Israel’s decision last week to create 22 new settlements in the West Bank was reported as somewhat uneventful news in the media. The reality is, however, that it’s the latest in a series of moves to cement Israeli control of the occupied territory.

The Trump administration has imprisoned several students over their activism for Palestine. While many of their names are known to us, one Columbia University student’s story has gone underreported. Her name is Leqaa Kordia, and this is her story.

After being forced out of their homes by violent Israeli settlers, the Bedouin community of Maghayer al-Deir joins a growing list of Palestinian Bedouins whose villages have been taken over by settlers since October 7, 2023.

Former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says Israel has ‘without doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza. During his tenure under Biden, Miller had become representative of the administration’s defense of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Another U.S.-run aid center was the site of a massacre in southern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians. “The Americans and Israelis set a huge trap for us to lure us here and kill us,” an eyewitness told Mondoweiss.

Medical societies in the U.S. have failed to meet their ethical responsibilities by refusing to take a stand against war crimes and genocide in Gaza.

We must pledge Anti-Genocide. We must choose Palestine wholeheartedly, in every decision, in every question, in every moment of our lives. Choose Palestine because our world and the fate of humanity entirely depends on it. 

Aid distribution sites in Gaza backed by Israel and the U.S. are used as “kill zones” to accelerate Palestinian displacement. Global criticism of Israel’s genocide grows, but effective action remains delayed.