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Jewish Israeli settlers set up mobile homes and raise Israeli flags over the evacuated settlement of Sanur, north of Nablus, which was approved by resettlement by the Israeli government in 2025, March 18, 2026. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)
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Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity

By Qassam Muaddi April 19, 2026 3

Israel is approving the construction of new West Bank settlements at an unprecedented rate because it knows its window of impunity is closing — especially if Iran emerges intact from the war and the Republicans lose the U.S. midterms.

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No permit, no work, no future: inside the lives of West Bank workers crushed by Israel’s labor ban

By Qassam Muaddi April 16, 2026 25

After Israel revoked the work permits of over 200,000 Palestinian laborers following October 7, West Bank families are burning through savings, skipping meals, and losing hope for any kind of future.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaking at a student Q&A at Stanford University about "Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People?" on February 20th 2026. (Wikimedia)

In historic Senate vote, over 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel

By Michael Arria April 16, 2026 2

In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.

U.S.-Israel War on Iran

Jewish Israeli settlers set up mobile homes and raise Israeli flags over the evacuated settlement of Sanur, north of Nablus, which was approved by resettlement by the Israeli government in 2025, March 18, 2026. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)

Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity

By Qassam Muaddi April 19, 2026 3

Israel is approving the construction of new West Bank settlements at an unprecedented rate because it knows its window of impunity is closing — especially if Iran emerges intact from the war and the Republicans lose the U.S. midterms.

Vice President J. D. Vance at the 2025 AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 21, 2025. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Trump may want out of the Iran war, but the first round of negotiations showed the challenges ahead

By Mitchell Plitnick April 17, 2026 7

It’s clear the Trump administration recognizes the Iran war has been a catastrophe. But while the U.S. may want a way out, the first round of negotiations with Iran showed that finding an exit may be difficult.

Iranian students climb up U.S. embassy gates in Tehran, on November 4, 1979. (Photo: Wikimedia/revolution.shirazu.ac.ir)

Understanding the Iran war in the context of U.S. imperialism

By Michael Arria April 14, 2026 3

Michael Arria speaks with Afshin Matin-Asgari about his new book, “Axis of Empire,” and how the history of Iran–U.S. relations offers crucial context for understanding Trump’s current war.

Israeli protesters during an judicial overall protests outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 20, 2023. (Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)

Israelis are finally revolting against Netanyahu — for agreeing to the U.S. ceasefire with Iran

By Jonathan Ofir April 10, 2026 6

The entire Israeli political spectrum is united in blasting Netanyahu for not continuing to attack Iran, and Israeli society agrees. The reason, to put it simply, is that Israelis are war junkies.

Donald Trump is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after disembarking Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The Iran war will end only when the U.S. finally decides to rein in Israel

By Mitchell Plitnick April 9, 2026 12

As the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran holds, only Israel has an incentive to continue fighting, as Netanyahu is widely seen as having lost the war. If there is to be a durable end to this war, the U.S. will be forced to rein in Israel. 

Destruction following heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern Dahiya suburb, March 7, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/APA Images)

As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal

By Qassam Muaddi April 8, 2026 3

Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, Israel launched a massive bombing campaign across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and threatening to derail the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire before it even begins.

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Israeli airstrikes across Beirut following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, April 8, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)

Israel’s long history of stoking sectarian tensions in Lebanon, and what it means for the ceasefire

By Qassam Muaddi and Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau April 18, 2026 3

Netanyahu may have been “coerced” by Trump into a ceasefire with Lebanon, but this won’t stop Israel from following a well-worn playbook: exploit sectarian divisions to weaken or disarm resistance while entrenching Israeli expansionism.

Palestinians in 2021 passing through Qalandia checkpoint on the way to work inside Israel. (Photo: Qassam Muaddi/Mondoweiss)

No permit, no work, no future: inside the lives of West Bank workers crushed by Israel’s labor ban

By Qassam Muaddi April 16, 2026 25

After Israel revoked the work permits of over 200,000 Palestinian laborers following October 7, West Bank families are burning through savings, skipping meals, and losing hope for any kind of future.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaking at a student Q&A at Stanford University about "Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People?" on February 20th 2026. (Wikimedia)

In historic Senate vote, over 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel

By Michael Arria April 16, 2026 2

In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.

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Jewish Israeli settlers set up mobile homes and raise Israeli flags over the evacuated settlement of Sanur, north of Nablus, which was approved by resettlement by the Israeli government in 2025, March 18, 2026. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)

Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity

By Qassam Muaddi April 19, 2026 3

Israel is approving the construction of new West Bank settlements at an unprecedented rate because it knows its window of impunity is closing — especially if Iran emerges intact from the war and the Republicans lose the U.S. midterms.

Palestinians bid farewell to two citizens killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, on April 6, 2026. (Photo: Bilal Osama/APA Images)

Bearing witness to the parts of the whole

By Randa Abdel-Fattah April 18, 2026 6

Randa Abdel-Fattah reflects on the fragmentation she has felt since October 7, caught between daily life and the normalization of live-streamed annihilation of Arab and Muslim lives.

Vice President J. D. Vance at the 2025 AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 21, 2025. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Trump may want out of the Iran war, but the first round of negotiations showed the challenges ahead

By Mitchell Plitnick April 17, 2026 7

It’s clear the Trump administration recognizes the Iran war has been a catastrophe. But while the U.S. may want a way out, the first round of negotiations with Iran showed that finding an exit may be difficult.

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The Israeli separation wall in Bir Nabala, April 2026. (Photo: Qassam Muaddi/Mondoweiss)

Weekly Briefing: Israel’s impunity is crumbling

By Dave Reed April 19, 2026 1

There was a lot of news this week. Israel is accelerating its colonial project, from the West Bank and Gaza…

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer in October 2020.

The Shift: Senate Democrats’ vote to reject weapons for Israel reveals an out-of-touch party leadership

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Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with Donald Trump announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025, in the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Israel is attacking Lebanon to sabotage the Iran ceasefire, but the media is hiding its true motivation

By James North April 11, 2026 23

Israel moved quickly to sabotage the Iran ceasefire with air attacks on Lebanon, but the mainstream media refuses to report this as an attempt to torpedo the fragile talks. 

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)

The U.S. media is ignoring Israel’s efforts to torpedo Trump’s talks with Iran

By James North March 26, 2026 1

Why won’t the mainstream U.S. media report on Israel’s efforts to sabotage Trump’s efforts to end the war with Iran?

Joe Kent on the Tucker Carlson podcast (Screenshot, Youtube)

Instead of taking Joe Kent’s claims seriously, the media is disregarding him as an antisemite

By Philip Weiss March 20, 2026 16

Despite the seriousness of the claims made by Joe Kent – that Israel dragged the U.S. into war with Iran despite Iran posing no imminent threat – the liberal media is ignoring the real story by painting Kent as an antisemitic conspiracy theorist.

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