Armed with assault rifles and other weapons, thousands of Israeli settlers took over the streets of the northern occupied West Bank this week to declare: this land belongs to us and we want all of it.
Historic Congressional letter demanding cutoff in aid to Israel over human rights violations won broad support from progressive groups and even some liberal Zionists — and an attack by AIPAC.
The Mondoweiss Palestine news team discusses the impact of Israel’s raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramadan.
Mondoweiss is expanding the channels through which the entire movement for Palestinian freedom can share their voices, realities, and visions for liberation with the world.
Church leaders denounced Israel’s “heavy-handed restrictions” limiting access to Jerusalem for Orthodox Easter. “All who wish to worship with us are invited to attend,” they said. “With that made clear, we leave the authorities to act as they will.”
Palestinian armed confrontation continues to spread across the West Bank, while the Israeli settler movement, backed by hardline extremists in government, push for more settlements.
There’s been such a “sea change” in U.S. political sentiment towards Israel that Colorado Senator Michael Bennet advises the Democratic Majority for Israel not to get “hopeless”!
“The antisemitism that these people who canceled my show are talking about is my continual, incessant criticism of the government of the state of Israel,” Roger Waters, says of Frankfurt canceling his show. “I’m so happy to be in the ring with these assholes.”
B’nai Brith Canada claims to be “dedicated to eradicating racism,” but the organization has been a leading instigator of Islamophobic hate for the last 20 years.
Palestinian journalists spend years studying ethics and integrity, but once we start practicing journalism we find our right to freedom of expression being constantly violated.