Advertisements In the early morning hours of January 19, an Israeli military force came into the homes of the Salhiyeh family in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. They evicted the family, arresting some of them and leaving the rest of them to watch as, later in the day, bulldozers demolishedContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for The New Arab, I look at the new report from Amnesty International accusing and essentially proving that Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid. I focus largely on the hysterical reaction this has produced in Washington, in the Israeli government, and in the anti-PalestinianContinue Reading
Advertisements Before the Ben & Jerry’s issue dominated the US-Israel landscape, a poll of US Jews was causing lots of hand-wringing in the offices of the Conference of Presidents, AIPAC, ADL, DMFI, and other anti-democratic groups. I examine the meaning of that poll in my latest piece for The New Arab.Continue Reading
Advertisements Netanyahu is out and very little will change as a result. Israel’s apartheid policies, inside and outside its internationally recognized borders, will continue. Creeping annexation will continue. Efforts to undermine the JCPOA will continue. Much of what will be attributed to Netanyahu, such as Israel’s sharp rightward and nationalisticContinue Reading
Advertisements B’Tselem, a major Israeli human rights group, issued a position paper declaring that Israel is an apartheid state. In a new piece at The Nation, I examine their case and what led them to make this declaration and why they did this now. I also look at what thisContinue Reading
