Advertisements 2023 has been an eventful year in Palestine. Unfortunately, “eventful in Palestine” generally means bloody, and there is no doubt that this has been a particularly bloody year. Yet there has been more in 2023, as we have seen profound shifts in the political realities in key areas. NothingContinue Reading
Advertisements Hakeem Jeffries just led a delegation of two dozen congressional Democrats to Israel, with a token stop in Ramallah just to tick the box that they’d been there. But Jeffries and his fellow travelers had plenty to say about Israel and their host, Benjamin Netanyahu. At a time whenContinue Reading
Advertisements Over the weekend, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote a column that needs to be circulated to every office in Congress. In it, citing ex-U.S. government officials, including two former ambassadors to Israel, Kristof proposed that the US stop its annual aid package to Israel. Not condition theContinue Reading
Advertisements It’s a mantra, but unlike many, it’s one that seems irrefutable. But does Israel have a right to self-defense against a people it occupies? International law differentiates between obligations for protection of civilians under a state’s control–which means, essentially, policing and civil defense obligations–and self-defense rights, which has aContinue Reading
Advertisements Yesterday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed AIPAC and made it clearer than ever that the #Biden administration is committed to blocking #Palestinian rights and promoting regional conflict. Spinning a web of fanatastical non-realities and impossible scenarios, Blinken pandered to the worst tendencies of the Democratic portions of AIPACContinue Reading
