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An Israeli siege of Shu’fat refugee camp in the West Bank is entering its third day as Israel conducts a manhunt to capture a Palestinian resistance fighter who killed an Israeli soldier this past weekend. Residents of the camp are running low on basic needs and supplies, including necessary medical resources, while the death toll across Palestine continues to rise. In response, the Nablus-based armed resistance group Areen al-Usud has called for strikes across the West Bank in solidarity with Shu’fat and nearby Anata, which is also facing restrictions.

Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League is calling for a battle inside Jewish religious denominations against anti-Zionist Jews. Greenblatt spoke to the World Zionist Organization conference in August in Basel, Switzerland, and said that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, but even some Jews “traffic” in it and that “threat” must be taken on by religious groups and the Democratic Party too.

Mondoweiss Podcast Episode 47: The suppression of speech on Palestine in Canada

The Canadian group Independent Jewish Voices today is releasing a report titled “Unveiling the Chilly Climate – The Suppression of Speech on Palestine In Canada.” We spoke to researchers Sheryl Nestel and Rowan Gaudet about what they found.

Katie Halper was fired from The Hill for defending Rep. Rashida Tlaib from attacks over calling Israel an apartheid state. (Image: The Katie Halper Show)

I’ve written for Mondoweiss over the years but recently I discovered firsthand just how hard it is to write the kind of stories they publish, and counter the dominant media narratives about Israel and Palestine, when I was fired for telling the truth about Israel.

I’m thankful to Mondoweiss for their honest and brave reporting. Will you join the fight against the dominant media narratives about Israel and Palestine. Your donation will be doubled by a generous match!

Students at Cal State University Long Beach celebrate the student government passing a resolution to divest university funds from corporations working in Israel and the settlements, May 10, 2017. ( Photo: Stephen Carr / Daily News / SCNG )

Small activist victories may feel insignificant compared to worsening conditions in Palestine, but they reflect the shifting political terrain as more and more recognize the reality of Israeli apartheid.

A new Trump book by Maggie Haberman of the New York Times is frank about a story the paper was afraid to tell, Trump sold his policy on Israel to his biggest donor the late Sheldon Adelson, whose only concern was Israel. Trump moved the embassy and ended the Iran deal “for Israel,” as Adelson put it, but that corruption was never a scandal for the mainstream press.