A Palestinian neighborhood’s last stand against Israeli settler takeover in Jerusalem The town of Silwan has been at the heart of the Israeli settler takeover of Jerusalem’s remaining Palestinian neighborhoods. A recent Israeli court decision approved the forced expulsion of 40 families - the final blow in a decades-long legal battle.

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A Palestinian neighborhood’s last stand against Israeli settler takeover in Jerusalem

The town of Silwan has been at the heart of the Israeli settler takeover of Jerusalem’s remaining Palestinian neighborhoods. A recent Israeli cou...

When Jewish moral reckoning overshadows Palestinian liberation [Activists at a demonstration against the pro-Israel singer Matisyahu in Philadelphia, on March 22, 2024. (Photo: Joe Piette/Flickr)]As Jewish anti-Zionists gain visibility, there is a danger of viewing the Gaza genocide solely as the backdrop for a Jewish reckoning. Instead, we must center Palestinian history and demands, and Jewish anti-Zionists have an important role to play.

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When Jewish moral reckoning overshadows Palestinian liberation

As Jewish anti-Zionists gain visibility, there is a danger of viewing the Gaza genocide solely as the backdrop for a Jewish reckoning. Instead, we ...

The Middle East is at a tipping point as the U.S. fuels crisis across the region [President Donald Trump exits the stage after delivering remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at the Davos Congress Center. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)]Long-standing crises in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, and Iran are deepening as the U.S. imprint on the Middle East shows no signs of weakening.

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The Middle East is at a tipping point as the U.S. fuels crisis across the region

Long-standing crises in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, and Iran are deepening as the U.S. imprint on the Middle East shows no signs...

Here are four ways Zohran Mamdani can end financial support in New York City for Israeli settlements, and he must act soon [Zohran Mamdani at the Resist Fascism Rally in New York City's Bryant Park on October 27, 2024. (Photo: Bingjiefu He, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0)]Zohran Mamdani has the legal tools to end the Israeli settlement funding and sales pipeline in New York City — now, he just needs the political will to act.

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Here are four ways Zohran Mamdani can end financial support in New York City for Israeli settlements, and he must act soon

Zohran Mamdani has the legal tools to end the Israeli settlement funding and sales pipeline in New York City — now, he just needs the political w...

Kamala Harris’s Jewish outreach director says her campaign was right to question Josh Shapiro over Israel ties [Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro at a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris.]In the latest chapter in the Democrats' civil war over Israel, Ilan Goldenberg, Kamala Harris's Jewish outreach director, says her campaign was right to question Josh Shapiro about whether he had been an agent for Israel while vetting him for VP.

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Kamala Harris’s Jewish outreach director says her campaign was right to question Josh Shapiro over Israel ties

In the latest chapter in the Democrats’ civil war over Israel, Ilan Goldenberg, Kamala Harris’s Jewish outreach director, says her campaign was...

Paraglides, Cultural Safety and Decolonization: Randa Abdel-Fattah on her ban from Adelaide Writers’ Week and the silencing of Palestinians [Adelaide Writers' Week in 2012. (Photo: Patricia Miller/Flickr)]Randa Abdel-Fattah responds to the gaslighting, censorship, and repression she faced, leading to her cancellation from the Adelaide Writers' Week festival over her support for Palestine.

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Paraglides, Cultural Safety and Decolonization: Randa Abdel-Fattah on her ban from Adelaide Writers’ Week and the silencing of Palestinians

Randa Abdel-Fattah responds to the gaslighting, censorship, and repression she faced when she was canceled from the Adelaide Writers’ Week festiv...

Trump unveils so-called ‘Board of Peace’ [U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo: U.S. Department of State)]On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has been widely criticized as an attempt by Trump to undermine the UN and 'takeover the world order.'

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Trump unveils so-called ‘Board of Peace’

On Thursday, Donald Trump formally announced his so-called “Board of Peace” during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The body has...

