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Palestinians in 2021 passing through Qalandia checkpoint on the way to work inside Israel. (Photo: Qassam Muaddi/Mondoweiss)
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No permit, no work, no future: inside the lives of West Bank workers crushed by Israel’s labor ban

By Qassam Muaddi April 16, 2026 1

After Israel revoked the work permits of over 200,000 Palestinian laborers following October 7, West Bank families are burning through savings, skipping meals, and losing hope for any kind of future.

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      No permit, no work, no future: inside the lives of West Bank workers crushed by Israel’s labor ban
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    • Viktor Orbán on February 14, 2026. The podium reads, “The Safe Choice,” the motto of his Fidesz party. (Photo: Elekes Andor/Wikimedia)
      Why Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary won’t impact European policy toward Israel
      Opinion April 16, 2026
    • Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaking at a student Q&A at Stanford University about "Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People?" on February 20th 2026. (Wikimedia)
      In historic Senate vote, over 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel
      News April 16, 2026
    • Activists at a demonstration against the pro-Israel singer Matisyahu in Philadelphia, on March 22, 2024. (Photo: Joe Piette/Flickr)
      The Israel lobby is fracturing as young Jews abandon Zionism
      Opinion April 15, 2026
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaking at a student Q&A at Stanford University about "Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People?" on February 20th 2026. (Wikimedia)

In historic Senate vote, over 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel

By Michael Arria April 16, 2026 2

In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.

Scene from the the destruction of the Rafi-Nia synagogue in Tehran from an Israeli bombing, on April 7, 2026. (Photo shared via MB Ghalibaf on social media)

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue

By Jared Sacks April 15, 2026 2

Israel bombed Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The attack revealed, to a shocking degree, Zionism’s willingness to treat Jewish life as disposable in the service of its ideological project. 

U.S.-Israel War on Iran

Iranian students climb up U.S. embassy gates in Tehran, on November 4, 1979. (Photo: Wikimedia/revolution.shirazu.ac.ir)

Understanding the Iran war in the context of U.S. imperialism

By Michael Arria April 14, 2026 3

Michael Arria speaks with Afshin Matin-Asgari about his new book, “Axis of Empire,” and how the history of Iran–U.S. relations offers crucial context for understanding Trump’s current war.

Israeli protesters during an judicial overall protests outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 20, 2023. (Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)

Israelis are finally revolting against Netanyahu — for agreeing to the U.S. ceasefire with Iran

By Jonathan Ofir April 10, 2026 6

The entire Israeli political spectrum is united in blasting Netanyahu for not continuing to attack Iran, and Israeli society agrees. The reason, to put it simply, is that Israelis are war junkies.

Donald Trump is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after disembarking Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The Iran war will end only when the U.S. finally decides to rein in Israel

By Mitchell Plitnick April 9, 2026 12

As the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran holds, only Israel has an incentive to continue fighting, as Netanyahu is widely seen as having lost the war. If there is to be a durable end to this war, the U.S. will be forced to rein in Israel. 

Destruction following heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern Dahiya suburb, March 7, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/APA Images)

As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal

By Qassam Muaddi April 8, 2026 3

Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, Israel launched a massive bombing campaign across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and threatening to derail the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire before it even begins.

U.S. President Donald Trump oversees the war on Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, March 1, 2026. (Photo: White House/Daniel Torok/Flickr)

How the neoconservative influence over U.S. war-making paved the way for Trump’s war crimes in Iran

By Abdaljawad Omar April 6, 2026 11

Donald Trump’s naked threats to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure are the culmination of a strand of neoconservative thought that has defined U.S. war-making over three decades, from the Iraq war to Obama’s drone campaigns to the Gaza genocide.

