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

By Alaa Serhal May 4, 2026 6

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.

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The National Gathering of Palestinian Tribes, Clans, and Families organized a demonstration in Gaza protesting the Israeli army's ongoing targeting of Palestinian police officers, Gaza City, April 19, 2026. (Photo: Anas Nour/APA Images)

Exclusive: Inside Hamas’s fight against the armed militias that Israel is using to sow chaos in Gaza

By Tareq S. Hajjaj May 1, 2026 22

Hamas security leaders tell Mondoweiss that the fight against Israeli-armed militias in Gaza is only one part of the broader effort to counter Israel’s campaign to sow chaos in the Strip.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, bids farewell to Donald Trump at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Emirates News Agency via APA Images)

Why the United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC and what it means for the future of the Middle East

By Mitchell Plitnick May 1, 2026 2

The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC has been described as a major earthquake in the oil market, but its impact on international politics could be even more profound. 

U.S.-Israel War on Iran

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 6

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.

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 31

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.

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Dr. Hamawy in Gaza (Hamawy for New Jersey)

How Dr. Adam Hamawy’s experience as a surgeon in Gaza inspired him to run for Congress

By Michael Arria May 4, 2026 0

A combat surgeon who volunteered in Gaza during the genocide is one of the surprise leaders in the Democratic Party race to replace Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman in New Jersey’s 12th district.

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 6

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.

The National Gathering of Palestinian Tribes, Clans, and Families organized a demonstration in Gaza protesting the Israeli army's ongoing targeting of Palestinian police officers, Gaza City, April 19, 2026. (Photo: Anas Nour/APA Images)

Exclusive: Inside Hamas’s fight against the armed militias that Israel is using to sow chaos in Gaza

By Tareq S. Hajjaj May 1, 2026 22

Hamas security leaders tell Mondoweiss that the fight against Israeli-armed militias in Gaza is only one part of the broader effort to counter Israel’s campaign to sow chaos in the Strip.

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Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after the Israeli army destroyed most of the hospital's medical equipment during the war on Gaza, on December 31, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

How Israel is weaponizing infectious diseases in Gaza

By Salman Khan May 3, 2026 0

Dr. Salman Khan, an infectious disease specialist, traveled to Gaza on a three-week medical mission in February 2026. He found infectious diseases running rampant, all directly due to Israel’s siege and genocide.  

American Progress, a 1872 painting by John Gast, depicts the settler-colonial dispossession of Native America as a celebration of the idea of Manifest Destiny. (Image: Wikimedia)

Understanding the shared ideology behind settler colonialism in Native America and Palestine

By Eric Cheyfitz May 2, 2026 8

Both the United States and Israel were founded and exist on land taken during ongoing genocides. Settler colonialism drives these genocides, and both nations share an ideology that justifies the theft and rationalizes the killing.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, bids farewell to Donald Trump at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Emirates News Agency via APA Images)

Why the United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC and what it means for the future of the Middle East

By Mitchell Plitnick May 1, 2026 2

The United Arab Emirates’ decision to leave OPEC has been described as a major earthquake in the oil market, but its impact on international politics could be even more profound. 

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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

By Dave Reed May 2, 2026 18

Israel’s strategy in Gaza goes beyond military strikes. By arming militia groups and killing Palestinian security personnel, it is engineering the conditions for permanent occupation. Exclusive reporting from inside Gaza.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with speaks with members of the Vietnamese press in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 13, 2022. [State Department photo/ public domain]

The Shift: Biden official says Israel committed genocide in Gaza, but the U.S. must keep supporting it

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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?

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 5

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.

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