Advertisements There is no denying that Maxwell Alejandro Frost–the 25-year-old gun-control and civil rights advocate who will soon become the youngest member Congress–represents a big win for the progressive movement on the whole. His victory in Florida’s 10th District was a victory for many causes progressives support. Except for Palestine.Continue Reading
Advertisements While Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz was launching his assault on seven Palestinian NGOs on Thursday, Prime Minister Yair Lapid was pressing the United States closer to an attack on Iran that could send the entire region into an unprecedented conflict. The Iran deal has never been closer to revival, but significant obstaclesContinue Reading
Advertisements The most high-profile fight yet that AIPAC is trying to decide with its money is in Michigan, where two incumbents–progressive Andy Levin and conservative Haley Stevens–are facing off. AIPAC’s all-out assault on Levin–a self-declared Zionist and high-profile Jewish member of Congress–redraws the political map around Israel, especially in racesContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for Mondoweiss, I look at the possibility that J Street is moving to replace AIPAC as the dominant pro-Israel voice in the Democratic party. Despite the fact that the liberal Zionist group has some positions that are directly at odds with the Palestine solidarity movement andContinue Reading
Advertisements Rashida Tlaib being under assault is nothing new. But in her newly-redrawn district this time, she is facing an even bigger challenge: a new SuperPAC that was assembled by a “coalition of African American business, political and civic leaders, working alongside peers in the Jewish community.” Worse, the attacksContinue Reading