Donald Trump taking questions from the media at Palm Beach International Airport on March 23, 2026. (White House photo by Molly Riley)

Trump has no good options to resolve the disaster he created in Iran

By Mitchell Plitnick April 3, 2026 10

Trump faces a disaster of his own making in Iran. He had no plan to address Iran’s predictable retaliation, including closing the Strait of Hormuz, but even if he did, he faces another problem: Israel, his disastrous choice for a partner in crime.

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Palestinians in 2021 passing through Qalandia checkpoint on the way to work inside Israel. (Photo: Qassam Muaddi/Mondoweiss)

No permit, no work, no future: inside the lives of West Bank workers crushed by Israel’s labor ban

By Qassam Muaddi April 16, 2026 1

After Israel revoked the work permits of over 200,000 Palestinian laborers following October 7, West Bank families are burning through savings, skipping meals, and losing hope for any kind of future.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaking at a student Q&A at Stanford University about "Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People?" on February 20th 2026. (Wikimedia)

In historic Senate vote, over 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel

By Michael Arria April 16, 2026 2

In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.

Palestinian women, including widows of people killed by the Israeli genocide in Gaza, prepare Maamoul biscuits before Eid al-Fitr in displacement camps, Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, March 15, 2026. (Photo: Moiz Salhi/APA Images)

When Israel destroyed Gaza’s courts, legal protections for women vanished

By Shojaa Al-Safadi April 14, 2026 0

The decimation of Gaza’s judicial system has left hundreds of thousands of women unable to claim inheritance, get a divorce, or retain custody of their children. “That is the reality of women in Gaza. We are abandoned,” says Maysoun, a mother of two.

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Viktor Orbán on February 14, 2026. The podium reads, “The Safe Choice,” the motto of his Fidesz party. (Photo: Elekes Andor/Wikimedia)

Why Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary won’t impact European policy toward Israel

By William Noah Glucroft April 16, 2026 2

Despite the media narrative that Netanyahu “lost” an ally in Europe, Péter Magyar’s decisive win in Hungary will not shift EU policy on Israel, because it is not being set by neofascists like Viktor Orbán but by Europe’s liberal core.

Activists at a demonstration against the pro-Israel singer Matisyahu in Philadelphia, on March 22, 2024. (Photo: Joe Piette/Flickr)

The Israel lobby is fracturing as young Jews abandon Zionism

By Philip Weiss April 15, 2026 8

A revolution is underway within the Jewish community as youth abandon Zionism following the Gaza genocide. While the community scrambles to respond, the Israel lobby is being fractured in the process.

Scene from the the destruction of the Rafi-Nia synagogue in Tehran from an Israeli bombing, on April 7, 2026. (Photo shared via MB Ghalibaf on social media)

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue

By Jared Sacks April 15, 2026 2

Israel bombed Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The attack revealed, to a shocking degree, Zionism’s willingness to treat Jewish life as disposable in the service of its ideological project. 

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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

By Michael Arria April 16, 2026 0

Senate Democrats supported two measures to block weapons shipments to Israel in record fashion, but they were not joined by party leadership, who suddenly appear very out of touch with the party’s base.

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
Congressman Ro Khanna 2026 (Wikimedia)

The Shift: Israel military aid emerges as litmus test among political candidates

April 9, 2026

Palestine Letter: First love is for the homeland

April 8, 2026
FILE: Pro-Palestine protesters march in Washington, DC to call for a ceasefire and end the genocide in Gaza in January 2024. (Photo: Eman Mohammed)

Power & Pushback: ICE is still carrying out politically-motivated detentions against Palestinians

April 7, 2026

Media Analysis

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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?

Joe Kent on the Tucker Carlson podcast (Screenshot, Youtube)

Instead of taking Joe Kent’s claims seriously, the media is disregarding him as an antisemite

By Philip Weiss March 20, 2026 16

Despite the seriousness of the claims made by Joe Kent – that Israel dragged the U.S. into war with Iran despite Iran posing no imminent threat – the liberal media is ignoring the real story by painting Kent as an antisemitic conspiracy theorist.

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