Jonah Valdez

Los Angeles

journalist, poet. ✍🏽for @theintercept // former: @latimes @socalnewsgroup // 🇵🇭 // Send tips - Signal: at jonahmv.05 email: [email protected]

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Articles

A Doctor Said Israel’s War Is Fueling Health Crises in Gaza. UCSF Fired Her.

2 days ago | theintercept.com | Jonah Valdez

A doctor and professor is suing the University of California, San Francisco, alleging school officials fired her for her advocacy for Palestinian human rights in an attempt to silence her. In late May, UCSF terminated Rupa Marya following a nine-month suspension from the elite medical school based on social media posts in which she criticized Israel’s genocide in Gaza and questioned how Zionist ideology affects health care outcomes.
Israel e EUA exploram a fome dos palestinos e usam ajuda humanitária para expulsá-los de Gaza | Intercept Brasil

1 week ago | intercept.com.br | Jonah Valdez

Israel vai matar Gaza de fome Foto: Reuters/Folhapress Quando o governo Trump revelou seus planos de colocar uma ONG recém-criada, sem nenhuma experiência humanitária, no encargo da distribuição de ajuda humanitária aos palestinos em Gaza, no começo do mês, a indignação entre as organizações humanitárias foi generalizada.
The Rising Death Toll of the U.S.-Israel Aid Distribution Plan in Gaza

1 week ago | theintercept.com | Jonah Valdez

When the Trump administration unveiled its plan to put a fledgling nonprofit with no humanitarian track record in charge of distributing aid to Palestinians in Gaza earlier this month, the outcry among aid groups was widespread. Under the plan, which has the backing of the U.S. and Israeli governments, civilians would be concentrated into southern Gaza in so-called “sterile zones” controlled by the Israeli military.
The Rising Death Toll of the U.S.-Israel Aid Distribution Plan in Gaza

1 week ago | theintercept.com | Jonah Valdez

When the Trump administration unveiled its plan to put a fledgling nonprofit with no humanitarian track record in charge of distributing aid to Palestinians in Gaza earlier this month, the outcry among aid groups was widespread. Under the plan, which has the backing of the U.S. and Israeli governments, civilians would be concentrated into southern Gaza in so-called “sterile zones” controlled by the Israeli military.
In Gaza, Famine is the Weapon -- and so is Aid

1 week ago | theintercept.com | Jonah Valdez

Early Tuesday morning, while workers with the Gaza Soup Kitchen prepared to serve meals for displaced families sheltering at a United Nations school in Mashrou’ Beit Lehia, Israel’s bombs began to fall.
The Media Calls Israeli Captives “Hostages” and Palestinians “Prisoners”

2 weeks ago | transcend.org | Jonah Valdez

Jonah Valdez | The Intercept - TRANSCEND Media Service Although he was a soldier captured at a military outpost, U.S. news outlets rarely described Edan Alexander as a prisoner of war. 13 May 2025 – There are several ways to describe someone held against their will, each with its own implications. The word “prisoner” suggests someone detained on suspicion of crimes or captured during times of war. “Hostage,” on the other hand, signifies a civilian held against their will.
Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Nick Turse |Jonah Valdez

The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries. The Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for a global gulag for expelled immigrants. In addition to using longtime U.S. detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, the Trump administration is seeking more far-flung locales to hold deported people, regardless of their countries of origin.
Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE

3 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Nick Turse |Jonah Valdez

The Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for a global gulag for expelled immigrants. In addition to using longtime U.S. detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, the Trump administration is seeking more far-flung locales to hold deported people, regardless of their countries of origin.
The Media Calls Israeli Captives “Hostages” and Palestinians “Prisoners”

3 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Jonah Valdez

There are several ways to describe someone held against their will, each with its own implications. The word “prisoner” suggests someone detained on suspicion of crimes or captured during times of war. “Hostage,” on the other hand, signifies a civilian held against their will. Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, corporate media outlets in the U.S. typically describe Israeli captives as “,” even if they are soldiers, and Palestinian captives as “prisoners,” even if they are children.
Explosive Materials Bound for Israel Are Flying Out of JFK Airport

4 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Jonah Valdez

Americans know that the U.S. government and defense industry exports huge amounts of military goods to Israel — but they may not be aware that in some cases these shipments travel beside them. On Saturday afternoon, a cargo airplane carrying 14 tons of explosive materials bound for an Israeli weapons manufacturing company is expected to fly out of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday afternoon, according to air cargo documents reviewed by The Intercept.