In order to pursue a progressive foreign policy, the United States cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Saudi crimes, to ignore the denial for decades of the rights of Palestinians, or to continue to demonize Iran. It’s not enough to demand an end to the war in Yemen, although that’s the starting point. Otherwise, there will just be more Yemens, more Gazas, and more Khashoggis while U.S. politicians dance around reality.Continue Reading

No president been faced with such fierce accusations of being anti-Israel or even anti-Semitic as Obama has. These accusations are not based on the realities of the history of US-Israel relations, and certainly not on a sober analysis of eight years of support for Israel from Obama, which has included more monetary aid than ever before, and a level of military and intelligence cooperation that even Netanyahu has called “unprecedented.”Continue Reading