She walked toward Israeli gunfire to bring her son’s body home. Her story is one of thousands.

by agisdm45in | Jul 16, 2026 | Mondo Weiss

For nine days, Fatima Abu Khammash searched for her missing son across Gaza’s Israeli-controlled zone. When they refused to hand over his body, she crossed the line herself, finding a mother’s uneasy peace in what she carried back.

With a new attack on the ICC, the U.S. expands its assault on the rule of law

by agisdm45in | Jul 15, 2026 | Mondo Weiss

Marco Rubio’s campaign to “dismantle” the ICC isn’t about sovereignty. It’s the latest U.S. move to shield Israeli officials wanted for war crimes from accountability, following a pattern used by fascist regimes to gut independent...

No, Israel does not have ‘a right to exist.’ Quite the contrary, actually.

by agisdm45in | Jul 14, 2026 | Mondo Weiss

Unlike the Zionist claim that “Israel has a right to exist,” my assertion is rooted in international law. Of course, given Israel’s propensity for violating such laws, it’s no surprise they’re still claiming a right that has no basis in...

Hamas has dissolved its government in Gaza, but its residents’ lives are still a living hell

by agisdm45in | Jul 14, 2026 | Mondo Weiss

Hamas dissolved its government in Gaza to remove any obstacle to reconstruction, but little has changed for ordinary Palestinians in the Strip — because Israel ultimately controls whether the nightmare it has inflicted on them will ever end.

Inside the ‘World Symposium Against Antizionism’: Where contempt for Muslims and leftist Jews took center stage

by agisdm45in | Jul 14, 2026 | Mondo Weiss

At a Toronto-area summit, Zionists like Ben Shapiro and Gad Saad rebranded antisemitism fears around anti-Zionism, leaning on Islamophobia and far-right alliances while dismissing Palestinian dispossession as a “false expulsion.”

Palestine and the role of the activist intellectual

by agisdm45in | Jul 12, 2026 | Mondo Weiss

Philip Weiss speaks with Bruce Robbins about his book “Who’s Allowed to Protest” and the new McCarthyism on campus targeting those who support justice for Palestine.