A nationwide day of anti-Trump protests is ignoring Palestine and the Gaza genocide.

Yemen’s Red Sea blockade in defense of Palestinians is squarely supported by international law. But the country is being ruthlessly bombed by the U.S. to ensure Israeli impunity for its continued siege and genocide in Gaza. 

“Rather than silence dissent, the government’s actions have only emboldened voices demanding that basic rights be respected here, in Palestine, and beyond,” says CUNY CLEAR attorney Mudassar Toppa.

Columbia students are banding together as ICE and the NYPD target Palestine activism. “[Columbia] is willing to give the Trump administration whatever it wants,” one student tells Mondoweiss. “But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep pushing too.”

Israel escalates attacks on Gaza and the West Bank as Trump intensifies crackdown on Palestine activism and free speech.

Here is a rundown of all of the lawsuits that have been filed aimed at halting the Trump administration’s draconian crackdown on constitutional rights when it comes to Palestine.

Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has visited the country 100 times and calls himself an “unapologetic, unreformed Zionist.”

Universities are serving as staging grounds for the Trump regime’s attacks on immigrants, people of color, trans and queer people, and critics of Zionism. Universities and campus communities must refuse to cooperate with this fascist agenda.

In an interview with Mondoweiss, Momodou Taal discusses the threat of deportation for his Palestine activism, Cornell’s cooperation with the government crackdown on free speech, and what is at stake in his fight against the Trump administration.

Donald Trump has ushered in his second term with a full-fledged assault on DEI programs and advocates for Palestinian rights. Both attacks should be understood within the long history of White backlash to movements for social and racial justice.