A deadly meningitis outbreak is threatening Gaza’s children [Children with meningitis receive treatment at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis amid warnings from health authorities of a worrying outbreak of the disease in displacement tents due to severe overcrowding and poor sanitation, January 30, 2026. (Photo: Tariq Mohammad/APA Images)]Bacterial meningitis is spreading among children in Gaza, including those who are vaccinated. Officials say conditions in Gaza's displacement camps, widespread malnutrition, and Israeli bans on the entry of medicines are increasing the deadly risk. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/a-deadly-meningitis-outbreak-is-threatening-gazas-children/

Former Israeli Defense Minister: Israel’s ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’ resembles Nazi race theory [Moshe Ya'alon]Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says the “ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’” has become dominant in Israel, and it “is reminiscent of the Nazi race theory.” https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/former-israeli-defense-minister-israels-ideology-of-jewish-supremacy-resembles-nazi-race-theory/

Newly released Epstein files reveal further ties to Israel [Photo released by House Democrats on the Congressional Oversight Committee on December 12, 2025, showing Jeffrey Epstein and Alan Dershowitz. (Photo via House Oversight Democrats)]The release of more Jeffrey Epstein files reveals further connections between the late, convicted sex criminal and the state of Israel. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/newly-released-epstein-files-reveal-further-ties-to-israel/

The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it [An Israeli artillery unit carries out a military drill at the crossroads between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel on August 28, 2023. (Photo: © Atef Safadi/EFE via ZUMA Press/APA images)]Israel has entered a new phase of expansion and military aggression beyond historic Palestine. This is not due to a strategic shift, but rather because the constraints that kept it confined before October 2023 are now too weak to hold it back. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-new-era-of-israeli-expansionism-and-the-war-economy-that-fuels-it/

The U.S. occupation of Gaza has begun [President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)]The plans for Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” show that the goal is not just to make Gaza a playground for the wealthy, but to put it under permanent American occupation. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-u-s-occupation-of-gaza-has-begun/

A bloody season: the olive harvest in the West Bank [Palestinians put out a fire caused during an attack by Israeli settlers on Palestinians harvesting olives in the West Bank village of Beita, on October 10, 2025. (Photo: Rafaela Cortez and Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro)]Journalists Rafaela Cortez and Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro embedded with Palestinians during the 2025 West Bank olive harvest. They witnessed terrible violence and oppression, including the killing of a 13-year-old boy, but also inspiring resistance. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/a-bloody-season-the-olive-harvest-in-the-west-bank/

The U.S. plan for Gaza has nothing in it for Palestinians [Donald Trump announces the "Board of Peace" on January 22, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.(Photo: ©2026 World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell)]The U.S. plan for Gaza envisions a Gaza for investors, not Palestinians. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-u-s-plan-for-gaza-has-nothing-in-it-for-palestinians/

‘We cannot separate imperialism from domestic militarization’: Understanding the links between ICE, Gaza, and U.S. foreign policy [Federal officers from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prepare to provide security amid a haze of CS gas used to disperse protesters outside the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon on October 4, 2025 (Flickr)]Mondoweiss interviews author Harsha Walia about the history of ICE and how Trump's immigration crackdown is closely linked to U.S. imperialism abroad, including in Palestine. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/we-cannot-separate-imperialism-from-domestic-militarization-understanding-the-links-between-ice-gaza-and-u-s-foreign-policy/

As Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ presses forward, Palestinians in Gaza fear what lies ahead [Donald Trump announces the "Board of Peace" on January 22, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.(Photo: ©2026 World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell)]Mondoweiss spoke with Gazans after the announcement of the Palestinian technocratic committee that will oversee Gaza under Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’. While some hope for change, many fear the committee will ultimately serve U.S. and Israeli interests. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/as-trumps-board-of-peace-presses-forward-palestinians-in-gaza-fear-what-lies-ahead/

Mike Huckabee is interfering with the work and witness of churches in the Holy Land with a goal of silencing Palestinian Christians [Ambassador Mike Huckabee's Participation in Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2025 Ceremony, April 24, 2025 (Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem)]A recent statement by Church Patriarchs in Jerusalem rejecting Zionism was historic, and the response it provoked from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shows the steps Christian Zionists are taking to silence Palestinian Christians. https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/mike-huckabee-is-interfering-with-the-work-and-witness-of-churches-in-the-holy-land-with-a-goal-of-silencing-palestinian-christians/