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The impact of the Israeli occupation of Palestine extends far beyond the disputed borders of the region. Israeli companies – many with close ties to the government and military – export weapons and surveillance technology across the globe. Palestinians and their communities serve as test subjects, where potential clients can witness the impact of Israeli technology in an urban warfare setting. Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein details this dynamic in his book "The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World". It was published by Verso earlier this year. Mondoweiss U.S. correspondent Michael Arria recently spoke to Lowenstein 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 Visit Antony's website Purchase "The Palestine Laboratory" at Verso Books.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 MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitterLinkedIn

Earlier this summer, we announced that Mohammed El-Kurd, the Palestinian poet, journalist, and activist, was joining our staff as the Culture Editor. This is the first podcast episode Mohammed has produced for us, and we're excited to share it with you. He is joined by the playwright Raeda Taha. – – – 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 Follow Raeda Taha on Instagram.The martyr's daughter: a review of ‘Where Can I Find Someone Like You, Ali?’Subscribe to our free email newsletters. Share this podcast Click here to post a tweet! leave us a review, and follow the show Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezerGaana Google PodcastsOvercastPlayer.fmRadioPublicSpotify TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Email usLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe

Today we’re excited to share an episode from the Latitude Adjustment Podcast looking at the role Christian Zionism plays in continuing persecution of Palestinians. Eric Maddox completed his graduate research in Conflict Transformation from Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the Occupied West Bank, collecting oral histories from the 1948 War. He is the founder and director of the Palestine Podcast Academy, and the host of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. He interviewed Rev. Dr. Don Wagner, a friend of Mondoweiss, and expert on Christian Zionism. From Latitude Adjustment's show notes: While there have been different strains of Christian Zionism dating back to the Sixteenth Century, the most politicized, powerful, and violent iteration of the movement has its roots in the contemporary Christian Evangelical Church. Modern Christian Zionists hold that the ethnic cleansing of roughly 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in historic Palestine in 1948 by Jewish Zionists was the fulfillment of a Biblical prophecy in which the so-called Holy Land must be resettled by the Jewish people in order to usher in the return of Jesus Christ as the messiah. Modern Christian Zionism is distinct from the modern form of political Zionism that arose amongst the European Jewish community in the late 19th Century. Don Wagner is a Christian theologian, a former minister, and author. He received a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary. He is also author of, "Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land". If you want to hear more from the Latitude Adjustment Podcast and the Palestine Podcast Academy, check our show notes for links. - - - - - 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 Don Wagner's articles at MondoweissLatitude Adjustment Podcast Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy LandSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn

Today we have two interviews from our US correspondent, Michael Arria. First he speaks with Josh Ruebner about the shifting politics around U.S. aid to Israel, and later, he checks in with the victim of an anti-Palestinian smear campaign at Florida State University. We begin with U.S. aid to Israel. The fight in Congress continues to build over the billions of dollars we send to Israel every year. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is the latest to call for conditioning US aid to Israel, joining other high profile figures such as Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and others. At the same time, however, a high-profile delegation of Democrats in the House Representatives were in Israel meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu. This trip was sponsored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and they have been furiously promoting it online over the past several days. Many, if not all of the Congress members on the trip filmed videos for AIPAC’s social media channels in which they profess their love and admiration for Israel. Phil Weiss, our founder and senior editor, said they looked like hostage videos. So, what is happening with the issue of aid funds for Israel? Michael spoke to Josh Ruebner about the history of US aid to Israel and the emerging fractures in Congress over this enormous amount of money. Josh is the author of Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? and Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace. He is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Then to Florida. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recently announced that it was opening an investigation into Florida State University's handling of a smear campaign targeting one of its students. Ahmad Daraldik was elected FSU student senate president in June 2020, but immediately faced backlash from campus groups, pro-Israel organizations, and even local politicians over his criticisms of Israel. Social media posts Daraldik made as a child, while facing Israeli oppression, were dug up in the process. Michael spoke to Ahmad about the smear campaign, his original complaint, and the historic Education Department probe. - - - - - 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 Bowman, Sanders and 12 reps demand Biden 'shift policy' over Israel's 'systemic violence against Palestinians' The Democratic consensus on Israel is beginning to fracture, but leadership is not budging on issue Leading liberal Zionist voices call for ending U.S. aid to Israel The Shift: Establishment voices question military aid to Israel Historic civil rights complaint filed against FSU over anti-Palestinian environment Florida lawmakers are trying to oust FSU’s Palestinian student senate president over a post he made as a 12-year-oldSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn

