Advertisements Haaretz columnist Zvi Bar’el published an article in the wake of the Israeli election with a simple and quite familiar headline: “Zionism is Racism.” Far from mere clickbait, Bar’el defends the thesis that Zionism is now racism. His implication that it was not so before is there and clearContinue Reading
Advertisements One of my New Year’s resolutions will be to get back to maintaining a regular schedule on the Cutting Through newsletter. Due to some other commitments, that won’t happen to start the year, but I hope it will at some point in 2023. But I am closing out 2022Continue Reading
Advertisements Ever since it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu was likely to return as Israel’s prime minister and that he would be bringing in a government that, even for Israel, was radically right wing, Joe Biden and Antony Blinken have consistently been saying that they will react to the government’sContinue Reading
Advertisements Today, December 19, 2022, ReThinking Foreign Policy joined over 50 civil society organizations in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to publicly release his new policy on the use of lethal force outside recognized armed conflict. Biden’s Presidential Policy Memorandum is vague about this policy, and itContinue Reading
Advertisements A short while back, I got a message from someone on Facebook asking me if I see any hope for the Palestinian people. Over two decades of doing work to support Palestinian rights, I’ve been asked this from time to time by people who are in a moment ofContinue Reading
