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Palestinians cast thier ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, April 25, 2026. )(Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)
Opinion

Palestinians are holding local elections, but hardly anyone is running. Here’s why that matters.

By Qassam Muaddi April 25, 2026 3

Municipal elections were the last democratic outlet Palestinians had. This year, barely anyone is running, as two years of genocide and Israeli crackdown have hollowed out Palestinian political life.

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    • Palestinians cast thier ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, April 25, 2026. )(Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)
      Palestinians are holding local elections, but hardly anyone is running. Here’s why that matters.
      Opinion April 25, 2026
    • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Photo: Simon Dawson/ No 10 Downing Street)
      New death penalty law should force Starmer government to reevaluate UK policy toward Israel
      Opinion April 25, 2026
    • Screenshot from November 18, 2023, CNN report by Jake Tapper.
      How the corporate media helped fuel Israel’s genocide in Gaza
      Media Analysis April 24, 2026
    • Haggai Segal in 2011 (Photo: Nir Keidar)
      An Israeli Op-Ed calling U.S. Jews ‘traitors’ for refusing to emigrate to Israel points to the looming Jewish fracture over Zionism
      Opinion April 24, 2026
    • 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.
      Opinion April 24, 2026
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 3

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

An off-duty Israeli soldier at a bus stop in Jerusalem, August 17, 2004. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Justin McIntosh)

Israelis are being recruited as spies for Iran in what security experts call an espionage ‘epidemic’

By Abdaljawad Omar April 22, 2026 3

Israel has long used the same playbook to recruit informants from enemy societies. Iran is now using it to recruit spies in Israel by exploiting new cracks in Israeli society.

U.S.-Israel War on Iran

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 3

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 1

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.

An off-duty Israeli soldier at a bus stop in Jerusalem, August 17, 2004. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Justin McIntosh)

Israelis are being recruited as spies for Iran in what security experts call an espionage ‘epidemic’

By Abdaljawad Omar April 22, 2026 3

Israel has long used the same playbook to recruit informants from enemy societies. Iran is now using it to recruit spies in Israel by exploiting new cracks in Israeli society.

Jewish Israeli settlers set up mobile homes and raise Israeli flags over the evacuated settlement of Sanur, north of Nablus, which was approved by resettlement by the Israeli government in 2025, March 18, 2026. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)

Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity

By Qassam Muaddi April 19, 2026 30

Israel is approving the construction of new West Bank settlements at an unprecedented rate because it knows its window of impunity is closing — especially if Iran emerges intact from the war and the Republicans lose the U.S. midterms.

Vice President J. D. Vance at the 2025 AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 21, 2025. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Trump may want out of the Iran war, but the first round of negotiations showed the challenges ahead

By Mitchell Plitnick April 17, 2026 8

It’s clear the Trump administration recognizes the Iran war has been a catastrophe. But while the U.S. may want a way out, the first round of negotiations with Iran showed that finding an exit may be difficult.

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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.

PYM Dallas members welcome Leqaa Kordia following her release. (Photo: Stephanie Drenka)

‘I’ve become stronger:’ Leqaa Kordia on life after ICE detention

By Sam Judy April 21, 2026 1

One month after her release from ICE detention, Leqaa Kordia remains determined to challenge injustice. In an interview with Mondoweiss, Kordia discusses her arrest, the stories of the women she met in detention, and her Palestinian identity.

WHO workers leading a medical evacuation from Gaza on December 31, 2024. (Photo: Doaa el-Baz/APA Images)

Israel is (still) killing aid workers in Gaza

By Tareq S. Hajjaj April 20, 2026 3

Officials say Israel’s attacks on humanitarian aid workers aim to block essential aid from reaching Palestinians, as Israel continues to impose a blockade on Gaza seven months into the so-called “ceasefire.”

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Palestinians cast thier ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, April 25, 2026. )(Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)

Palestinians are holding local elections, but hardly anyone is running. Here’s why that matters.

By Qassam Muaddi April 25, 2026 3

Municipal elections were the last democratic outlet Palestinians had. This year, barely anyone is running, as two years of genocide and Israeli crackdown have hollowed out Palestinian political life.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Photo: Simon Dawson/ No 10 Downing Street)

New death penalty law should force Starmer government to reevaluate UK policy toward Israel

By Iqbal Mohamed April 25, 2026 1

British Member of Parliament Iqbal Mohamed asks if genocide, starvation, and the introduction of a death penalty for Palestinians alone are not red lines for this Labour government, then what is? The UK government must reevaluate its Israel policy now.

Haggai Segal in 2011 (Photo: Nir Keidar)

An Israeli Op-Ed calling U.S. Jews ‘traitors’ for refusing to emigrate to Israel points to the looming Jewish fracture over Zionism

By Jonathan Ofir April 24, 2026 2

An Op-Ed by a well-known right-wing Israeli journalist has laid bare the looming conflict between Israeli and U.S. Jews as more Americans abandon Zionism.

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Jeremy Ben-Ami at J Street's 2022 National Conference, December 2022. (Photo: J Street/Flickr)

The Shift: Unpacking the liberal Zionist sleight of hand on military aid to Israel

By Michael Arria April 23, 2026 14

While it may appear that pro-Israel politicians and organizations are finally embracing calls to end military aid to Israel, a closer look reveals they are simply trying to maintain the status quo.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations' (Wikimedia)

Power & Pushback: Palestinian asylum-seeker finally released

April 21, 2026
The Israeli separation wall in Bir Nabala, April 2026. (Photo: Qassam Muaddi/Mondoweiss)

Weekly Briefing: Israel’s impunity is crumbling

April 19, 2026
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer in October 2020.

The Shift: Senate Democrats’ vote to reject weapons for Israel reveals an out-of-touch party leadership

April 16, 2026
Smoke billows from Beirut's southern Dahiya suburb following Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon as a two-week ceasefire is announced in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, April 8, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)

Weekly Briefing: Israel is losing its grip on U.S. politics

April 12, 2026

Media Analysis

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Screenshot from November 18, 2023, CNN report by Jake Tapper.

How the corporate media helped fuel Israel’s genocide in Gaza

By Michael Arria April 24, 2026 3

Mondoweiss speaks with media critic Adam Johnson about his new book detailing how cable shows, newspapers, and online news sites helped build support for the mass killing of Palestinians.

Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint press conference with Donald Trump announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025, in the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Israel is attacking Lebanon to sabotage the Iran ceasefire, but the media is hiding its true motivation

By James North April 11, 2026 23

Israel moved quickly to sabotage the Iran ceasefire with air attacks on Lebanon, but the mainstream media refuses to report this as an attempt to torpedo the fragile talks. 

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

The U.S. media is ignoring Israel’s efforts to torpedo Trump’s talks with Iran

By James North March 26, 2026 1

Why won’t the mainstream U.S. media report on Israel’s efforts to sabotage Trump’s efforts to end the war with Iran?

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