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Yumna Patel

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Palestine News Director at Mondoweiss

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Articles

  • Poll shows Israeli belief that Palestinians should be eradicated is no longer a fringe opinion

    1 month ago | mondoweiss.net | Jonathan Ofir |Yumna Patel

    The genocidal references of Israeli leaders to “Amalek,” the biblical enemy nation whom God commanded the Israelites to eradicate down to the last baby and oxen, continue to flow from Israeli leaders. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has used the euphemism several times since October 7, and his statements have been closely scrutinized in Amnesty International’s report on Israel’s genocide.

  • Humanity is being buried in Gaza. We must rise up to save our collective future.

    1 month ago | mondoweiss.net | Yumna Patel

    “Where do you stand on the question of evil?” That question has echoed around my mind ever since interviewing Palestinian author and Nakba survivor Dr Ghada Karmi last June. She told me that her own childhood experiences—being ethnically cleansed from Jerusalem in 1948—almost feels like “nothing” compared to what’s unfolding in Gaza today. This weekend, we woke to the news that Israel had incinerated 33 more Palestinians—mostly children—as they sheltered in a school in Gaza City.

  • I was in the BBC documentary ‘The Settlers.’ This is the part of my story they didn’t tell.

    1 month ago | mondoweiss.net | Yumna Patel

    The BBC documentary ‘The Settlers,” directed by Josh Baker and written by Louis Theroux, has recently aired to much international attention. It aims to give Western viewers an inside look into the minds of Israeli settlers – those who occupy Palestinian land in the West Bank, often with open ideological commitment to ethnic cleansing and supremacy.

  • ‘The Encampments’ Documentary: An interview with Co-Director Kei Pritsker

    1 month ago | mondoweiss.net | Yumna Patel

    In this latest episode of the Mondoweiss podcast, Mondoweiss’ Yumna Patel speaks with Kei Pritsker, journalist at BreakThrough News and co-director of The Encampments — a powerful new documentary chronicling the student-led divestment movement on U.S. college campuses in response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

  • The Gaza ceasefire and Palestine’s future

    Feb 14, 2025 | mondoweiss.net | Yumna Patel

    Editor’s Note: This interview was conducted for the final episode of a three-part podcast series in collaboration with Mondoweiss and Al-Shabaka, the Palestine Policy Network.

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9 Jun 25

RT @esjesjesj: This is far worse than any vandalism

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Yumna @yumna_patel
9 Jun 25

@ everyone watching the news in LA & seeing the media & politicians paint the protesters as violent rioters w/ zero context: now think about everything you’ve ever read about Palestinian “rioters” “attacking” Israeli forces for no reason, and Israel having to “respond” with force

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9 Jun 25

RT @MGMaxo: Hermandad en la lucha de la clase trabajadora, oprimida y explotada https://t.co/Gso4pt6QUL