Inside the congressional effort to provide Palestinians with Refugee Status
Mondoweiss U.S. Correspondent Michael Arria speaks to Mohammed Khader from the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights about the push in Congress to resettle Palestinian refugees in the U.S.
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Liberal Zionists answer the Gaza genocide by appealing for ‘nuance’
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Why there is no uprising in the West Bank – yet
The West Bank remains unusually calm as Israel carries out its genocide in Gaza. But while Israeli repression has dissuaded an uprising in the streets, the tectonic plates underneath continue to shift.
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The philosophy of Hamas in the writings of Yahya Sinwar
The concepts of self-sacrifice, asceticism, and security awareness were crucial to Yahya Sinwar's philosophy of resistance. The revolt that culminated on October 7 was the direct application of his political thought.
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Israel’s starvation policy in Gaza is forcing people to eat tree leaves
The state of starvation in Gaza has not ended. Its long-term health effects are starting to show.
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The Toronto Jewish community has a genocide problem
Tens of thousands of Toronto Jews oppose Israel's holocaust in Gaza. But the mainstream Toronto Jewish community still promotes anti-Palestinian and Muslim racism and supports the ongoing genocide.
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Ten CUNY students are still facing felony charges from the police raid on City College’s Gaza encampment. If convicted, the ruling would set a precedent for prosecuting pro-Palestinian students and organizers across the United States.
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‘For the resistance’: Tulkarem residents face Israeli airstrikes and assassinations
Members of the Tulkarem resistance in the northern West Bank remain defiant as community members rally around them after an Israeli airstrike assassinated one of their leaders.
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At an event in March, Rep. Rashida Tlaib joined with Christian, Muslim, and Jewish faith leaders to convey a single message: our fight for the oppressed in Palestine is also a fight for the integrity of our country and the survival of democracy.
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WEST BANK: Alongside the catastrophe in Gaza, another crisis is unfolding in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where the Israeli military has launched land incursions, conducted airstrikes, restricted access to resources, and targeted health infrastructure.
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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 269: Israeli leaders slam prison services over release of al-Shifa Hospital director
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, including a woman and a teenager in Tulkarem’s Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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We carried my mother’s body for miles so we could bury her
My mother was lucky. She had the privilege of being buried in a way that preserved her dignity as a human. We were so proud of this achievement, and we remained faithful to her and her memory.
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In Tehran, Gaza rekindles the revolution
For some in Iran, the West's relentless punishment has weakened the revolutionary fires of 1979. But for countless others, they are being rekindled by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
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Shuja’iyya: Israel has been forced into a war of attrition as the Palestinian resistance has reconstituted itself across Gaza. The scale of the horrors perpetrated by the Israeli army in these battles only emerges through testimonies after the fighting ends.
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Columbia University: Protesters arrested for seizing Hind’s Hall at Columbia University are refusing any deals unless protesters at CUNY are offered the same, and they stand in solidarity with those facing the most extreme repression in the movement.
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Stories of survival and suffering: inside Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Hospital
Reem Hamadaqa spent 96 days in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza recovering from an Israeli attack that killed the rest of her family. Here are the stories of women and children she met while she was there.
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Trump says Biden has ‘become like a Palestinian’ in debate exchange
In a presidential debate marked by incoherence and lies, Donald Trump attacked Joe Biden, saying "he’s become like a Palestinian" for supposedly withholding total support for Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza.
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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 265: The UN has warned of “imminent” famine in Gaza as starvation spreads due to border closures. Meanwhile, following Israeli war minister Yoav Gallant's visit to Washington, the U.S. and Israel have asserted they do not want war with Hezbollah.
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JENIN RESISTANCE: The Palestinian resistance in Jenin attacked Israeli military vehicles in a "double ambush" using improvised explosives, resulting in the death of an Israeli soldier, the injury of 16 others, and the immobilization of an armored troop carrier.
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Israel’s leaked plan for annexing the West Bank, explained
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s plan to annex the West Bank would see over 60% of the territory becoming a part of Israel. But Palestinian experts say it is “already happening.”
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Progressive Congressmember Jamaal Bowman loses primary to AIPAC-backed candidate
Michael Arria discusses the impact of Jamaal Bowman’s primary loss to George Latimer and whether AIPAC is really as influential as it claims to be.
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George Latimer used $15 million from AIPAC to defeat Jamaal Bowman in New York's 16th district. "We should be outraged when a super PAC of dark money can spend $20 million to brainwash people into believing something that isn’t true," Bowman said.
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The Democratic establishment and Israel lobby are seeking to destroy the political career of Rep. Jamaal Bowman because he dared to criticize the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. And many liberals are joining right in.
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The mainstream media is setting the stage for an Israeli war on Lebanon
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Academic censorship: The persecution of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and her research are deeply intertwined with the ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza and the attacks on Palestinian educational institutions, scholars, and students across Palestine.
