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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

A Girl Scout Troop in Missouri recently broke away from the organization after it made legal threats against the group. For the Girl Scout's “Agents of Change” capstone project, a St. Louis county troop decided to make and sell bracelets to raise money for children in Gaza. The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri said the move was “political" and instructed them to shut down the fundraiser. The children in this particular troop were inspired by other troops that raised money for war victims in Ukraine. Those troops faced no repercussions over their fundraisers. Despite breaking away from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, the group is staying together, and their bracelet campaign has continued. Mondoweiss’s U.S. Correspondent Michael Arria spoke with Girl Scout Troop Leader and mother to one of the scouts, Nawal Abuhamdeh, and two of the Girl Scouts about the situation. - - - - - 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 THE SHIFT newsletter from Michael ArriaSubscribe to our other 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

Last month, Frank Barat spoke with Noura Erakat on our new YouTube show, Witnessing Palestine. As we recorded that program, Gaza had been under Israeli bombardment from the air, land, and sea for 70 days. At that time, 18,000 Palestinians in Gaza were known to have been killed by the Israeli military. Today, that number is over 28,000. More than 68,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been wounded. The Israeli military continues to invade Palestinian cities and villages in the West Bank. Violent attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers also continue. Noura joined Frank to discuss the collective trauma of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and where the global movement for Palestinian freedom goes from here. Noura is a human rights attorney and an Associate Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice. She is an editorial committee member of the Journal for Palestine Studies and a co-Founding Editor of Jadaliyya. - - - - - 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, Mondoweiss’s Yumna Patel speaks with Palestinian lawyer and political analyst Diana Buttu about the genocide in Gaza and the role social media is playing in how it unfolds. Israeli soldiers on the ground in Gaza are undermining Israel’s carefully crafted public image as a victim through their social media posts, which show them joking, laughing, and committing what many legal observers believe are war crimes. This second Nakba is being live-streamed in real-time, and Yumna and Diana discuss the experience Palestinians are sharing of watching a genocide of their people play out on their mobile phones. - - - - - 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 InstagramTwitter/XSubscribe 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 WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

In this episode Mondoweiss’s Culture Editor Mohammed El-Kurd speaks with journalist and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers Ahmad Al-Naouq. Despite having 21 members of his family murdered by Israel in the past few months, Al-Naouq has been on the forefront of advocating for Palestinian liberation. In this conversation they talk about the complicity of mainstream media in the genocide Israel is committing against Palestinians in 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 We Are Not Numbers: Palestinian Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq Mourns 21 Family Members Killed by IsraelDemocracy Now!Follow Ahmad Al-Naouq on Twitter/XLearn more about We Are Not NumbersTwitter/XInstagramSubscribe 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 MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

In this episode, we have two interviews with our U.S. Correspondent, Michael Arria. First, Michael talks to Ryan Grim, Washington D.C. Bureau chief for The Intercept. Ryan has a new book out titled, “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.” In it, he reports on the fight between the squad of progressive Democrats first elected to Congress in 2018 and Israel lobby organizations AIPAC and Democratic Majority for Israel. Later, we’ll hear from a student organizer at Columbia University about the school's suspension of pro-Palestine groups on campus. In recent weeks, we've seen a disturbing wave of McCarthyism target Palestine activism across college campuses. A number of Students for Justice in Palestine chapters have been suspended or even banned at schools. One of the schools is Columbia University, which also suspended its Jewish Voice for Peace chapter. Michael spoke with a member of Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine about these developments. She is also a member of Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition that has been relaunched in response to the suspensions. She asked Mondoweiss to withhold her name. - - - - - 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 Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political RevolutionBad News Columbia University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace Columbia student groups form coalition to counter crackdown on Palestine activism, demand divestment from IsraelSubscribe 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 MastodonInstagramFacebookYouTubeBlueskyTwitter WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

The so-called "humanitarian pause" in Israel's assault on Gaza ended just days ago, and already nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been killed. The Israeli military released a map dividing Gaza into over 2,000 small sections. They say they will notify Palestinians in each of these sections when they plan to bomb or invade it so that the Palestinians can move to a different section. People have compared this to the Hunger Games or similar dystopian stories. As a result, Palestinians in Gaza continue to be squeezed into smaller and smaller spaces with nowhere to go and not nearly enough food, medicine, and fuel entering the area to sustain human life. The international community continues to wring its hands without doing anything to stop Israel. In fact, led by the Biden administration in the United States, most of the Western nations continue to stand firmly behind Israel. Biden wants to lift the few small restrictions on arms transfers that do exist between the United States and Israel so that, presumably, the Israeli military can increase its attacks on Gaza. Because of his blanket support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, Joe Biden's approval ratings continue to sink lower with the exact voting blocks he will need in the upcoming presidential election, an election, we are told, that will determine whether U.S. democracy will even exist anymore. However dark this moment may seem, we can take heart that the mass protests sparked by Israel's brutality are continuing unabated across the United States and the world. The past two months have seen people mobilizing for Palestine in huge numbers. Jewish Americans, in particular, have turned out in larger numbers than ever before and in far more militant ways. Jewish Voice for Peace and If Not Now have carried out dozens of nonviolent direct actions across the country, shutting down highways, bridges, train stations, and institutions like colleges and even Congressional office buildings. In this episode, our Palestine News Director, Yumna Patel, speaks with Katie Halper about why Jews should support the Palestinian cause. Katie talks about lessons she's taken from the Holocaust and has a special message for high-profile Jewish Americans like Amy Schumer. Katie is a journalist, activist, and filmmaker who hosts the Katie Halper Show and the podcast Useful Idiots. - - - - - 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 Katie Halper show on YouTubeFollow Katie on TwitterRead Yumna's latest articlesSubscribe 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 WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

Israeli bombs continue to rain down on the Palestinian residents of Gaza. As of this recording, over 9,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed, a figure that includes over 3,700 children. Multiple experts on international law and the history of genocide have said that Israel’s actions do indeed amount to genocide. In this episode of the podcast, we’re going to hear a program staged by the Palestine Festival of Literature on November 1, titled: But We Must Speak: On Palestine and the Mandates of Conscience. The event featured: - - - - - 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 Palestine Festival of Literature View a video of this event.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 WhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn

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