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Each one of you has your own reasons for visiting Mondoweiss. As we continually seek the best way to serve our mission, we have asked some of our most dedicated supporters to share with us where they find value in our work.
Over the next few weeks, as we ask you to contribute financially to our success and growth, we’ll be publishing their statements in a series: “What Mondoweiss Means To Me.” Please donate, and tell us what Mondoweiss means to you.
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To kick off the series, we begin with the beginning: Phil Weiss, who started this effort almost nine years ago:
For me, Mondoweiss is the process by which I became We. I started Mondoweiss as a blog to keep me engaged as a journalist in the internet age. I did not anticipate how my voice on Palestine would serve a keen political need on the part of many others. Before long, beyond any plan I had in mind, the social energies of the internet transformed the site.
As a journalist used to working independently, I have learned and grown by becoming part of a team, a community and a movement. I found a community of people who were more sophisticated than I was about Middle East issues. I learned from them, I put my writing skills to use, and I began doing the most serious work of my life.
Today I’m proud to be a member of a community that cares about human rights. And yes, a good number in our community are Jews. I consider that one of Mondoweiss’s most important achievements: insisting that although we all come out of ethnic and religious communities, it’s a big mistake to think these communities are pitted against one another. The world can’t afford that.
And all of us at Mondoweiss—writers, editors, readers—have done our part to show a way forward. Out of identity politics, out of Islamophobia and nationalism, out of, Is it good for the Jews?
When I began, I was excited to have a few hundred readers. Today, the site attracts millions of visitors each year. For all of us on the team here, it is a privilege and a responsibility to engage on the most important issues of our time as Americans who know that we make a difference.
Like any committed member of a community, we strive to measure up to the role we’ve taken on. To be more professional, more reliable, more engaged. We’re more aware of our influence than ever.
I am grateful that the process by which I became We has also established a community where thousands of people gather to work for change. You are already part of this community, because you read and think and talk about the issues. Now, step up and increase your role in the community: please give today.
Your gift allows us to continue sharing essential information and analysis with thoughtful readers worldwide, and to grow for an even greater impact.
Mondoweiss makes a difference in the fight for Palestinian rights, and we want to become even more influential. Please act now to help us reach our goal.
Phil Weiss
Founder and Co-Editor of Mondoweiss
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Mondoweiss opens
minds hearts & eyes
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there should be Mondoweiss t-shirts
to spread the word of those that spread the word
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i hope the goal is reached twice over
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G-d Bless Mondoweiss
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I appreciate Mondoweiss because it gives me the opportunity to learn and to document my own frustrations about Israel/Palestine and help to present the truth in a dysfunctional USA where ZIonists in the media work diligently and irrationally to obfuscate the facts, block discussion and protect a greater Israel from criticism. Even a year ago I tried to post critical remarks about Israel and its ZIonist partisans that never saw the light of day. Amazingly, only a year later my critical remarks are shared freely and are already conventional compared with what I can read in some of the MSM. The positive change in the past year has been extraordinary. Only this week Max Blumenthal was invited to publish him opinions by the NY Times. The rapid improvement in disseminating the truth about Israel has improved in part because of the prominent and respected forum that Mondoweiss has offered to those who want a change for the better in Israel reporting. The media prominence of Mondoweiss and its solid reputation has given our forum a huge significance that has accelerated change beyond our wildest dreams. This achievement reflects the diligence and good judgment of our founders. I take my hat off to you and a contribution will follow.
“What Mondoweiss Means To Me.”
I came to Palestine and internet awareness about twelve years ago during Israel’s attempted rampage through Southern Lebanon. My first forays into online debate were prompted by comments in the press and online from someone I now know to be a professional apologist for the Israeli entity. At the time I did not know of the existence of such people and was relatively ignorant of Zionist History. Online debating (Huffpo, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Truthout etc) forced me to seek out the facts. What I learned has profoundly changed my World-view. It continues to evolve and Mondoweiss has played a large part in that evolution. I think I began here shortly after the blog started – debating Historical points but of late I notice I spend more time reading and learning from the many able posters who, unlike me, are steeped in Jewish culture. I have remained a daily reader for many reasons, not least the spirit and humour that sets Mondoweiss apart from the majority. A Mooser quip a day keeps despair at bay!
Mondoweiss has helped me understand that what we combat is not a nationality, religion or race. It is an Ideology that has been around a long time and is currently still in the ascendant, despite some small gains made for Palestine. We are, in a sense, all Palestinians in that our democracies and cultures are being attacked by this chauvinistic ideology. In recent days we have seen mainstream confirmation of what many of us already knew – this Ideology embraces torture. It therefore accepts no limits. My country’s government is complicit. It affects me.
Thank you Phil and crew for both the blog and this opportunity to express some of the philosophy behind any contributions I might make to debate.
An indispensable voice in the search for justice and peace in the Middle East.
everything and nothing
Israel is a racist state running under the pretense of equal protection
which does not exist
shlomo sand who is most enlightening and entertaining
jews who care about justice for all
of course alot more….
Weiss who is married to an Episcopalian getting insulted by some Zionist (presumed Jew) because they don’t have any children…hysterical…for who know what in the hell will happen or has happened…
jews who live off the public dole and general dynamics
annie (who i guess is jewish, more or less) spotting and promoting trends in the current environment to promote equal justice for all
the lies of zionist
jews, are not all the same, DUH!
religious freedom is alive and well in the USA if not in Israel
you got your bad muslim and good muslim, and bad jews and good jews
US government lies, NO SHIT!
one must rely on various persons and outlets for the truth, including conservative stuff and liberal stuff and mondoweiss and al jazeera and electronic intifada and all the rest and filter it yourself for the rest of the media basically sucks
we should reinstate the draft so that every american of the age should get the privilege to fight in all these wars
maybe that will cut down on all this adventurism
and finally Freedom of Speech
I was commissioned upon the directive of Richard Nixon…I had no problem with that…for we all swore an allegiance to the Constitution, which I can find hardly a fault
and finally to Yunus, with whom we used to wait for his return from the Mosque to down a few pitchers of IPA on the street and then Yunus would light up a big stogie….
good work guys…it’s worth it…you bet