erase-the-camps/
Published: December 3, 2025 16:17
Palestinians displaced from refugee camps in the northern West Bank are demanding to return to their homes after an Israeli military takeover of the camps, and they fear that proposed U.S. plans for rebuilding the camps will completely erase them.
The Israel lobby is melting down before our eyes
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-israel-lobby-is-melting-down-before-our-eyes/
Published: December 2, 2025 20:51
The American Jewish community is in open crisis over its support for Israel after two years of genocide in Gaza. A key issue in this crisis is a topic once considered too taboo to criticize: the Israel lobby.
Stop calling right-wing criticism of Israel âanti-Zionismâ
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/stop-calling-right-wing-criticism-of-israel-anti-zionism/
Published: December 2, 2025 20:38
Recent comments by Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have drawn more attention to right-wing critiques of U.S. support for Israel. However, it is a serious mistake for those on the left to see this anti-Israel criticism as âanti-Zionist.â
The genocide in Gaza cost this Palestinian woman her hands. She lost so much more than her limbs.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-genocide-in-gaza-cost-this-palestinian-woman-her-hands-she-lost-so-much-more-than-her-limbs/
Published: December 1, 2025 13:09
An Israeli attack on her shelter caused the amputation of both of Nibalâs hands, forcing her to lose the thing she held most dear: the ability to hold her young daughter. Her story is one of hundreds of amputee women in Gaza.
On âJunk Food Newsâ and Genocide: What the controversy surrounding the Snow White stars revealed about corporate media
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/on-junk-food-news-and-genocide-what-the-controversy-surrounding-the-snow-white-stars-revealed-about-corporate-media/
Published: November 30, 2025 14:07
The media coverage of the Snow White remake starring Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler showed how Hollywood and the corporate media serve as extensions of wider political and ideological conflictsâincluding efforts to silence support for Palestine.
How Zionism was sold to the world
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/how-zionism-was-sold-to-the-world/
Published: November 29, 2025 14:00
Harriet Malinowitzâs new book, "Selling Israel: Zionism, Propaganda, and the Uses of Hasbara," reveals how Israeli propaganda and public relations promoted Zionism while concealing Palestinian oppression and dispossession.
Outrage after footage of Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinians in Jenin goes viral
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/outrage-after-footage-of-israeli-soldiers-executing-two-palestinians-in-jenin-goes-viral/
Published: November 28, 2025 21:19
Human rights organizations call the killing of two unarmed Palestinians in Jenin by Israeli soldiers an "extrajudicial execution."
Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/israel-is-violating-all-its-ceasefire-agreements-and-escalating-on-all-fronts/
Published: November 28, 2025 13:30
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.