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In this powerful episode, we sit down with Tareq, Mondoweiss’s Gaza correspondent, as he reflects on one year of genocide in Gaza. Tareq shares his deeply personal journey, recounting the horrors of displacement, the loss of his home, and the reality of living and working as a journalist during a genocide. He opens up about the daily challenges he faced—navigating the destruction, the trauma of losing loved ones, and the courage it took to keep reporting amid bombings and humanitarian catastrophe. - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show Subscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

In the past few weeks, Israel has bombed Lebanon, assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, launched a ground invasion, and displaced over a million people. Health care workers are warning of an 'apocalyptic' situation, with many now sleeping on the streets of Beirut. More than 1,300 have been killed, including at least one Lebanese American citizen. Meanwhile, Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza and carry out military invasions in the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday, Iran launched over 100 missiles at Israel, targeting military sites in retaliation for Israel’s killings of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders. We're joined by Assal Raad. Assal specializes in research and writing on Iran policy and U.S.-Iran relations. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, The National Interest, The Independent, Foreign Policy, and more. She’s been a commentator on BBC World, Al Jazeera, NPR, and others. She holds a PhD in Middle Eastern History from the University of California, Irvine, and is the author of The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Subscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

In just a week, Israel's brutal bombing campaign on Lebanon has killed more than 700 Lebanese people and displaced over 90,000, escalating tensions with Hezbollah and pushing the conflict closer to what some believe is already an all-out war. This comes on the heels of the recent 'pager attack,' where hundreds of personal electronic devices were booby-trapped by Israel, resulting in the deaths and injuries of thousands across the country. Today, I’m joined by Abboud Hamayel – a writer, analyst, and lecturer in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at Birzeit University. We'll be discussing the recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon, the potential implications for the region, and how these developments impact Gaza. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show Subscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

In this episode, we sit down with a very special guest, Nick Estes, Lead Editor at Red Media. Nick is a Lakota activist, writer, and scholar whose work delves into settler-colonialism, indigenous history, and decolonization. He is the author of Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance, now available in paperback with a new afterward through Haymarket Books. Nick has also been a vocal advocate for Palestinian liberation, highlighting the ongoing genocide in Gaza and exploring the intersection of the struggles faced by Palestinian and Indigenous peoples in America on the Red Nation podcast. Join us as we engage in a deep, thought-provoking conversation with Nick Estes, where we explore these critical issues and more. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

In mid-July, reports began to emerge from the Gaza Strip that polio was detected in the water. Days later, the Gaza Ministry of Health declared a polio epidemic and called for “immediate intervention to end the [Israeli] aggression and find radical solutions” to the worsening public health crisis in the Strip. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children from being infected. But whether Israel would open up the borders to allow the vaccines in remains to be seen. In this episode, host Yumna Patel speaks with Yara Asi, a Palestinian public health expert, about the consequences this latest development could have for public health in Gaza and the world, where most strains of the polio virus have effectively been eradicated. Yara M. Asi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics and Co-Director of the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights. Her work has been featured in peer-reviewed journals, The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, and other outlets. She is the author of How War Kills: The Overlooked Threats to our Health (2024). - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Subscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

Our U.S. correspondent Michael Arria and Mondoweiss founder Phil Weiss speak about Kamala Harris' record on Israel/Palestine, Netanyahu's controversial address to Congress, and the growing impact of activism on the national conversation. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

