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Gathering in support of Israel in front of the European Parliament in Brussels in the wake of the October 7 attacks, October 11, 2023. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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The EU has finally agreed to sanction violent Israeli settlers, but critics say the measures do not go nearly far enough

By Qassam Muaddi May 13, 2026 0

The EU just sanctioned violent Israeli settlers and settler groups, but critics call it a “smokescreen” meant to delay imposing sanctions on Israel where it hurts: its longstanding economic relationship with Europe.

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    • Gathering in support of Israel in front of the European Parliament in Brussels in the wake of the October 7 attacks, October 11, 2023. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
      The EU has finally agreed to sanction violent Israeli settlers, but critics say the measures do not go nearly far enough
      News May 13, 2026
    • Michael Margolin leads a Shabbat service at the Cornell University Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 23, 2024, in Ithaca, NY. (Photo: Caleb Kaufman)
      American Jews begin to chart a future without Zionism in the wake of the Gaza genocide
      News May 13, 2026
    • Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign press conference on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Abdul for Senate)
      Abdul El-Sayed’s historic Senate run builds on Palestine’s rich legacy in Michigan politics
      Opinion May 13, 2026
    • Days before her wedding, Amani Abu Salma was shocked to find her belongings eaten through by rodents inside her tent, April 19, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)
      Catch a rat, get paid: inside the grassroots campaign against Gaza’s rat epidemic
      News May 12, 2026
    • Benjamin Netanyahu interviewed by CBS correspondent Major Garrett on '60 Minutes,' on May 10, 2026.
      ’60 Minutes’ offers no pushback to Netanyahu’s barrage of lies as Israeli leader attempts to bolster support for failing Iran war
      Media Analysis May 12, 2026
Michael Margolin leads a Shabbat service at the Cornell University Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 23, 2024, in Ithaca, NY. (Photo: Caleb Kaufman)

American Jews begin to chart a future without Zionism in the wake of the Gaza genocide

By Caleb Kaufman May 13, 2026 1

The Gaza genocide has prompted people across the U.S., including American Jews, to reconsider their relationship with Israel. The stories of five Jews in Ithaca, NY, illustrate how some are beginning to envision a future without Zionism.

Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign press conference on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Abdul for Senate)

Abdul El-Sayed’s historic Senate run builds on Palestine’s rich legacy in Michigan politics

By Walter Lucken IV May 13, 2026 0

Abdul El-Sayed is a frontrunner in Michigan’s Senate primary and part of the pro-Palestine wave reshaping the Democratic Party. His campaign’s success is also rooted in Detroit’s long history of Palestinian solidarity in progressive politics.

U.S.-Israel War on Iran

President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud after his arrival to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Fatal Friendships: Gulf monarchies and the price of American patronage

By Ziyad Motala May 9, 2026 5

For decades, Gulf rulers mistook access to America for influence, but now, with the Iran war, they finally see they are viewed as disposable on the front lines of the U.S. empire.

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Trump knows he lost the Iran war, and is now desperate to find a way out

By Mitchell Plitnick May 8, 2026 13

Recent U.S. moves indicate that Donald Trump has finally recognized the disastrous mistake he made by listening to Benjamin Netanyahu and launching the war on Iran. Now he is looking to cut a deal, but Israel won’t make it easy.

Israeli airstrikes across Beirut following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, April 8, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)

As in Gaza, Israel is targeting rescue workers in South Lebanon, killing more than 100 since March

By Alaa Serhal May 4, 2026 7

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.

Israeli military vehicles on the way to Gaza, May 17, 2025. (Photo: © Gaby Schuetze/ZUMA Press Wire/APA Images)

Israel is threatening to resume the genocide in Gaza. This time, the world isn’t paying attention.

By Qassam Muaddi April 24, 2026 4

While the world is focused on Iran, Israel is signaling plans to restart the genocide in Gaza.

Screenshot from a national address Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave concerning the Iran War on April 11, 2026. (Photo: Israeli Government Press Office)

What to expect next in the fragile ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon

By Mitchell Plitnick April 23, 2026 3

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.

Palestinians who had been prevented from crossing through the Qalandia checkpoint into Jerusalem use a ladder to cross over the separation wall in the town of al-Ram, north of Jerusalem, June 18, 2015. (Photo: Shadi Hatem/APA Images)

Inside the lives of Palestinian laborers smuggled into Israel for work during the Iran war

By Aseel Mafarjeh April 22, 2026 0

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.

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Gathering in support of Israel in front of the European Parliament in Brussels in the wake of the October 7 attacks, October 11, 2023. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

The EU has finally agreed to sanction violent Israeli settlers, but critics say the measures do not go nearly far enough

By Qassam Muaddi May 13, 2026 0

The EU just sanctioned violent Israeli settlers and settler groups, but critics call it a “smokescreen” meant to delay imposing sanctions on Israel where it hurts: its longstanding economic relationship with Europe.

