Advertisements Five prominent Jewish, pro-Israel groups sent a letter earlier this week to House Democrats with a list of principles they hoped would guide the leadership in selecting a new chairperson for the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC). The current chair, Eliot Engel, lost his congressional seat to newcomer progressive,Continue Reading
Advertisements Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon of Churches for Middle East Peace hosts Jim Zogby of the Arab American Institute, Lara Friedman of Americans for Peace Now and myself for this discussion about the end of the Obama era and the prospects of a Trump administration for Israel and Palestine.Continue Reading
Defenses of Israeli human rights workers and condemnations of Im Tirtzu have come not only from the Israeli left and its supporters, but also from key officials in the Israeli government, military and intelligence communities. Continue Reading
Advertisements Yair Lapid, Israel’s former Finance Minister, told a hawkish “pro-Israel” gathering in New York that the leaders of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement (BDS) are anti-Semites and their followers are “bleeding heart, so-called intellectuals.” Lapid went on to say that European citizens and American students “…are cheering forContinue Reading
Elliott Abrams is responsible for some of the greatest foreign policy fiascos in American history, yet he continues to be considered a legitimate source for foreign policy analysis.Continue Reading