Mondoweiss was founded by Phil Weiss, a career journalist, while he was on staff at The New York Observer. In 2006 a wealthy young man named Jared Kushner bought the Observer. After tolerating Phil’s writing on Israel for a brief period, Phil was forced out by Kushner, but he was allowed to keep his blog. Phil is a magnanimous guy and he credits Kushner with freeing him from the world of mainstream journalism to pursue his interest in Israel and the fascination with it that much of American Jewish society clings to. We get asked a lot about the name of the site, Mondoweiss. It was the name of the blog version when it was hosted at the Observer and Phil kept it when he left. One definition of the word “mondo” is “very, or extremely”. So the name “Mondoweiss” was meant as a lighthearted joke that the site would be “extremely Weiss”, because initially Phil was the only author. But the site has grown and evolved into a full-fledged news and analysis publication with staff in the United States and Palestine. We are one of the only U.S.-based publications with a full Palestine news bureau and not simply one reporter in the region. So Jared Kushner might have hoped to prevent Phil from gaining an audience for critical takes on Israel, Zionism, and the American Jewish community, but instead he helped launch an important media outlet in the struggle for Palestinian freedom. This episode of the podcast features an extended interview with Phil, conducted by Miko Peled, the veteran Israeli anti-occupation campaigner. They discuss the origins of Mondoweiss, how Zionism destroyed American Jewish culture, and many other topics. It was originally published on Miko’s podcast in January of this year in three parts. We are excited to share it with you here in one program. - - - - - 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 Miko Peled's websiteSubscribe to Miko's podcastJared Kushner fired me over Israel ten years agoRead more from Phil WeissSubscribe 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 and 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInBluesky

Israel’s military invasion of the Jenin Refugee Camp, dubbed “Operation Home and Garden” came to an end late Tuesday night. It left at least 12 Palestinians dead, and one Israeli soldier. Israel has, predictably, declared the operation a success. They say 120 Palestinians were arrested and weapons caches were destroyed, including bomb making materials. The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, said: “in the last two days we interrupted the weapon production process, seized thousands of bombs, some small and some large, and destroyed dozens of factories, workshops and laboratories.” Our reporters have not yet been able to verify his claim that “dozens” of locations related to the armed resistance in Jenin were destroyed. While the military and political leadership in Israel gloats, Palestinians in Jenin are telling a different story of the largest attack on the camp since 2002’s Operation Defensive Shield. In this assault, Israel deployed up to 2,000 troops backed by armored vehicles, attack helicopters, and warplanes. They turned family homes into sniper positions. They fired tear gas and live ammunition into hospitals- in one case rendering the Emergency Room facilities unusable and forcing staff to treat injured people in the building’s main hallway. They destroyed large portions of the refugee camp’s vital infrastructure, digging up roads throughout the camp with armored bulldozers, knocking out segments of the electrical system, and damaging key water pipelines. As the story from inside the camp emerges, it is clear that this invasion was not an easy one for the region’s most powerful military. The resistance groups in the camp appear to have put up a strong defense, preventing the Israeli military from exercising full control over the area. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government may have thought they would have a repeat of the 2002 invasion. They clearly did not. Today I’m joined by our Palestine News Team to discuss all of these events and what the ramifications are, politically, for Palestinians, Israelis and the international community. Yumna Patel is our Palestine News Director, based in Bethlehem. Faris Giacaman is our Managing Editor, based in Ramallah. Mariam Barghouti is our Senior Palestine Correspondent, currently in the United States. And Tareq Hajjaj is our Gaza Correspondent, based in Gaza City. - - - - - 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 gravity of the situation cannot be overstated’: an eyewitness account from the Israeli assault on Jenin Will Gaza respond to Israel’s operation in Jenin? ‘The Nakba reborn’: What a Palestinian journalist saw while covering the Jenin invasion Biden plays Netanyahu’s lapdog– but many in U.S. are critical of Jenin onslaught Israel might try to make Jenin the new Gaza Video: Palestinians in Jenin confront PA after deadly Israeli invasion Jenin: the fight over the capacity to resistSubscribe 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 and 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