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Republicans demonstrate their terrifying Palestine policy
Two “must-pass” House of Representatives bills to fund the State and Defense Departments show how dangerous Republican Party views on Palestine are.
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OLYMPICS: It is unconscionable for Israel to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Israel should be suspended from international sports organizations and events until it ends its grave violations of international law.
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Human shield: During a military raid on Jenin, Israeli soldiers strapped an injured Palestinian civilian to the front of a military jeep and paraded him through the street as a human shield. He was eventually handed over to Palestinian medical teams.
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The myth of Israeli democracy died in Gaza and Israel’s hasbara will never recover
Saree Makdisi's "Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial" shows just what a sham Israeli liberalism always was and continues to be.
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Hezbollah spent the past decade accumulating military and political power to deter Israel from attacking Lebanon. But recent escalations threaten to start a war no one wants because the U.S. won't force Israel to stop the genocide in Gaza.
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‘We’re refusing to let ourselves live in comfortable complacency’: Cardiff University's Gaza encampment worried about police brutality based what they saw in the U.S. On June 3 South Wales police attacked protesters with an unprecedented level of violence.
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Gaza’s hospitals are empty, and patients die in silence
This genocidal war brings with it the systematic destruction of all of Gaza's health system. This has created a new category of people who die from preventable illnesses due to a systematic lack of access to medical care.
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What’s next for the Uncommitted campaign?
The Uncommitted Movement proved to be hugely popular during the Democratic primaries. What happens now?
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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 255: Netanyahu dissolves Israel’s war cabinet
Gaza authorities accuse Israel and the U.S. of inducing starvation in Gaza as a weapon of war to force their "political goals."
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When the board of the Columbia Law Review clumsily censored a pro-Palestinian article it revealed the degree to which pro-Israel ideology is enmeshed in the U.S. power structure. Luckily, a generational shift is changing this before our eyes.
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Rotten to the Core: #Apple has silenced employees who have spoken out for Palestine and shown bias toward Israel through statements and actions. In the process it has lost all credibility as a company that claims to believe in racial equity or social justice.
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NYT’s fatuous effort to preserve Black-Jewish coalition sweeps genocide under the rug
The Democratic Party is facing a huge problem, and the New York Times is trying to patch it up.
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The Biden administration is playing a shell game with the Gaza ceasefire that aims to trick the Democratic base into thinking meaningful action is taking place to end fighting while still allowing Israel to continue its genocidal campaign.
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The story of the U.S. ‘floating dock’ built from the rubble of Gaza’s homes
The U.S. said it was constructing a floating pier off Gaza’s coast to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. However, the real reason it exists is to protect American interests in the region.
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How Israel’s massacre of 270 Palestinians in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp unfolded
Faris Giacaman speaks to Tareq Hajjaj about his reporting on the Nuseirat massacre and the U.S. "floating dock" off Gaza's coast.
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Why the fight for Palestine is the fight against U.S. imperialism in the region
We need an alternative approach to understanding Palestine that situates it within the wider region and the Middle East’s central place in our fossil fuel-centered world.
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The night Israel killed my family
On the night of March 2 Israel wiped out four generations of my family. I barely survived the slaughter. It is now my responsibility to tell their story.
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No need for ‘Jewish values’ in the fight for Palestine
Jews don’t need to invoke “Jewish values” to justify our work toward Palestinian liberation. In fact, doing so reinforces the very ideology we seek to dismantle.
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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 251: Blinken and Hamas exchange accusations of obstructing ceasefire deal
The World Health Organization warned of mass starvation in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have killed 12 people in the West Bank in 48 hours.
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‘Their message is, The Empire Strikes Back’: Breaking down AIPAC’s role in the 2024 election
Political consultant Peter Feld unpacks AIPAC’s strategy in the Democratic primaries, Jamaal Bowman’s bad poll numbers, and whether Gaza will impact Biden’s reelection.
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Gantz’s resignation: There are now two different visions in Israeli politics for how the war should progress. Netanyahu would have the war continue without end, while Gantz would accept a ceasefire but find a pretext to resume the fighting once the captives are released.
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“We are going to hurt you”: A brutal, nine-hour, multi-agency police assault against unarmed protesters at UC Santa Cruz shows the university would rather use violence against its own students than address demands to divest from genocide.
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The International Jewish Collective for Justice in Palestine began in opposition to the IHRA antisemitism definition and is now a worldwide network of organizations from 16 countries working as partners with Palestinians in pursuit of justice.
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Critics warn the U.S.-constructed pier off Gaza's coast is being used for military purposes. Now a source in the Gaza resistance says there are indications it will be used to facilitate the forced displacement of Palestinians.
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‘People’s red line’ surrounds the White House to demand end of Gaza genocide
On June 8, an estimated 100,000 people formed a 2-mile “people’s red line” around the White House to protest the genocide in Gaza and the U.S. role in the mass murder of Palestinians.
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