Four years ago today, Shireen Abu Akleh was assassinated by an Israeli soldier. Since then, Israel has killed more than 275 journalists in Gaza and Lebanon. The world that let Shireen’s killer walk free made all of this possible.
Activists and lawmakers in Illinois are pushing to repeal the state’s anti-BDS law, the nation’s first such law. The campaign could serve as a model for more than 30 states that have since adopted anti-BDS laws.
Recent U.S. moves indicate that Donald Trump has finally recognized the disastrous mistake he made by listening to Benjamin Netanyahu and launching the war on Iran. Now he is looking to cut a deal, but Israel won’t make it easy.
After failing to dismantle Hamas, destroy Hezbollah, topple the Iranian government, or redraw the Middle East, Netanyahu and his allies have only one thing left to show for their time in power: the de facto annexation of the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers are facing a mental health crisis as they return from Gaza, and the diagnosis of “moral injury,” the distress one feels when actions violate one’s moral beliefs, is being used to absolve the guilt of perpetrators of the genocide.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Israeli settler violence since October 2023 has systematically rendered farmland inaccessible across the West Bank. The state-backed policy is destroying harvests, driving up the price of produce, and dismantling an entire way of life.