https://mondoweiss.net News & Opinion About Palestine, Israel & the United States Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:08:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://mondoweiss.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-mw-m-square-xlg-32x32.png https://mondoweiss.net 32 32 54770680 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/trump-has-no-good-options-to-resolve-the-disaster-he-created-in-iran/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/trump-has-no-good-options-to-resolve-the-disaster-he-created-in-iran/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:10 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323829 Trump faces a disaster of his own making in Iran. He had no plan to address Iran's predictable retaliation, including closing the Strait of Hormuz, but even if he did, he faces another problem: Israel, his disastrous choice for a partner in crime. ]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/trump-has-no-good-options-to-resolve-the-disaster-he-created-in-iran/feed/ 0 323829 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-rat-gnawed-my-babys-cheek-gaza-tent-encampments-face-rodent-infestation/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-rat-gnawed-my-babys-cheek-gaza-tent-encampments-face-rodent-infestation/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323812 The residents of crowded tent encampments in Gaza now suffer from an infestation of rodents that bite people in their sleep. This week, a one-month-old baby was mauled in the cheek, leaving him in "critical condition," doctors say.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-rat-gnawed-my-babys-cheek-gaza-tent-encampments-face-rodent-infestation/feed/ 0 323812 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/prominent-new-york-synagogue-hosts-presentation-on-why-u-s-jews-should-support-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-gaza/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/prominent-new-york-synagogue-hosts-presentation-on-why-u-s-jews-should-support-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-gaza/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323741 Benjamin Anthony’s speech at New York’s influential Park Avenue Synagogue, where he argued that U.S. Jews need to support ethnic cleansing in Gaza, illustrates how the American Jewish community has embraced Israeli racism and brutality.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/prominent-new-york-synagogue-hosts-presentation-on-why-u-s-jews-should-support-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-gaza/feed/ 6 323741 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/plot-to-assassinate-palestinian-activist-follows-harassment-campaign-promoted-by-zionist-groups-and-elected-officials/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/plot-to-assassinate-palestinian-activist-follows-harassment-campaign-promoted-by-zionist-groups-and-elected-officials/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323685 The plan to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani was the result of a years-long harassment campaign against the activist, carried out by a wide network of Zionist organizations and elected officials who have promoted violence against Palestinians.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/plot-to-assassinate-palestinian-activist-follows-harassment-campaign-promoted-by-zionist-groups-and-elected-officials/feed/ 1 323685 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-rope-is-for-arabs-only-israels-new-death-penalty-law-for-palestinians-recycles-a-colonial-playbook/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-rope-is-for-arabs-only-israels-new-death-penalty-law-for-palestinians-recycles-a-colonial-playbook/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323784 The passing of the recent Israeli death penalty law aimed at Palestinians formalizes what Israel and colonial powers have always done: creating new laws to legalize colonial violence.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/the-rope-is-for-arabs-only-israels-new-death-penalty-law-for-palestinians-recycles-a-colonial-playbook/feed/ 1 323784 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/barring-jerusalem-patriarch-from-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-marks-israels-latest-move-to-control-christian-and-muslim-sites/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/barring-jerusalem-patriarch-from-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-marks-israels-latest-move-to-control-christian-and-muslim-sites/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:58:20 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323720 “Israel is seeking to exploit the war ... to impose new realities and facts on Jerusalem,” says Greek Orthodox Archbishop Attalah Hanna. “[This] is an attack on Jerusalem, its identity, its history, its heritage as Christian and Islamic holy sites.”]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/barring-jerusalem-patriarch-from-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre-marks-israels-latest-move-to-control-christian-and-muslim-sites/feed/ 1 323720 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/israel-may-dominate-through-violence-but-palestinians-hold-a-force-more-powerful/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/israel-may-dominate-through-violence-but-palestinians-hold-a-force-more-powerful/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323637 Israel has overwhelming military power, but moral power rooted in peace and justice is completely absent from Zionism. This is the power that has inspired millions to shout "Free Palestine" in cities around the world like never before.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/04/israel-may-dominate-through-violence-but-palestinians-hold-a-force-more-powerful/feed/ 11 323637 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/war-crime-global-condemnation-as-israeli-ministers-celebrate-death-penalty-law-targeting-palestinian-prisoners/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/war-crime-global-condemnation-as-israeli-ministers-celebrate-death-penalty-law-targeting-palestinian-prisoners/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:01:42 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323708 Human rights groups condemned a new Israeli law targeting Palestinian prisoners with the death penalty as a possible war crime and “deeply discriminatory.’ Meanwhile, Israeli ministers celebrated the law's passage with champagne on the Knesset floor.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/war-crime-global-condemnation-as-israeli-ministers-celebrate-death-penalty-law-targeting-palestinian-prisoners/feed/ 6 323708 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/what-is-the-jdl-inside-the-jewish-extremist-group-inspiring-anti-palestinian-terror-in-nyc/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/what-is-the-jdl-inside-the-jewish-extremist-group-inspiring-anti-palestinian-terror-in-nyc/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:56:01 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323668 Alexander Heifler, accused of plotting to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, was part of a group influenced by Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League. What is the JDL, who is Kahane, and how do they continue to inspire Zionist violence?]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/what-is-the-jdl-inside-the-jewish-extremist-group-inspiring-anti-palestinian-terror-in-nyc/feed/ 2 323668 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/israeli-policies-pose-an-existential-threat-to-palestinians-in-the-west-bank-why-isnt-there-more-resistance/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/israeli-policies-pose-an-existential-threat-to-palestinians-in-the-west-bank-why-isnt-there-more-resistance/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:15:00 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=323650 Israeli settler pogroms, annexation, and economic strangulation are eroding Palestinian life in the West Bank. So, why aren't we seeing more Palestinian resistance to the existential threat erasing their communities?]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/israeli-policies-pose-an-existential-threat-to-palestinians-in-the-west-bank-why-isnt-there-more-resistance/feed/ 5 323650