Alice Rothchild is doctor, writer, filmmaker and activist who has spent decades in key social justice movements. She is the author of three books, Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience was released in 2007, On the Brink: Israel and Palestine on the Eve of the 2014 Gaza Invasion, came in 2014, and Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine, was published in 2017. This year Cune Press will publish her first young adult novel, Finding Melody Sullivan. It is the story of a half-Jewish, half-Catholic, 16-year-old girl told against the backdrop of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Phil Weiss spoke to Alice recently about the book, and about her journey from a Conservative Jewish upbringing in New England to become an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedom. - - - - - 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 Visit Alice Rothchild’s website to learn more about her writing.Watch the documentary, Voices Across the Divide.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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn

The Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem encompasses several key sites central to Islam, including the Dome of the Rock, the third holiest site for Muslims, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have ascended to heaven, where he spoke to God. The compound sits on the Temple Mount, where the ancient Hebrew temple once stood. Today we have a conversation with our Palestine news team about the events surrounding Al Aqsa during Ramadan this year. As readers of our site and listeners to this podcast are surely aware, the Israeli government carried out several raids of the Al Aqsa compound in the last few weeks, leaving one Palestinian dead and hundreds injured and arrested. The Zionist propaganda machine has been working overtime to paint Palestinians as poor caretakers of these sacred spaces, claiming that children playing soccer, or the very presence of fireworks prove that they don’t deserve to be there in the first place. Yumna Patel, our Palestine News Director, leads the discussion with Mariam Barghouti in the West Bank, Tareq Hajjaj in Gaza, and myself. - - - - - 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 attacks Al-Aqsa two nights in a row, beating worshipers at holy site Palestinians fear war is near as Israel attacks Gaza during Ramadan yet again These are the settler groups seeking to take over the Aqsa Mosque compoundSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn

Protests continue in Israel. Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked back his government’s push to overhaul the Israeli judicial system, but did not abandon the effort. Instead, the government will take it up again in a few months when the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, returns from its spring recess. As part of the agreement to delay the legislation, a new national guard force will be created under the control of the National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. Dr. Yara Hawari, senior political analyst at the Palestinian thinktank Al-Shabaka, says, "Itamar Ben-Gvir is an extremist, he’s someone who has consistently called for violence against Palestinians throughout his political career." In today’s episode, Mondoweiss Palestine News Director Yumna Patel speaks with Dr. Hawari about developments in the protests, and what they mean for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and apartheid. - - - - - 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 Analysts say Palestinians will pay the price for Israeli ‘democracy’Yumna Patel Knesset passes bills shrinking Supreme Court powers and strengthening Shin BetMariam Barghouti ‘Soft gloves’ police treatment of Jewish protesters reveals Israeli racismPhil Weiss Why the main players behind the Israeli protest movement are bringing the confrontation to a headRazi Nabulse Balad-Tajammu’ party says Israeli protest movement is fighting for “a democracy for Jews only”Jonathan OfirSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn

In February, Students for Justice in Palestine held their 12th annual conference in Los Angeles for a weekend of critical discussion, movement building, and political education. Michael Arria spoke with a member of the group's steering committee about the themes of the conference, the state of Palestine activism on U.S. campuses, and the victories of 2022. After that, we’ll hear about the Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta, and the links between the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange and Israeli police. Adam Horowitz spoke to Kamau Franklin, an activist and organizer in Atlanta involved in the Stop Cop City movement. - - - - - 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 National Students for Justice in PalestineStop Cop City MovementAtlanta 2 Palestine panel discussion (video) Inside GILEE, the US-Israel law enforcement training program seeking to redefine terrorism, Anna SimontonSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