Michael Margolin leads a Shabbat service at the Cornell University Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 23, 2024, in Ithaca, NY. (Photo: Caleb Kaufman)

American Jews begin to chart a future without Zionism in the wake of the Gaza genocide

By Caleb Kaufman May 13, 2026 1

The Gaza genocide has prompted people across the U.S., including American Jews, to reconsider their relationship with Israel. The stories of five Jews in Ithaca, NY, illustrate how some are beginning to envision a future without Zionism.

Days before her wedding, Amani Abu Salma was shocked to find her belongings eaten through by rodents inside her tent, April 19, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)

Catch a rat, get paid: inside the grassroots campaign against Gaza’s rat epidemic

By Tareq S. Hajjaj May 12, 2026 1

A rodent bounty is sweeping across Gaza offering 34 cents a mouse and $1.7 per rat, amid warnings from health officials that over 70,000 people have been infected by rodent-borne illnesses in the Strip.

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Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign press conference on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Abdul for Senate)

Abdul El-Sayed’s historic Senate run builds on Palestine’s rich legacy in Michigan politics

By Walter Lucken IV May 13, 2026 0

Abdul El-Sayed is a frontrunner in Michigan’s Senate primary and part of the pro-Palestine wave reshaping the Democratic Party. His campaign’s success is also rooted in Detroit’s long history of Palestinian solidarity in progressive politics.

(Right) Amal Khalil reporting in Southern Lebanon for Lebanon's al-Akhbar Newspaper (Photo: Amal Khalil's Facebook Page). (Left) Shireen Abu Akleh Reporting for Al Jazeera. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

From Shireen Abu Akleh to Amal Khalil, the killer is the same

By Shatha Hanaysha May 11, 2026 22

Four years ago today, Shireen Abu Akleh was assassinated by an Israeli soldier. Since then, Israel has killed more than 275 journalists in Gaza and Lebanon. The world that let Shireen’s killer walk free made all of this possible.

A Palestinian man shows deeds to his land during a rally marking the Nakba in Gaza City, on May 15, 2013. (Photo: Ali Jadallah / APA Images)

Israel used the Nakba not only to steal land, but Palestinians’ financial wealth too

By Najib Antoine Jabre May 10, 2026 11

The Israeli dispossession of Palestinian property in 1948 did not only include homes and lands. Many also lost access to bank accounts and other wealth. Today that stolen property is estimated to be worth over one hundred billion dollars.

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Historical photo from 1948 portraying the occupation of Iraq Suwaydan. Israeli soldiers are shown carrying rifles and riding their military jeeps as they pose for the camera, while in the background there is a stone fence and the plains of Iraq Suwaydan extending in the background, and the old British Police station can be seen in the distance.

Weekly Briefing: After 78 years, the Palestinian Nakba continues

By Dave Reed May 10, 2026 14

As Palestinians prepare to mark the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, Israel continues its project of dispossession. We cover new Israeli-only roads, weaponized water access, stolen financial wealth, and a collapsing public health system in Gaza.

Negev Nuclear Research Center at Dimona, photographed by American reconnaissance satellite KH-4 CORONA on November 11, 1968. (Image: Wikimedia)

The Shift: Taboo no longer — House Dems want White House to acknowledge Israel’s nukes

May 7, 2026
Mourners attend the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Mohammad Weshah, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Wednesday, according to medics, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, April 9, 2026. (Photo: Ramzi Abu Amer/APA Images)

Palestine Letter: My colleague risked his life to bring you this story

May 6, 2026
West 12th Street, Johnson Hall of The New School (Wikimedia)

Power & Pushback: New School admin blocks student vote to sever ties to Hillel over connection to war crimes

May 5, 2026
Palestinians bid farewell to two citizens killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, on April 6, 2026. (Photo: Bilal Osama/APA Images)

Weekly Briefing: Israel is arming militias to prevent Palestinian governance in Gaza

May 2, 2026

Media Analysis

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Benjamin Netanyahu interviewed by CBS correspondent Major Garrett on '60 Minutes,' on May 10, 2026.

’60 Minutes’ offers no pushback to Netanyahu’s barrage of lies as Israeli leader attempts to bolster support for failing Iran war

By Michael Arria May 12, 2026 4

Since self-described “Zionist fanatic” Bari Weiss took over CBS News, critical coverage of Israel has vanished. It’s no surprise, then, that Benjamin Netanyahu was given a prime-time slot on 60 Minutes to make the case for the disastrous war on Iran.

PBS NewsHour's Geoff Bennett interviews Danny Danon on April 23, 2026.

The mainstream media is finally beginning to echo Americans’ outrage at Israeli slaughter

By Philip Weiss April 29, 2026 24

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.

Amal Khalil (Image: Democracy Now)

The mainstream media is ignoring Israel’s role in the killing of journalist Amal Khalil

By James North April 27, 2026 2

There is compelling evidence that the Israeli military killed Lebanese reporter Amal Khalil. Why is the U.S. media ignoring the story?

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