Philip Weiss' highly regarded online political blog, MondoWeiss.Net, focuses largely on American-Israeli relations, American Jewish life, and the role of the "Israel lobby" in American political and cultural life. In spring 2009 Weiss traveled to Gaza, where he met with United Nations relief agency, Hamas and the New York Times correspondent. He then went to Egypt where he witnessed President Barack Obama speech at Cairo University. Earlier this year, on Mondoweiss.net, Philip Weiss and Max Blumenthal released a video which depicted a great deal of hostility towards President Obama in Israel. Philip Weiss attended the recent J Street Conference.