We have two interviews in this episode. First, I’ll talk to Mondoweiss’s Palestine News Director, Yumna Patel, about her new video report published today titled On The Brink: Jenin’s rising resistance. Then we’ll hear from Ahmad Abuznaid, the executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, about their legal battle with the Jewish National Fund. First, to the Jenin refugee camp. On January 26 the Israeli army conducted a deadly invasion into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. In the span of a few hours, the army shot and killed 9 Palestinians. A 10th Palestinian died a few days later from injuries sustained during the raid. It was one of the deadliest single invasions into the Jenin camp, and in the West Bank, in years. It came on the heels of a year-long effort by the Israeli military to quash the resurgence of Palestinian armed resistance. The Jenin refugee camp has a long history of armed resistance to Israel’s occupation. Yumna traveled to Jenin just days after the deadly raid to speak to the people there and hear about what they experienced. Then, back to the United States. In 2019 the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and a group of American Israelis sued the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) over its support for the nonviolent BDS movement. The US Campaign is a fiscal sponsor of the Boycott National Committee, which has ties to various groups in Palestine. According to the lawsuit, some of those groups are terrorist organizations responsible for fire bomb attacks on land owned by the Jewish National Fund in Israel. Activists say this is simply the latest attempt to suppress human rights work. Earlier this month Diala Shamas, a lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights and one of the attorneys representing the US Campaign, told The Guardian, “The goal here is to harass the US Campaign [for Palestinian Rights]. This is something that we’re seeing more broadly: smearing human rights advocates with accusations of terrorism, and efforts to drag human rights advocates and protesters into court, into extended litigation that distracts them from their advocacy. In the Palestine context we see that happening a lot, both in the United States and by Israel." In 2021 the case was dismissed by a federal court in Washington DC, but the JNF appealed and it's now back in court. Mondoweiss’s US correspondent Michael Arria spoke with US Campaign Executive Director Ahmad Abuznaid about the legal proceedings, the history of the JNF, and the wider context of this fight. - - - - - 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 On The Brink: Jenin's Rising ResistanceUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights A US human rights group is being sued by pro-Israel organizations over an alleged connection to ‘balloon terror ‘We will not be silenced, siloed, or stopped’: federal judge tosses lawsuit targeting Palestinian rights groupSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

Last year Tony Greenstein published a book that was the culmination of many years of research, titled “Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation”. The book examines in great detail the Holocaust mythology that Israel promotes and deploys in a strategic manner to neutralize and smear intellectual and political criticisms of its human rights violations. Greenstein has long pedigree. He has been an anti-Zionist in Britain for more than 40 years. He is a founding member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the biggest organization in the UK focused on Palestinian human rights. An author and blogger and son of a rabbi, Greenstein is also an active trade unionist. In this episode, Phil Weiss speaks to Tony Greenstein about his new book. - - - - - 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 Tony Greenstein's blogTony Greenstein's articles at Mondoweiss Buy "Zionism During the Holocaust: The weaponisation of memory in the service of state and nation" from a local bookstore on Bookshop.orgSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

In this 50th episode of the Mondoweiss Podcast, our founder and senior editor Phil Weiss speaks to Matthew Teller about his new book, Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City. The book mixes travel writing and history with the savage politics of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in a city loved by people all over the world. Teller is a British journalist who worked for years in the Middle East. His reports have appeared in the BBC, the Times of London, The Guardian and many other places. - - - - - 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 Matthew Teller’s websiteFollow Matthew onMastodonandTwitterPurchase the book,Nine Quarters of JerusalemSubscribe 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 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 RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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. politics Follow us on social media FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn

Last month the U.S. held its midterm elections. A "red wave" never materialized as many predicted, but Republicans did take control of the House. Our U.S. correspondent Michael Arria caught up with author and Georgetown University adjunct professor Josh Ruebner to talk about how Israel factored into the races and what we should expect from the new congress on Palestine. Ruebner is the author of Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? and Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace. He is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown 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 Josh Ruebner’s websiteFollow Josh on Twitter There are plenty of opportunities for Palestine advocacy following the U.S. midterm elections, Mitchell PlitnickSubscribe 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 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 RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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. politics Follow us on social media FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

