Advertisements In yet another signal to Democratic voters, especially progressive ones, Democrats selected pro-Israel fanatic Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) as the Ranking Member on the Middle East Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Making matters worse, Democratic leadership put two other AIPAC-tied Democrats—Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) and Wesley BellContinue Reading
Advertisements Two very dangerous bills, one passed in the House this week and another submitted. Both Republican-led, both supported by extremist, pro-Israel, anti-Jewish, and Islamophobic Democrats. This piece explains the danger.Continue 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 The latest wave of work to define criticism of Israel as antisemitism is gathering momentum. This is a strategy with both a grassroots and a top-down strategy. This piece looks at a new and ongoing iteration of efforts by senior lawmakers in the United States and Europe to stigmatizeContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for Mondoweiss, I look at the confluence of recent events at the United Nations and in the discourse around Israel and Palestine on Capitol Hill. Specifically, the speech of Yair Lapid at the UN General Assembly, supported explicitly by US President Joe Biden, and the horrificContinue Reading
