‘The Encampments’ is a powerful and intimate look inside the student-led divestment movement that brought some of the nation’s most powerful institutions to their knees, and inspired thousands across the country to demand an end to the Gaza genocide.
The UN’s World Food Programme, a lifeline for millions of people in Gaza who rely on it for food aid, has run out of its food stores. Palestinians in Gaza say that famine isn’t imminent — it’s already here.
The Labor for Palestine National Network, National Students for Justice in Palestine, and U.S. Palestinian Community Network join the Palestinian call urging U.S. unions to create real pressure to end the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Israel has completely wiped out Rafah, turning a fifth of Gaza’s territory into a giant buffer zone. This is part of Israel’s plan to permanently remain in Gaza and ethnically cleanse its people.
Palestinian Christians in Gaza remember Pope Francis and his daily calls to the Catholic church in Gaza. “Gaza was among his last words,” one member of the parish told Mondoweiss. “His voice made us forget the sound of the planes and the bombs.”
Israel targeted displaced Palestinians in a tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, designated for civilians. Eight children were burned alive and charred beyond recognition alongside six others.
The festive inauguration of Ramallah’s Icon Mall as the Gaza genocide continues shows that Palestinian elites are not simply indifferent, but shameless. Yet, many who do feel shame act as if it is the only remaining way to politically engage.
“Displacement has been our constant reality for almost two years,” says Malek, a father of two in Khan Younis. “Every day, we are forced to find new ways to survive in a situation where the only thing that has become cheaper is human life.”
Israel is expanding its “Iron Wall” offensive in the West Bank as it approves plans to separate the northern West Bank from the south. The plan is an accelerated prelude to Israel’s expected annexation of the West Bank.
On April 17, the one-year anniversary of the Columbia University Gaza encampment, academic workers, students, and activists are calling for a coordinated national direct action to protest the ongoing genocide and escalating repression in the U.S.