A world on its knees: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and the darkness it promises [Donald Trump announces the "Board of Peace" on January 22, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.(Photo: ©2026 World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell)]Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" is the result of the world bowing before the global rampage of the US-Israel Axis. Once again, the Palestinian people are being offered as sacrifices, and along with them, the entire global system of international law.

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A world on its knees: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and the darkness it promises

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is the result of the world bowing before the global rampage of the US-Israel Axis. Once again, the Palestinia...

How Israel and the U.S. are using the ‘shock doctrine’ to impose a new administration in Gaza [Ali Shaath, head of the new National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, or the so-called "technocratic committee," meets with committee members during its inaugural meeting in Cairo, Egypt, January 18, 2026. (Photo: Middle East News Agency/APA Images)]The U.S.-sanctioned “Board of Peace” is imposing a colonial mandate in Gaza. It is the latest example of the "shock doctrine," with the U.S. and Israel attempting to transform Palestinian society in Gaza after destroying it through genocide.

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How Israel and the U.S. are using the ‘shock doctrine’ to impose a new administration in Gaza

The U.S.-sanctioned “Board of Peace” is imposing a colonial mandate in Gaza. It is the latest example of the “shock doctrine,” with the U.S...

Energy drinks, cigarettes, and Molotovs: Inside the lives of Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank [Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in Hebron, January 21, 2022. (Photo: Mamoun Wazwaz/APA Images)]Meet the generation of young West Bank Palestinians who have come of age witnessing the Gaza genocide, as Israel kills their friends.

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Energy drinks, cigarettes, and Molotovs: Inside the lives of Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank

Meet the generation of young West Bank Palestinians who came of age witnessing the Gaza genocide — as Israel killed their friends.

What it means to live as an Arab in Germany today [A photo taken at a protest in Berlin on December 13, 2024, a minute before the police attacked the crowd. The quote on the poster is attributed to Belal Aldabbour, a doctor in Gaza. (Photo: Nicola Mallardo)]Since October 7, 2023, Arabs in Germany have watched the country undergo an authoritarian restructuring touching every aspect of life. Germany claims to have overcome its genocidal past, but this lie only serves to distract from its violent present.

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What it means to live as an Arab in Germany today

Since October 7, 2023, Arabs in Germany have watched the country undergo an authoritarian restructuring touching every aspect of life. Germany clai...

Israeli agricultural exports face looming ‘collapse’ as world rejects products over Gaza genocide [Fruit market in Tel Aviv, January 2016. (Photo: Dr. Avishai Teicher/Wikimedia Commons)]Israeli farmers warn the country's agricultural export industry is facing a looming “collapse” due to international opposition to the Gaza genocide. Recent reports show the impact of boycotting Israel, and why the Israeli 'brand' may never recover.

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Israeli agricultural exports face looming ‘collapse’ as world rejects products over Gaza genocide

Israeli farmers warn the country’s agricultural export industry is facing a looming “collapse” due to international opposition to the Gaza ge...

The past year has seen an unprecedented displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank [Palestinian Bedouin residents of Ras Ain al-Auja dismantle their homes as Israeli settlers forcibly expel them from their lands, January 2026. (Photo: Wahaj Bani Moufleh)]In 2025, Israeli settlers, backed by the army, displaced rural Palestinian communities in the West Bank at unprecedented rates. It is part of Israel's escalating strategy to take control of as much of the territory as possible.

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The past year has seen an unprecedented displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank

In 2025, Israeli settlers, backed by the army, displaced rural Palestinian communities in the West Bank at unprecedented rates. It is part of Israe...

Israel is attempting to block both aid and solidarity through its new ban on international organizations [American Friends Service Committee staff distributing food parcels in Gaza. (Photo: Amjad Al Fayoumi/AFSC)]New Israeli rules will ban organizations like mine from Gaza, ending aid and cutting vital solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues.