Mondoweiss has been covering the “No Tech for Apartheid” movement for over a year now. In October 2021 hundreds of workers at Google and Amazon published an open letter in The Guardian condemning Project Nimbus, a billion dollar contract between the two tech companies and the Israeli government. The deal helps provide cloud services to the Israeli Defense Forces. The letter reads: “We cannot look the other way, as the products we build are used to deny Palestinians their basic rights, force Palestinians out of their homes and attack Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – actions that have prompted war crime investigations by the international criminal court.” A lot has happened since that letter ran, as the No Tech for Apartheid movement has continued to grow. Our U.S. correspondent Michael Arria checked in with two organizers to talk about its current state and what might come next. Ariel Koren is an activist and was formerly a product marketing manager at Google for Education. Earlier this year Koren was forced out of her job after facing retaliation from the company over her activism. Bathool Syed is an activist and content strategist at Amazon. We’ll also hear some testimonials from Google and Amazon workers from a video the campaign published a few months ago. - - - - - 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 No Tech for Apartheid campaign website Organized labor vs. Project NimbusMondoweiss Podcast Google worker says company tried to relocate her to Brazil after she criticized contract with IsraelMichael Arria Google worker who protested Israel contract says she was forced to quitMichael Arria How Google advances the Zionist colonization of PalestineYarden Katz Google and Amazon workers want companies to end contracts with Israeli militaryMichael 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 FacebookMastodonTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

Our fall fundraising campaign is underway and generous supporters have agreed to match your donations. Mondoweiss is a reader and listener-funded non-profit news publication. This gives us the independence to report on events in Palestine accurately and comprehensively because we answer to you, our readers and listeners. In the past 3 years we’ve invested pretty heavily to grow our team of reporters and contributors. We now have 4 full-time staff in Palestine, 5 full-time staff in the U.S., and many regular contributors all over the world. And I’ll be honest, growing a non-profit news organization in today’s media landscape is a pretty risky move. But we believe the movement for Palestinian liberation is in a transformative moment. And we believe that Mondoweiss plays a critical role in centering Palestinian and anti-Zionist voices. That’s why we’ve taken this risk to grow our staff in these uncertain times, and it’s why we need your support. Please visit our website at mondoweiss.net to learn more about our fundraising campaign and chip in. Your contribution will be matched, doubling your impact. Thanks so much! The Canadian group Independent Jewish Voices today is releasing a report titled “Unveiling the Chilly Climate - The Suppression of Speech on Palestine In Canada.” Researchers Sheryl Nestel and Rowan Gaudet spent the last year gathering information and testimonials about the repression faced by academics, students and Palestine solidarity activists across Canada. This is the first study to use ethnographic methodology and qualitative analysis to describe both the overarching effects of this repression as well as the deeply personal impact it has on activists, artists, students and professors. While many people active in the Palestine solidarity movement are familiar with the tactics described in the report, it is shocking to read the dozens of testimonials collected and understand the extent and scope of the suppression efforts. I spoke to Sheryl and Rowan last week about the report and what can be done to counter these attacks. - - - - - 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 Report: Unveiling the Chilly Climate – The Suppression of Speech on Palestine in Canada, Sheryl Nestel and Rowan Gaudet at IJV The ADL declares war on Palestine solidarity groups, Michael Arria Palestinian students facing increased harassment on Israeli campuses, Jessica Buxbaum UVM president rejects antisemitism charges, but university remains target of pro-Israel groups, Michael ArriaThe IHRA and The JDA, Michael Arria in The Shift newsletter Professors fight to defend Palestine and protect academic freedom, David Spero The manufactured campus antisemitism hysteria intensifies, David Samel Trump’s executive order on antisemitism is only meant to suppress Palestine solidarity on campus, California Scholars for Academic Freedom Pro-Palestine campus groups are being targeted via federal complaints thanks to the Trump administration, 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google PodcastsOvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 Follow us on social media FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

Stefan Christoff is an organizer with Musicians For Palestine. Hundreds of musicians from around the world signed on to their first statement of support for Palestinian freedom in 2021. Today, the group is announcing 700 new signers and releasing a second statement It reads, in part, “As musicians we can contribute to breaking the wall of silence and protest these great injustices taking place against the Palestinian people…We believe that now, more than ever, is the time to respect the Palestinian peaceful picket line by declining invitations to events that are subsidised or sponsored by the Israeli state, its lobby groups or complicit cultural institutions.” I spoke with Christoff about the work to organize musicians, and we listen to a few of the artists that have signed the statements, including Brian Eno, Damon Davis, and Asher Gamedze. - - - - - 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 Musicians For PalestineMusicians For Palestine Podcast Over 600 artists worldwide sign #MusiciansForPalestine letterSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 Follow us on social media FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

