As Israeli settler attacks on water sources multiply across the West Bank, Palestinian communities that have farmed the land for generations are being forced out. “If this continues, we will barely be allowed to drink,” a resident tells Mondoweiss.
Israeli soldiers are facing a mental health crisis as they return from Gaza, and the diagnosis of “moral injury,” the distress one feels when actions violate one’s moral beliefs, is being used to absolve the guilt of perpetrators of the genocide.
Lebanese rescue workers now wait 15 minutes after each strike before responding, the only way, they say, to stay alive long enough to reach the wounded amid Israel’s implementation of its Gaza “double-tap” policy in Lebanon.
Lebanese rescue workers now wait 15 minutes after each strike before responding, the only way, they say, to stay alive long enough to reach the wounded amid Israel’s implementation of its Gaza “double-tap” policy in Lebanon.
While the world is focused on Iran, Israel is signaling plans to restart the genocide in Gaza.
As the U.S. and Iran face off in the Strait of Hormuz, Israel will do everything it can to reignite the war with Iran and resume its offensive in Lebanon.
Over 150,000 Palestinian laborers have been denied work permits in Israel for two years. They’re now smuggling themselves across the Green Line amid the war on Iran, where they are banned from more than 11,000 shelters when missiles strike.
Israel has long used the same playbook to recruit informants from enemy societies. Iran is now using it to recruit spies in Israel by exploiting new cracks in Israeli society.
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.
As Israeli settler attacks on water sources multiply across the West Bank, Palestinian communities that have farmed the land for generations are being forced out. “If this continues, we will barely be allowed to drink,” a resident tells Mondoweiss.
A combat surgeon who volunteered in Gaza during the genocide is one of the surprise leaders in the Democratic Party race to replace Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman in New Jersey’s 12th district.
Lebanese rescue workers now wait 15 minutes after each strike before responding, the only way, they say, to stay alive long enough to reach the wounded amid Israel’s implementation of its Gaza “double-tap” policy in Lebanon.
Gaza is paying the price for the failed U.S.-Israeli wars across the Middle East. As the countries have become mired in Lebanon and Iran, Gaza has faded into the background, and Palestinians’ hopes of ending the genocide have faded as well.
Israeli soldiers are facing a mental health crisis as they return from Gaza, and the diagnosis of “moral injury,” the distress one feels when actions violate one’s moral beliefs, is being used to absolve the guilt of perpetrators of the genocide.
Dr. Salman Khan, an infectious disease specialist, traveled to Gaza on a three-week medical mission in February 2026. He found infectious diseases running rampant, all directly due to Israel’s siege and genocide.
Over two dozen House Democrats have sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on the Trump administration to break its silence on Israel’s unclear weapons.
![Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with speaks with members of the Vietnamese press in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 13, 2022. [State Department photo/ public domain]](https://mondoweiss.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-30-at-10.59.24-AM-270x180.png "The Shift: Biden official says Israel committed genocide in Gaza, but the U.S. must keep supporting it")
Over the past two years, Israel has lost the support of the American public and is now losing one of its last bulwarks in the political arena — prominent voices in the mainstream media.
There is compelling evidence that the Israeli military killed Lebanese reporter Amal Khalil. Why is the U.S. media ignoring the story?
Mondoweiss speaks with media critic Adam Johnson about his new book detailing how cable shows, newspapers, and online news sites helped build support for the mass killing of Palestinians.