Advertisements The exchange last week between the government of Israel and the Biden administration was one of the most shameful, albeit virtually unreported, episodes of the U.S. needlessly kowtowing to its “Israeli partner.” It was truly pathetic to watch the spokespeople for the State Department stumble all over themselves tryingContinue Reading
Advertisements In my latest piece for Responsible Statecraft, I check in on Joe Biden’s planned trip to Israel next month and how Israel’s behavior in recent days–including murdering Shireen Abu Akleh, desecrating her funeral, storming a hospital in East Jerusalem, and announcing the biggest addition to West Bank settlements since Biden tookContinue Reading
Advertisements The latest edition of the Cutting Through newsletter is out. In it, I take a critical look at the way the Biden administration has handled the Russia-Ukraine crisis, with a special focus on the highly questionable approaches its taken with Putin and also with domestic media. Check it outContinue 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
