The Mecca Pact is the latest sign of the U.S.’s declining influence in the Middle East
Advertisements The new defense agreement among Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan highlights how Israeli aggression is compelling the region to reconfigure its alliances and serves as the latest evidence of the United States’ declining global influence. Read more at Mondoweiss Continue Reading
Replacing Netanyahu Won’t Change How the World Sees Israel
Advertisements The hope that ousting Netanyahu will salvage Israel’s shattered image is just another iteration of the delusion that Israel has an image problem when the problem is Israel’s apartheid nature. Read more at Cutting Through Continue Reading
Trump and Israel are demanding that Palestinians disarm. Here is why that is wrong and unjust.
Advertisements Demands that Hamas disarm follow decades of international calls for a “demilitarized Palestinian state.” These demands insist that Palestinians surrender their right to self-defense, a right no people should relinquish. Read more at Mondoweiss Continue Reading
The Soul of the Democrats: Abdul El Sayed and Van Jones
Advertisements Abdul El-Sayed’s victory Tuesday in the Michigan Democratics primary was a political earthquake for the Democratic party. But plenty of the conservative old guard, who have done nothing in years but lose to Republicans, are feeling threatened and lashing out. Van Jones is one of them and, most despicably,Continue Reading
Stevens Vs. El-Sayed Race Has Implications Far Beyond Michigan
Advertisements An El-Sayed victory would be a huge advantage in the race for control of the Senate. But more than that, it would upend how politics work in the Democratic Party. Read more at Cutting Through Continue Reading