Columbia students are banding together as ICE and the NYPD target Palestine activism. “[Columbia] is willing to give the Trump administration whatever it wants,” one student tells Mondoweiss. “But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep pushing too.”
A group of Civil Defense and Palestinian Red Crescent crews in Gaza disappeared when they went to Rafah on a rescue mission. A week later, the bodies of 15 first responders were found dead and buried in the sand by the Israeli army.
For Palestinians in Gaza, this Eid was supposed to be a symbol of resilience and hope after months of war. But Israel’s renewed attack, which broke the ceasefire, has crushed even our smallest dreams.
The Anti-Defamation League’s flagship “No Place for Hate” program brings the organization’s Israel advocacy into K-12 schools across the country under the guise of anti-bias education. Administrators and educators should be on alert.
Chinese foreign policy on Palestine has reflected the disjunction of two eras: revolutionary Maoist support for Palestinian liberation vs. the more recent “balanced approach” accommodating Israel. The Gaza genocide, however, could prompt a new path.
We had just begun rebuilding our lives when Israel shattered the Gaza ceasefire. Now we are once again on the edge of death and I can only ask, Why are we not allowed to survive?
Driving through Gaza for the first time since the war started, nothing was recognizable anymore. But Gaza was still there, making me realize that it was stronger than the war. It will still be there once the darkness passes.
The voices of Palestinians who protested against Hamas in Gaza are not only a reminder of the unbearable suffering that has been inflicted upon them, but also of the fact that those subjected to that suffering are an entire people, and not Hamas.
Israel escalates attacks on Gaza and the West Bank as Trump intensifies crackdown on Palestine activism and free speech.
Anti-Hamas protests this week in Gaza reflect widespread Palestinian desperation amid the Israeli genocide. The figures behind the protests might also indicate that external actors are now seeking to exploit Gaza’s pain for political gain.