Interview: Middle East in Focus
2024-12-24
Advertisements On December 22, I was pleased to be hosted by Nagwa Ibrahim on KPFA’s Middle East in Focus. Listen below.Continue Reading
Cutting Through: Understanding the attack on Majdal Shams
2024-07-28
Advertisements The rush to take revenge against Hezbollah risks plunging the entire Mideast into a regional war. The propaganda and many of the assumptions around this horrific incident fly in the face of the facts. Read more at the Cutting Through newsletter.Continue Reading
Biden administration continues to disregard the Palestinian people
2022-06-17
Advertisements Anyone who says there’s no difference between Democrats and Republicans need only look at the Supreme Court, women’s rights, and LGBTQIA rights to see what nonsense that is. But that’s all domestic policy. On foreign policy it’s a very different story. The differences between Republicans and Democrats in internationalContinue Reading
The holes in Biden’s Palestine policy tell a familiar story
2021-02-02
Advertisements In my latest piece for The New Arab, I look at the early days of the Joe Biden administration, and what they forecast for U.S. policy on Israel and Palestine. The outlook is not very promising, although after four years of Donald Trump, it will obviously be a vast improvement.Continue Reading
Church Organizations Call on Biden To Pursue A “Just and Lasting Peace” in Israel-Palestine
2020-12-16
Advertisements A broad coalition of Church groups and denominations have sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden urging him to pursue a “just and lasting peace” between Israel and the Palestinians. Echoing a sentiment heard frequently lately, the groups told Biden that “…walking back policy changes made by the TrumpContinue Reading