On July 19, the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, ruled that Israel’s occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem is illegal and must end immediately. Palestinians, of course, have been saying this for years. The court stated that Israel must halt all new settlement construction, evacuate settlers, and pay reparations to Palestinians, calling some of Israel’s policies “apartheid.” This advisory opinion, requested by the United Nations, marks a significant condemnation of Israel’s legal defenses. The ruling emphasizes the occupation’s illegality and highlights the need for international accountability and policy shifts. This historic ruling, though non-binding, challenges Israel’s legal defenses for the first time. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas celebrated the decision as a victory for justice, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed it calling it “absurd.” The United States responded by affirming only that Israel’s settlements are illegal and criticized “the breadth of the court’s opinion,” which, it said, “will complicate efforts to resolve the conflict.” We are joined today by Craig Mokhiber, an international human rights lawyer and activist, and a former senior United Nations human rights official. Craig served at the U.N. for over three decades, with postings in Switzerland, Palestine, Afghanistan, and New York, conducting numerous human rights missions across various continents. In October 2023, he left the U.N., criticizing the organization’s human rights failures regarding Israel’s actions to Gaza, warning of genocide in Gaza, and calling for a new approach to Palestine and Israel based on international law, human rights, and equality. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Last month, pro-Israel centrist George Latimer beat Rep. Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th district. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) spent $15 million to help secure Latimer’s victory and now they have their sights set on Missouri’s 1st district, where Rep. Cori Bush is facing a primary challenge from prosecutor Wesley Bell. Bush advocated for Palestinian rights on the campaign trail in 2020, and she’s been strong on the issue as a House member, making her a consistent target of Israel lobbying groups. Mondoweiss's U.S. correspondent Michael Arria spoke to JVP Action Political Director Beth Miller on Bush’s record, Bell’s politics, and how much AIPAC is spending on the race. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show They are trying to buy this seat’: Can Cori Bush beat AIPAC?Michael ArriaSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Yesterday Jamaal Bowman, a member of the so-called Squad of progressive politicians in the U.S. House of Representatives, lost his hotly contested primary election in New York’s 16th District. This primary race between him and George Latimer broke records as the most expensive primary race for the House of Representatives in U.S. history. Political action committees affiliated with AIPAC, the American Israel Political Affairs Committee, poured over $15 million dollars into the race to boost Latimer’s campaign. AIPAC and its affiliated groups pledged to spend $100 million during the 2024 election cycle to promote pro-Israel candidates. I spoke to Michael Arria today about the impact of Bowman’s loss and whether AIPAC is really as influential as it claims to be. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show Latimer defeats Bowman with $15 million worth of help from AIPACWhat Jamaal Bowman’s defeat means For opposing genocide, Bowman is framed as antisemitic — by liberal ZionistsSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is on its way to spending over $100 million this election cycle as it looks to punish candidates critical of Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza. Earlier this year a coalition of nearly two dozen progressive groups – including Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, Justice Democrats, the Democratic Socialists of America, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and the Sunrise Movement – launched Reject AIPAC, an organization aimed at combatting the pro-Israel lobbying group. Mondoweiss’s U.S. correspondent Michael Arria interviewed Justice Democrats spokesperson Usamah Andrabi about the coalition, AIPAC's election strategy, and two of the biggest primary fights of the summer. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Hi, this is Dave, the host of the Mondoweiss Podcast. Before we get started with the new episode, I have an appeal to make. Mondoweiss is a nonprofit publication with writers around the world. Eighty percent of our budget comes from readers and listeners like you. We are launching our summer fundraising drive with an ambitious goal of raising $160,000, and we need your support to continue our critical work. Each episode of this podcast costs about $175 to produce. If you value the movement journalism Mondoweiss provides, we need your support now more than ever. Please visit mondoweiss.net/donate and become one of our supporters today. If you can, give $175 to cover the costs of one podcast episode. If that’s more than you can offer right now, please consider becoming a monthly supporter at $5 or $10. Every donation helps us stay sustainable and independent. That address again is mondoweiss.net/donate. Thanks! - - - - - Mondoweiss’s Gaza Correspondent, Tareq Hajjaj, recently published an article featuring witness testimonies of the deadly Israeli attack on the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza. Massive airstrikes hit the camp just as the Israeli military staged a raid on homes inside the camp where Israeli captives were being held. Four captives were recovered alive while over 270 Palestinians were killed and as many as a thousand were wounded. Resistance groups claimed that three other captives were killed by the Israeli military during the raid. Mondoweiss’s Managing Editor, Faris Giacaman, spoke to Tareq about his reporting. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show ‘I heard all of my friends’ last breath’: Testimonies from the Nuseirat massacre Israel kills over 200 Palestinians to return 4 captives; U.S. allegedly involved in operationMondoweissMy Nuseirat Gaza resistance sources say fear is rising U.S. pier will be used for forced displacement of PalestiniansSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Mondoweiss’s Managing Editor, Faris Giacaman, speaks to Abdaljawad Omar about his article, “The Question of Hamas and the Left.” In it, Omar argues that Leftist critics in the West of Hamas fail to understand the complexity of Palestinian politics and resistance. He writes, “One cannot ground solidarity with Palestine on a politics that dismisses, overlooks, or excludes Hamas.” Abdaljawad Omar is a PhD student and part-time lecturer in the Philosophy and Cultural Studies Department at Birzeit University. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show The Question of Hamas and the LeftSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

