Advertisements The ceasefire in Gaza and Israel is holding, albeit tenuously, right now. Meanwhile, it is hardly a time of peace, as Israel has already stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound twice, has clamped down on Sheikh Jarrah again, and is arresting waves of its own Palestinian citizens. That’s what theContinue Reading
Advertisements Just before I started writing this, reports came in that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas had been reached. I hope by the time you read this it is still holding. In any case, over the past two weeks I’ve watched many discussions and debates about Israel’s latest assaultContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for The New Arab, I look at the pitiful response of Joe Biden and his administration to the Israeli onslaught against Gaza. I argue that Biden neglected this issue, allowing it to fester when he could have stopped all of this before it really started.Continue Reading
Advertisements I’m proud to announce that ReThinking Foreign Policy is one of 140 groups that co-signed this letter to the Biden administration, calling on it to support international law, condemn Israel’s attempts to displace Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah, and review the use of US-made armaments in Israel’s home demolitions andContinue Reading
Advertisements The latest edition of the Cutting Through newsletter is out. In this edition I take a deep dive into the latest attacks on Ilhan Omar and the the way it has distracted from the much more important issue of Antony Blinken’s contemptible and dishonest response to her question atContinue Reading
