https://mondoweiss.net Shifting the Narrative toward Liberation | Palestine, Israel & the United States Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:32:57 +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/2026/08/progressive-israel-critic-angie-nixon-scores-upset-victory-in-florida-senate-primary/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/progressive-israel-critic-angie-nixon-scores-upset-victory-in-florida-senate-primary/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:32:44 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=328136 DSA member Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman in Florida's Senate primary, outspent 16 to 1. She's called Netanyahu a war criminal and opposes U.S. arms sales to Israel. Elsewhere in the state, progressive challengers didn't see as much success.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/progressive-israel-critic-angie-nixon-scores-upset-victory-in-florida-senate-primary/feed/ 0 328136 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/inside-the-slow-ethnic-cleansing-of-al-mughayyir-a-palestinian-village-besieged-by-israeli-settlers/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/inside-the-slow-ethnic-cleansing-of-al-mughayyir-a-palestinian-village-besieged-by-israeli-settlers/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:58:34 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=328102 Settler violence and army raids are erasing the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir. In recent months, villagers have seen a teenager killed defending his neighbors, thousands of olive trees uprooted, and nearly all the village's lands stolen. ]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/inside-the-slow-ethnic-cleansing-of-al-mughayyir-a-palestinian-village-besieged-by-israeli-settlers/feed/ 2 328102 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/destroying-agriculture-is-the-purpose-how-israel-is-drying-up-the-west-banks-most-fertile-farmlands/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/destroying-agriculture-is-the-purpose-how-israel-is-drying-up-the-west-banks-most-fertile-farmlands/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=328087 For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/destroying-agriculture-is-the-purpose-how-israel-is-drying-up-the-west-banks-most-fertile-farmlands/feed/ 5 328087 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/i-couldnt-watch-my-children-cry-from-hunger-inside-the-displacement-economy-gazans-built-to-survive-the-genocide/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/i-couldnt-watch-my-children-cry-from-hunger-inside-the-displacement-economy-gazans-built-to-survive-the-genocide/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:20:14 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=328067 In Gaza's displacement camps, survival has bred a new economy: a gym owner forges weights from empty cans, a supermarket owner turns baker, a housewife becomes a street vendor — each person rebuilding a livelihood from the wreckage of genocide.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/i-couldnt-watch-my-children-cry-from-hunger-inside-the-displacement-economy-gazans-built-to-survive-the-genocide/feed/ 1 328067 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/the-mecca-pact-is-the-latest-sign-of-the-u-s-s-declining-influence-in-the-middle-east/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/the-mecca-pact-is-the-latest-sign-of-the-u-s-s-declining-influence-in-the-middle-east/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:34:29 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=328051 The new defense agreement among Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan highlights how Israeli aggression is compelling the region to reconfigure its alliances and serves as the latest evidence of the United States' declining global influence.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/the-mecca-pact-is-the-latest-sign-of-the-u-s-s-declining-influence-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 20 328051 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/palestinian-youth-are-risking-their-lives-to-clear-rubble-in-gaza/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/palestinian-youth-are-risking-their-lives-to-clear-rubble-in-gaza/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:34:41 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=328024 With reconstruction stalled in Gaza, boys as young as 14 are clearing the wreckage of destroyed homes by hand for as little as $10 a day. Often they are the breadwinners for their families and are forced to abandon their studies to work for survival.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/palestinian-youth-are-risking-their-lives-to-clear-rubble-in-gaza/feed/ 2 328024 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/israels-arrest-of-ramallahs-doctor-of-the-poor-shows-palestinians-that-no-one-is-safe/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/israels-arrest-of-ramallahs-doctor-of-the-poor-shows-palestinians-that-no-one-is-safe/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:15:52 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=328004 The arrest and abuse of “doctor of the poor” Mazen Rantisi signal that no one is safe from Israel’s assault on Palestinian life in the West Bank. Rantisi’s daughter says he was targeted because he helps Palestinian society remain resilient.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/israels-arrest-of-ramallahs-doctor-of-the-poor-shows-palestinians-that-no-one-is-safe/feed/ 5 328004 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/understanding-israels-campaign-to-destroy-palestinian-refugee-camps-in-the-west-bank/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/understanding-israels-campaign-to-destroy-palestinian-refugee-camps-in-the-west-bank/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:38:33 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=327863 Israel has vowed to occupy another West Bank refugee camp, as it did in Jenin and Tulkarem. A new raid on the Qalandia refugee camp makes clear that the Israeli campaign isn't only about ending Palestinian resistance but also what the camps represent.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/understanding-israels-campaign-to-destroy-palestinian-refugee-camps-in-the-west-bank/feed/ 0 327863 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/the-struggle-to-save-the-palestinian-wheat-fields-on-the-front-lines-of-settler-violence/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/the-struggle-to-save-the-palestinian-wheat-fields-on-the-front-lines-of-settler-violence/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:59:18 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=327908 For generations, Palestinian farmers timed the wheat harvest by the stars and the rain. Now, Israeli settlers set the harvest instead, as their cows graze freely in Palestinian wheat fields across the West Bank after displacing Bedouin herders.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/the-struggle-to-save-the-palestinian-wheat-fields-on-the-front-lines-of-settler-violence/feed/ 4 327908 https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/is-this-how-our-story-ends-palestinian-refugees-live-in-fear-as-israel-takes-aim-at-west-bank-camps/ https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/is-this-how-our-story-ends-palestinian-refugees-live-in-fear-as-israel-takes-aim-at-west-bank-camps/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:35:13 +0000 https://mondoweiss.net/?p=327933 Amid escalating raids and statements by Israeli officials promising a massive military operation against refugee camps in the West Bank, Palestinians in Ramallah-area camps say it’s not a question of whether their turn will come, but when.]]> https://mondoweiss.net/2026/08/is-this-how-our-story-ends-palestinian-refugees-live-in-fear-as-israel-takes-aim-at-west-bank-camps/feed/ 5 327933