On the heels of Trump’s Gulf tour where he secured trillion dollar deals with Arab states, Israeli tech leaders are now trying to get in on the action.
Israel announced the initial phase of “Gideon’s chariots,” the expanded ground invasion to permanently “conquer” Gaza, amid reports that Trump reneged on his deal with Hamas to lift the blockade, and will reportedly expel 1 million Gazans to Libya.
Survivors describe “hell raining down” on them following Israeli airstrikes on the European Hospital in Gaza. “There is nothing left of the horrors of the Day of Judgment that we have not witnessed in Gaza,” an eyewitness tells Mondoweiss.
The release of Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander, following direct negotiations between the U.S. and Hamas, comes after the Trump administration had already caught Israel off guard by agreeing to halt hostilities with Yemen’s Ansar Allah.
Israel’s Cabinet has approved plans to reoccupy Gaza and use U.S. private military contractors to distribute aid to Palestinians. Human rights and aid groups say the plan “makes a mockery of international humanitarian law.”
A federal judge in Vermont ordered Mohsen Mahdawi be released from detention and compared the administration’s crackdown on dissent to the Red Scare. Upon his release, Mahdawi declared, “To President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the United States sparked protest and generated violence against pro-Palestine protesters, but that didn’t stop GOP lawmakers from meeting with the extremist far-right politician.
The Middle East Studies Association’s Laurie Brand speaks to Mondoweiss about the history of attacks on the field of Middle East Studies, the current designs of the Trump administration, and the capitulation of universities.
The New York Times reports that Israel was planning to launch air strikes against Iran before the Trump administration called off the move.
The first months of the Trump administration have been an assault on everything that those who work for justice hold dear. Yet, it is in times like these that our movements have brought down mighty systems, freed people, and changed history.