On May 20, the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, filed arrest warrant applications for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three senior Hamas leaders. Mondoweiss correspondent David Kattenburg called the charges against the Israeli leaders a "bombshell." Khan said the two men "bear criminal responsibility" for a host of war crimes and crimes against humanity including: All of these crimes form part of a "widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population pursuant to State policy." In this episode, Yumna Patel speaks with Hassan Ben Imran, a member of the Governing Council of Law for Palestine, about Palestinians' long effort to access international legal institutions and the impact of this development. Later, I speak to Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign policy columnist for The Nation, about how these indictments deepen the crisis of international order. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show Learn more about Law For Palestine's workSubscribe to Spencer Ackerman's Forever Wars newsletter ICC Indictments Deepen The Crisis of The 'Rules-Based International Order' ICC warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant may be the first of many aimed at Israeli officials The Shift: Biden administration slams ICC move Netanyahu’s response to the ICC invokes another genocidal biblical referenceSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Hundreds of dead bodies were found at the Nasser Hospital’s surroundings in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Civil Defense said on Thursday. The Civil Defense announced in a press conference that since Wednesday alone, 392 bodies had been found in mass graves, many of whom had been identified as missing for weeks, while 58% of the bodies haven’t been identified. Muhammad al-Mughayyir, director of the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, said that some 20 bodies were buried while medical and medication tubes were still connected to their bodies, suggesting that they might have been buried alive. Al-Mughayyir added that the bodies showed signs of torture. Adam Horowitz, our Executive Editor, spoke to Muhammad Shehada, director of communications for Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, an organization with staff on the ground in Gaza documenting human rights violations. Muhammad describes the scene their staff is observing. Here’s that interview. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show ‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 202: Gaza’s Civil Defense finds hundreds of new bodies in mass graves at Nasser Hospital The Shift: Does the White House care about mass graves? ‘It felt like pulling my heart out of the earth:’ testimonies from the mass grave at Nasser HospitalSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Student protests over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza are spreading across the United States and around the world. Students at Columbia University in New York setup a protest encampment last week on the New York campus. In response, the university’s President, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, called in the New York Police Department and arrested several student organizers. These students were then banned from campus and may face expulsion. If the goal was to quickly end the protest, this completely backfired on the university administration. Thousands of students, joined by faculty and staff from across the university, re-established the protest camp almost immediately. Other universities around the United States have seen solidarity camps erected and administration buildings occupied. Now, students around the world are joining the movement. Michael Arria and I spoke to one of the student organizers from Columbia who was arrested and banned from campus. Maryam Iqbal spoke to us on Tuesday. In the second segment, Michael reacts to Summer Lee’s primary victory in Pennsylvania and previews his new election season newsletter. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show ‘I’ve never seen anything like this momentum before’: a Columbia student organizer on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment AIPAC stayed out of Pennsylvania so they wouldn’t lose to Summer Lee againSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