Dorothy Zellner was 22 years old when she joined the staff of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, in Atlanta Georgia. She recruited student volunteers for the Freedom Summer Project in 1964 and helped design the logo for the Black Panthers, in 1966. Dorothy has been active in feminist movements and the Palestine solidarity movement for many years. Phil Weiss, founder and senior editor of Mondoweiss spoke to Dorothy recently. This wide ranging conversation covers the threat of fascist movements here in the United States, the importance of organizing for Palestinian liberation within Jewish communities, and the backlash that Jews can face in their own families for criticizing Israel. - - - - - 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 Profile of Dorothy Zellner at the SNCC Digital Gateway siteDorothy Zellner oral history interview (video)From Mississippi to Gaza — Dorothy Zellner reflects on 50 years of struggleHillel’s segregated lunch counterPalestinian citizens of Israel hold the key — ZellnerSubscribe 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 Follow us on social media FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

On August 18th of this year, the Israeli military raided the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations. They ransacked the offices, stole files and other property, and sealed the doors in an attempt to prevent them from operating. Twenty-five United Nations’ “Independent Experts” issued a declaration on August 24th condemning “Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society.” The declaration continued, “These actions amount to severe suppression of human rights defenders and are illegal and unacceptable.” These Independent Experts are calling on UN member states “to take effective measures afforded by international law to put an end to these abuses.” David Kattenberg spoke with two of the authors of the August 24th declaration. Francesca Albanese is the “Special UN Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967.” Mary Lawlor is “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.” - - - - - 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 Israeli army raids, shuts down offices of 7 Palestinian civil society organizations Israel threatens attorneys representing Palestinian civil society organizations Six months ago Israel tagged Palestinian human rights groups as terrorists. The Biden administration claims it’s still looking over the ‘evidence’ Podcast Episode 27: The Israeli campaign to shut down Palestinian civil society ‘It won’t end with us’: Addameer director warns of repercussions of Israeli ‘terror’ designation The banning of human rights defenders: Israel and South Africa compared Israel labels leading Palestinian human rights groups ‘terrorist institutions’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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher 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 Follow us on social media FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr

On August 5th, Israel launched a three day operation in the besieged Gaza Strip. They dubbed it “Operation Breaking Dawn”. Israel’s acting Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, promote the operation as a preemptive strike to quash what he said were concrete threats by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza. Over the course of three days 49 Palestinians were killed, including 17 children. According to our documentation, while many PIJ members and affiliates were indeed targeted, the majority of those that were killed were civilian noncombatants. The operation was the second major Israeli offensive on Gaza since last year. It also happened to fall just a few months before Israel’s upcoming elections at a time when Israel’s current prime minister and his party are struggling in the polls. In the wake of the attack many Palestinians accused Israeli officials of using Gazans as sacrificial pawns in their political games, while Lapid, and others in his government, hailed it as a success. Amjad Iraqi joins Yumna Patel to discuss Israel’s political motivations behind the Gaza attack. Amjad is an editor and writer at 972 Magazine, based in Haifa. He’s also a policy analyst at the think tank Al-Shabaka and was previously an advocacy coordinator at the legal center Adalah. - - - - - 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 Follow Amjad Iraqi on TwitterFollow our coverage of Operation Breaking Dawn and its impacts on the region.Subscribe to the Palestine Letter email newsletter. 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 and leave us a review and follow the show! Follow The Mondoweiss Podcast wherever you listen Amazon Apple Podcasts AudibleDeezer Gaana Google Podcasts OvercastPlayer.fm RadioPublicSpotifyStitcher TuneIn YouTubeOur RSS feed We want your feedback! Emaildave@mondoweiss.netLeave us an audio message at SparkPipe More from Mondoweiss Subscribe to our free email newsletters: Daily HeadlinesWeekly BriefingThe Shift tracks U.S. politicsPalestine Letter Follow us on social media FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTumblr