Opinions are divided over whether delaying elections will ensure a just electoral process with full participation of Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.

In Episode 1 of The Necessary State, Sana Saeed traces how American support for Israel went from cautious and transactional in the 1950s to the untouchable consensus it is today.

Three children and one woman were killed in central Gaza after heavy rain caused a sand embankment to collapse onto displaced families’ tents.

The Israeli army is cutting farmers off from their groves in Quneitra, southern Syria, and detaining young men in the area arbitrarily. Locals tell Mondoweiss that the losses from the olive harvest will take decades to recover from.

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has reached even the smallest sources of livelihood, destroying agricultural traditions that Palestinians have been practicing for centuries.

Political consultant Peter Feld says the midterms were a rebuke of Trump, the Iran war, and Israel. But with AIPAC adapting and J Street rising, he warns progressives must push for a full arms embargo and resist the capture of their new champions.

UNRWA says it is forced to cut services because it cannot cover a $70 million shortfall. But laid-off employees, its staff union, and its former spokesperson say the cuts are aimed at something broader: the refugee question itself.

More than a year after the October 2025 ceasefire, Palestinian families are still searching for loved ones who vanished during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Netanyahu’s party and the Israeli opposition are at an electoral stalemate that only an alliance with the Palestinian citizens of Israel can break, but neither camp is willing to extend their democratic ideals to the Arab lists who won 19 seats in the latest election.

Lebanese farmers are losing their livelihood as Israeli forces uproot centuries-old trees, destroy olive groves, and demolish entire towns and villages, rendering them uninhabitable.