When the Israeli military left the al-Shifa Hospital complex earlier this month, Gaza’s largest medical facility was left in ruins. International medical and aid groups declared it completely destroyed and totally non-operational. Shortly after, stories began to emerge of the horrors those inside the facility experienced at the hands of the Israeli military. Tareq Hajjaj, our Gaza Correspondent, collected eyewitness accounts of the deadly siege. He joined Yumna Patel, our Palestine News Director, to discuss the al-Shifa Hospital, as well as his reporting on what Palestinians are finding when they venture back to Gaza’s central and northern areas. Israeli forces killed several Palestinians trying to return to their homes over the past few days. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show ‘Come out, you animals’: how the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital happenedIsraeli army opens fire on thousands attempting to return home to north GazaSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Mondoweiss' Managing Editor, Faris Giacaman, and Palestine staff writer Qassam Muaddi join us to discuss key developments in Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and events in the West Bank. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show Israel destroyed al-Shifa Hospital to accelerate social collapse in Gaza ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 181: Israel says it will ‘temporarily’ allow aid into Gaza From the cities to the countryside, armed resistance is spreading in the West Bank How Ibrahim al-Nabulsi became the ‘lion of Nablus’ On the Brink: Jenin’s Rising Resistance (Documentary Film)Subscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah was among the last group of people to enter Gaza through Egypt on the morning of Monday, October 9, immediately before the Rafah crossing was shut down and the territory was sealed off from the world. He started operating at al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s medical epicenter, as soon as he’d arranged safe passage to the medical complex. Within the first few days, as a result of a relentless, ruthless bombing campaign against Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and people, the wounded had exceeded the entire Strip’s total bed capacity of 2,500. He told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on October 12, 2023, that basic medical equipment was unavailable mere days into the assault. He warned of the far-ranging, catastrophic consequences of this war against the people of Gaza, “a man-made catastrophe,” he said, “almost like a perfect storm,” as Gaza’s healthcare system was “already on its knees” thanks to fifteen years of Israeli siege. Abu-Sittah was working at Al-Ahli Hospital during the massacre on October 17, 2023, and was among the physicians who testified, surrounded by a sea of blanket-shrouded bodies, in the hospital courtyard in the attack’s immediate aftermath. Since leaving Gaza in November, Abu-Sittah has committed his days to fighting what he called the “killing machine masquerading as a state” set on extinguishing life in Gaza. Recently, he launched the Ghassan Abu-Sittah Children’s Fund to bring injured children from Gaza to Lebanon to receive holistic medical and psychosocial care. Mary Turfah, a writer and medical student, spoke to Dr. Abu Sittah on February 20. They talked about the liberatory potential of medicine and the complicity of Western media in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They discussed Zionism and what to make of a settler colonial ideology that has flung itself over the precipice of genocide, necropolitics, and the obligation, when confronted with the cold, monstrous logic of elimination, to remain unwavering in our commitment to life. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show The doctor’s role in liberation: an interview with Dr. Ghassan Abu-SittahSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave us a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram

In mid-December 2023, two and a half months into Israel’s war on Gaza, a UN-affiliated committee of famine experts reported that over half a million Gazans faced catastrophic hunger, all 2.3 million were in crisis, and the situation was “deteriorating rapidly.” On the eve of the Famine Review Committee’s follow-up assessment, forced starvation in Gaza is getting worse, fast. In a March 5 statement, seven UN experts declared that “Israel has been intentionally starving” Gaza and that “widespread famine” in the besieged, brutalized enclave is “imminent.” According to Gaza health officials and a “senior doctor,” cited on March 8 by the Associated Press, at least 20 people have died from dehydration and malnutrition at north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan and al-Shifa hospitals, and sixteen premature babies have succumbed to “malnutrition-related” disorders at Rafah’s Emirati Hospital. On March 10, Al Jazeera reported 25 “known starvation deaths” in northern Gaza. David Kattenburg spoke with the first author of the statement, Michael Fakhri, Special UN Rapporteur on the right to food. - - - - - Support our work Help us continue our critical, independent coverage of events in Palestine, Israel, and related U.S. politics. Donate today at https://mondoweiss.net/donate Articles and Links mentioned in the show UN expert: Israel is engineering famine in GazaRead more of our coverage of the 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' war in GazaSubscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Share The Mondoweiss Podcast with your followers on Twitter.Click here to post a tweet!If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Podchaser, leave a review, and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter West Bank Dispatch Follow us on social media MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter/X WhatsAppTelegram