No permit, no work, no future: inside the lives of West Bank workers crushed by Israel’s labor ban

by Qassam Muaddi on April 16, 2026 at 1:33 pm

After Israel revoked the work permits of over 200,000 Palestinian laborers following October 7, West Bank families are burning through savings, skipping meals, and losing hope for any kind of future.

Why Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Hungary won’t impact European policy toward Israel

by William Noah Glucroft on April 16, 2026 at 1:21 pm

Despite the media narrative that Netanyahu “lost” an ally in Europe, Péter Magyar’s decisive win in Hungary will not shift EU policy on Israel, because it is not being set by neofascists like Viktor Orbán but by Europe’s liberal core.

In historic Senate vote, over 75% of Democrats vote to block arms sales to Israel

by Michael Arria on April 16, 2026 at 11:57 am

In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.

The Israel lobby is fracturing as young Jews abandon Zionism

by Philip Weiss on April 15, 2026 at 4:19 pm

A revolution is underway within the Jewish community as youth abandon Zionism following the Gaza genocide. While the community scrambles to respond, the Israel lobby is being fractured in the process.

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue

by Jared Sacks on April 15, 2026 at 1:00 pm

Israel bombed Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The attack revealed, to a shocking degree, Zionism’s willingness to treat Jewish life as disposable in the service of its ideological project.