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Israel is attempting to block both aid and solidarity through its new ban on international organizations

New Israeli rules will ban organizations like mine from Gaza, ending aid and cutting vital solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues.

J Street is the new AIPAC in the Democratic Party [Jeremy Ben-Ami at J Street's 2022 National Conference, December 2022. (Photo: J Street/Flickr)]AIPAC is suddenly unwelcome among Democrats, but there's a new sheriff in town to enforce the pro-Israel orthodoxy. J Street aims to make liberals 'love Israel again,' but most Democrats are looking to distance themselves due to the Gaza genocide.

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J Street is the new AIPAC in the Democratic Party

AIPAC is suddenly unwelcome among Democrats, but there’s a new sheriff in town to enforce the pro-Israel orthodoxy. J Street aims to make liberal...

The U.S. has announced ‘Phase 2’ of the Gaza ceasefire. Here’s why it doesn’t matter for Palestinians. [U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, January 28, 2020, in the East Room of the White House to unveil details of the Trump administration’s Middle East Peace Plan. (Photo: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/Flickr)]For Palestinians in Gaza, Phase 2 of the ceasefire offers little hope that it will fundamentally change the status quo Israel has established over the past three months, which many refer to as "a new form of genocide."

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The U.S. has announced ‘Phase 2’ of the Gaza ceasefire. Here’s why it doesn’t matter for Palestinians.

For Palestinians in Gaza, Phase 2 of the ceasefire offers little hope that it will fundamentally change the status quo Israel has established over ...

Why Netanyahu says he wants to stop U.S. aid to Israel [President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)]Benjamin Netanyahu's recent statement that he wants to end Israel's reliance on U.S. aid over the next decade was surprising, but there could be strategic and economic reasons behind the move, as well as political realities forcing him to do so.

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Why Netanyahu says he wants to stop U.S. aid to Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statement that he wants to end Israel’s reliance on U.S. aid over the next decade was surprising, but there could b...

Ras Ain al-Auja, the latest Palestinian village in the West Bank wiped off the map by Israel [Palestinian Bedouin residents of Ras Ain al-Auja dismantle their homes as Israeli settlers forcibly expel them from their lands, January 2026. (Photo: Wahaj Bani Moufleh)]Ras Ain al-Auja was one of the largest Palestinian Bedouin villages in the West Bank. Now most of its 120 families have been forcibly displaced by state-backed Israeli settlers after nonstop attacks. Residents are calling it "another Nakba."

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Ras Ain al-Auja, the latest Palestinian village in the West Bank wiped off the map by Israel

Ras Ain al-Auja was one of the largest Palestinian Bedouin villages in the West Bank. Now most of its 120 families have been forcibly displaced by ...

Trump threatens another military attack on Iran [A photo released by the White House of Donald Trump in the White House Situation Room on June 21, 2025 in preparation for the U.S. attack on Iran. (Photo: The White House)]Amid domestic protests in Iran, the Trump administration is threatening U.S. attacks on the country.

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Trump threatens another military attack on Iran

Amid domestic protests in Iran, the Trump administration is threatening U.S. attacks on the country.

Israeli ban on 37 aid organizations expected to have devastating impacts across Palestine [Palestinians aid-seekers carrying Rahma Worldwide aid boxes from an aid distribution site run by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza. May 27, 2025. The boxes were distributed at the GHF site without the knowledge or consent of Rahmah Worldwide, according to the organization's Director, who spoke to Mondoweiss. (Photo: Ahmed Ibrahim/APA Images)]Aid organizations say Israel’s recent ban of 37 groups has dealt a severe blow to humanitarian work across Palestine. In Gaza, it means "cutting off a lifeline for over two million people," says Rahma Worldwide's Dr. Shadi Zazzah.

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Israeli ban on 37 aid organizations expected to have devastating impacts across Palestine

Aid organizations say Israel’s recent ban of 37 groups has dealt a severe blow to humanitarian work across Palestine. In Gaza, it means “cuttin...