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Former Biden spokesperson admits Israel was committing war crimes, it just wasn’t his job to say so

4 days ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

In a recent interview, former Biden administration official Matthew Miller said he has no doubt that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza. Miller, who served as State Department spokesperson from 2023 until the end of Biden’s term, made the comments on Sky News’s Trump 100 podcast. Despite saying war crimes have taken place, Miller said he doesn’t believe that it’s a genocide.
Europe is trying to put pressure on Israel to stop the Gaza slaughter. Will Trump let them?

1 week ago | mondoweiss.net | Mitchell Plitnick

Evidence of strain in Western support for Israel’s genocide and regional aggression continues to mount, yet also continues to fall frustratingly short of the sort of material pressure that would get Israel to stop its constant, wholesale slaughter of Palestinians. As is so often the case, President Donald Trump’s administration sent out mixed messages over the Memorial Day holiday. Initial reports told us that the United States had reached an agreement with Hamas on a temporary ceasefire deal.
The Shift: Israeli tech leaders want to make a deal with Trump

1 week ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

A couple of newsletters ago, I wrote about supporters of Israel becoming increasingly worried that Gulf money could be eclipsing the country’s lobbying power. In that installment, I quoted a social media post from Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani. “Israel and its lobby, which went all-in for Trump during the 2024 US presidential election campaign, are experiencing a severe case of buyer’s remorse,” he wrote.
Poll shows Israeli belief that Palestinians should be eradicated is no longer a fringe opinion

1 week 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 week 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.
FBI visits journalist for publishing manifesto

1 week ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

Last week, U.S. journalist Ken Klippenstein was visited by the FBI. The Feds showed up at Klippenstein’s place because he published the so-called manifesto of Elias Rodriguez, who is suspected of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers, on his Substack. As Klippenstein points out in his post about the incident, any mainstream outlet could have published the manifesto, but has chosen not to. “The media just doesn’t want to publish it,” he notes.
Weekly Briefing: Embassy staff shooting is skewed to further demonize pro-Palestine movement

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.
Europe is finally taking action for Palestine, but it is too little and too late

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Mitchell Plitnick

On Wednesday, Israeli forces in the West Bank opened fire in the direction of a delegation of European, Arab, and Asian diplomats. In yet another mark of Israeli hubris, the Israeli military said it “regrets the inconvenience.”The timing of this incident is not coincidental.
The Shift: Columbia students boo school president, cheer Mahmoud Khalil at graduation

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

Columbia University held its graduation ceremony this week. When acting school president Claire Shipman addressed the crowd, she was met with a loud chorus of boos and “Free Mahmoud!” chants. “Good morning, Class of 2025. I know that many of you feel some amount of frustration with me, and I know you feel it with the administration,” she told the students. Shipman’s attempt to separate the two entities was met with louder boos, and why wouldn’t it be?
Politicians point fingers at the Palestine movement after two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in D.C.

2 weeks ago | mondoweiss.net | Michael Arria

Two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night. The American Jewish Committee (AJC) was hosting an event at the building. The victims were Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26. According to Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. they were a “young couple about to be engaged.”“The event had just wrapped up.