Advertisements What was the ICJ asked to adjudicate? What did the ICJ decide? And what are the ramifications of this decision, and how might it serve to finally bring some measure of justice? Read more and subscribe to the Cutting Through Newsletter.Continue Reading
Advertisements The obnoxious and hubristic Israeli response to the FBI deciding to open an investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh highlights the growing tensions between Washington and Israel. Netanyahu’s return will renew the deepening divide on Israel as he will continue to grow closer to theContinue 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
Advertisements Israel’s Ambassador to both the United States and the United Nations, together with future PM-designate and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid are threatening to mobilize the laws that nearly three dozen US states have against BDS to fight Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling their ice cream in theContinue Reading
As long as the moral and political questions of ending the occupation revolve so strongly about Israel’s concerns, legitimate though those may be, Netanyahu can find his justification for advocating occupation without end. And he will find an audience that will not berate him for it. Once the question is properly framed around both Israeli security and Palestinian rights and freedom, such options cannot be considered, and progress can reasonably be expected.Continue Reading
