Advertisements The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes a U.S. commitment to counter arms embargoes on Israel as the country’s isolation deepens due to the Gaza genocide. Read more at MondoweissContinue Reading
Advertisements Nicholas Kristof might have called for ending US military aid to Israel, but he tempered the call by saying that such a cut should not ignore Israel’s “legitimate security concerns.” We keep hearing about those concerns, and certainly there are some. But do they justify everything Israel and theContinue Reading
Advertisements One of the more loathsome ways in which Donald Trump has denigrated the already bloody and lawless foreign policy of the United States is to reduce those policies to little more than cover for what would otherwise be shady arms deals. In a world which, in pursuit of aContinue Reading
The conditions for a two-state vision, such as the one Bill Clinton envisioned in his late and unlamented Parameters, are now two decades in the past. We must start basing our goals on current conditions. The supporters of Israeli policies have been doing that for years while we live in the past. And that’s why they’ve been winning.Continue Reading
A campaign to reduce or eliminate U.S. aid to Israel, or narrower campaigns to tie that aid to specific policy demands, could do a lot to promote dialogue about U.S. policy toward Israel, even if it doesn’t achieve its broader objectives. If advocates undertake campaigns with that understanding, they may find the collateral benefits worth the effort.Continue Reading
