Dave Reed

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Dave Reed

This week, the shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington, D.C., sparked immediate attempts by the Israeli government, Zionist organizations, and the U.S. government to frame this act as antisemitic violence. However, journalist Ken Klippenstein revealed that the alleged shooter, Elias Rodriguez, explicitly linked his actions in a manifesto to Israel’s ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, without ever mentioning Jews or Judaism.

3 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Dave Reed

This week, Gaza’s suffering continues. Hundreds more have been killed by relentless Israeli bombardment, and millions now face starvation as food supplies are systematically targeted and destroyed while international aid is limited or blocked altogether. Israel’s government openly speaks of “conquering” Gaza, a chilling euphemism for the forced mass displacement of Palestinians.

1 month ago | mondoweiss.net | Dave Reed

This week, the Trump administration’s attacks on free speech, especially for those advocating for Palestinian freedom, continued to escalate. We have seen an increasingly aggressive effort to silence dissenting voices, from pro-Palestinian students to organizations working to end the occupation and the apartheid regime that the Israeli government maintains.

2 months ago | mondoweiss.net | Dave Reed

As global attention is drawn elsewhere, Israel has resumed its full-scale assault on Gaza. Tareq Hajjaj reports on the deepening catastrophe: water and electricity have once again been cut off to over 2 million Palestinians, plunging Gaza into darkness pierced only by the flash of Israeli bombs. On the ground, Palestinians face a grim ultimatum: death or displacement. Chris Hedges describes it as the “final stage of genocide”—a campaign of total erasure. This push is not just military.

2 months ago | mondoweiss.net | Dave Reed

Israel resumed its assault on Gaza this week with a devastating wave of airstrikes, killing more than 400 Palestinians in a single night. The attacks, which reportedly target Hamas’s civil leadership, are part of a strategy Haaretz described as designed to sow chaos by dismantling social order and paving the way for criminal gangs to take control.