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Meet Trump’s radical new antisemitism envoy

6 days ago | mondoweiss.net | Mitchell Plitnick

Last week, without much fanfare, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his nominee for the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. The man he picked was Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, an ultra-orthodox member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, a long-time friend of Miriam and the late Sheldon Adelson, and a leading Trump campaigner and fundraiser in the far-right sector of the American Jewish community.
The Shift: Trump called off Israeli strike on Iran

1 week ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

The New York Times reports that Israel was planning to launch air strikes against Iran before the Trump administration called off the move. “Mr. Trump made his decision after months of internal debate over whether to pursue diplomacy or support Israel in seeking to set back Iran’s ability to build a bomb, at a time when Iran has been weakened militarily and economically,” reads the article from Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, and Ronen Bergman.
Trump’s Iran talks can succeed if the administration embraces reality rather than myth

1 week ago | mondoweiss.net | Mitchell Plitnick

Iran and the United States are set to meet indirectly on today in Oman, in the hopes of finding a way to resolve their confrontations over Iran’s nuclear program without a resort to an “Israeli-led” attack on Iran. There are a lot of details to parse if these discussions are to bear fruit.
As Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon, residents say it ‘will not keep us from the path of resistance’

1 week ago | mondoweiss.net | Roqayah Chamseddine

On March 28, Beirut’s southern Dahiya suburb was targeted with four Israeli airstrikes on the neighborhood of Hadath — the first attack on Beirut since the truce in November 2024. A residential building, which housed a number of Lebanese families, was left completely flattened by the airstrikes. “The entire building is gone. The only thing left is cement and glass,” a local business owner told Mondoweiss.
Trump administration admits it’s trying to deport Mahmoud Khalil over his political beliefs

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

The Trump administration’s push to deport Palestine activist and former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is based on an accusation of “antisemitism,” according to a source who saw the government’s filing.
Trump administration widens crackdown, revoking hundreds of student visas

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

The Trump administration has reportedly revoked hundreds of student visas, amid a widening crackdown on the U.S. Palestine movement. In recent days, dozens of schools have announced that draconian measures by the Trump administration have targeted some of their students. The list includes UC Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, Ohio State, Minnesota State University, the University of Kentucky, Northeastern, and Harvard.
Trump announces surprise Iran talks during Netanyahu meeting

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

On Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters that the U.S. is engaging in direct talks with Iran on nuclear weapons and announced that there would be a “very big meeting” with high-level officials on April 12. Trump made the comments while taking questions alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who visited the White House to discuss Gaza, tariffs, and the alleged nuclear threat of Iran.
Trump is playing a dangerous game with Iran

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Mitchell Plitnick

While Israel continues to ratchet up tension and anger throughout the Arab world with its escalating genocide in Gaza, its thoroughly unprovoked attacks on Lebanon and Syria, and its growing aggression on the West Bank, the United States is playing a very dangerous game with Iran. The U.S. has been bolstering its presence in the Middle East, with deployments hitting record highs in recent weeks.
Senate rejects Sanders effort to block Israeli weapons sale as war on Gaza widens

3 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

The Senate has rejected a pair of resolutions from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) aimed at blocking weapon sales to Israel. The final votes were 15-82 and 15-83. Sanders’s resolutions of disapproval were aimed at halting a $8.56 billion sale of weapons and munitions to Israel. “This war has been conducted almost entirely with American weapons and some $18 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars,” said Sanders in a statement days before the vote.
‘The dam has been broken’: Thousands expected in DC for Palestine march

3 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

Thousands are expected to mobilize in Washington, DC this weekend to protest Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and the Trump administration’s crackdown on Palestine activists. The “March on Washington to Stop the Genocide” will mark the largest pro-Palestine protest of the Trump era thus far.