A federal judge in Vermont ordered Mohsen Mahdawi be released from detention and compared the administration’s crackdown on dissent to the Red Scare. Upon his release, Mahdawi declared, “To President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you.”
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Federal judge orders release of Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi from ICE detention


An Injury to Palestine is an Injury to All: Join the Palestinian workers’ May Day call to act now against Israeli genocide


The Labor for Palestine National Network, National Students for Justice in Palestine, and U.S. Palestinian Community Network join the Palestinian call urging U.S. unions to create real pressure to end the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
The Israeli settlers quietly waging war on the Palestinian countryside


Israeli settlers are taking over Palestinian land by creating “farming outposts” with the goal of ethnically cleansing Palestinians. This strategy complements the Israeli state’s broader plans for annexing the West Bank.
Palestinian elites threw a huge party for the opening of a megamall in Ramallah — as bombs ripped through Gaza


The festive inauguration of Ramallah’s Icon Mall as the Gaza genocide continues shows that Palestinian elites are not simply indifferent, but shameless. Yet, many who do feel shame act as if it is the only remaining way to politically engage.
‘They told my brother I was dead’: inside Israel’s psychological warfare against Palestinian prisoners


Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention are subjected to conditions of torture, starvation, and torment that are the worst they have been since 1967. My brother has been imprisoned amid these conditions for over a year.
Macron announces potential recognition of Palestinian state in June


French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France plans to recognize Palestine as a state in June, according to Euro News. Source
West Bank strike highlights Palestinian frustrations with ‘symbolic’ gestures of protest


Despite widespread participation in a general strike protesting the genocide in Gaza, organized Palestinian forces in the West Bank are experiencing a “moment of weakness,” civil society activists say, due to Israel’s campaign of terror. Source
Letter from Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian political prisoner in Louisiana


Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention facility: “The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent.” Source
Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian political prisoner, and he is not the first in the U.S.


Mahmoud Khalil’s detention follows decades of targeted harassment, imprisonment, and deportation of Palestinian students, scholars, and community leaders in the U.S. Source
The bittersweet taste of freedom: an interview with a former Palestinian prisoner


As part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Amir Abu Raddaha was freed from Israeli prison after 23 years. He spoke to Mondoweiss about his time behind bars, and the horrific conditions of Palestinian prisoners since October 7. Source
ICE arrests Palestinian activist for involvement in Columbia protests


In a stark escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against Palestine activism, on Saturday night, ICE agents raided the home of Mahmoud Khalil and detained the activist who had been among the leaders of Gaza protests at Columbia University. Source
Prominent St. Louis rabbi’s genocidal, anti-Palestinian statements reflect the broader Jewish community


Prominent St. Louis rabbi Jeffrey Abraham recently wrote there are “no ‘innocent civilians’ in Gaza,” and endorsed the belief that Palestinians are “animals.” The lack of uproar in the Jewish community shows how widely accepted these views are. Source
The global community must do more to demand justice for Palestinian journalists in Gaza and beyond


There is a well-established pattern of Israeli forces targeting Palestinian journalists. We must break this cycle of impunity by transparently investigating Israel’s crimes. Source
Illinois man who killed 6-year-old Palestinian boy found guilty of murder, hate crime


Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted on Friday for the murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, Wadea Al-Fayoume, in October 2023. Czuba, who was the boy’s landlord, faces life in prison after a jury found him guilty of committing a hate crime. Source
What anti-Palestinian legislation to look out for in the new Congress


Mondoweiss spoke with Lara Friedman about Trump’s pro-Israel Executive Orders and the anti-Palestinian legislation people should be watching in the new Congress. Source
‘It’s a second birth for me’: sixth batch of Palestinian prisoners released as ceasefire deal hangs by a thread


Following tensions that threatened to unravel a tenuous ceasefire, Hamas released three Israeli prisoners after receiving guarantees from mediators that Israel would adhere to the humanitarian stipulations of the ceasefire agreement. Source
A Palestinian journalist Visited Ismail Haniyeh’s Home in Gaza to Report on his Murder by IsraHELL, IsraHELL Holocausted Him Also


Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul had become a household name for anyone following the war on Gaza. When he went to Ismail Haniyeh’s hometown to cover a commemoration of his killing, Israel assassinated him too. The assassination of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh has led to a new turning point in the war. In Gaza, […]
A Palestinian journalist visited Ismail Haniyeh’s home in Gaza to report on his death. Israel assassinated him too.


Ismail al-Ghoul had become a household name for anyone following the war on Gaza. When he went to Ismail Haniyeh’s hometown to cover a commemoration of his killing, Israel assassinated him too. Source
IDF Pervert Terrorist Who Participated in Gang Rape of Palestinian Kidnapped Man Says Military Police Interrogators ‘Applauded Us’


One of the IsraHELL Invading Red Russian Non Semitic Turkmen Mongolian mongrel Khazarian Babylonian Talmud’s Pedophiles End of Times Death cult Member Terrorist “Defense Force” “soldiers” who was a participate in a gang rape of a kidnaped Semitic Indigenous Palestinian Descendant of the Biblical judeans man at the Sde Teiman military base in IsraHELL told […]
What it’s like for Palestinian women living through the Gaza genocide


Palestinian women have been forced to demonstrate remarkable resilience while navigating the harsh realities of Israel’s genocidal war for themselves and their families. Source