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Checkpoints, radio shows, and Fairouz
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (954+ words) The driver looks in the mirror at the resignation on his passengers" faces; the Silwad entrance is on the mini-bus"s route to Ramallah. He makes a U-turn and starts another trip up the street he just came from, hoping…...
Weekly Briefing: Israel is arming militias to prevent Palestinian governance in Gaza
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (463+ words) This week, our Gaza Correspondent, Tareq Hajjaj, filed an exclusive story looking at the ongoing fight between Hamas and Israeli-armed opposition groups. Tareq has reported on this story previously for Mondoweiss: the Hamas unit established to fight the gangs in…...
Why the United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC and what it means for the future of the Middle East
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1594+ words) On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates announced it would be leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its sister organization, OPEC+." The news was treated as a major earthquake in the oil market. Politically, however, and in…...
The Shift: Biden official says Israel committed genocide in Gaza, but the U. S. must keep supporting it " Mondoweiss
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (764+ words) A Biden official says Israel committed genocide" and the U. S. must continue to support it....
United in Apartheid: What the Bennett-Lapid unity ticket tells us about the future of Zionism in Israel's pariah era " Mondoweiss
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (513+ words) Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid's joint effort to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu aims to appeal to those upset by Israel's growing pariah status, but their campaign merely puts a "liberal' veneer on the same Israeli apartheid....
The lessons from the Gaza student encampments, two years on " Mondoweiss
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (148+ words) Two years ago today, activists at Columbia University occupied a campus building, renaming it "Hind's Hall.' While campus protests for Palestine have mostly receded from view, they continue to offer vital lessons for the movement they inspired....
The Palestinian farmers whose livelihoods have been destroyed by Israeli settlers
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (955+ words) Eyad Yousef is a Palestinian farmer in the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah. He is also a car mechanic and a father of three. Every spring, he and his brothers plant peas, lentils, cucumbers, onions, and other seasonal crops....
Palestine emerges as central issue in a key Pennsylvania Democratic primary
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (951+ words) The Democratic primary in Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district race has emerged as yet another race where U. S. support for Israel has become a major issue. Among the candidates vying to replace retiring Representative Dwight Evans is Chris Rabb. In addition to pushing…...
The mainstream media is finally beginning to echo Americans" outrage at Israeli slaughter
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1106+ words) The "Cronkite moment" during the Vietnam War was the night in 1968 when CBS anchor Walter Cronkite said the U. S. was stuck in a "stalemate" and that the only honorable path was to negotiate a withdrawal. President Johnson concluded that he"d…...
The mainstream media is ignoring Israel's role in the killing of journalist Amal Khalil
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (392+ words) Amal Khalil was a brave Lebanese reporter who for the past two decades has reported from the often dangerous southern part of her country for the Al-Akhbar daily newspaper. On April 22, while doing her job, she died in agony " and…...