Advertisements The denial of the Nakba has become a virtual sine qua non for pro-Israel advocacy and propaganda. It is not necessary for Zionism; acknowledging the genocide of native people in the Western hemisphere has not led to the destruction of the US, Canada, or Australia. But because of theContinue Reading
Advertisements The increasing difficulty that Israel advocates in the United States face in trying to sell an apartheid regime to liberal Americans–Jewish and otherwise–had, while Benjamin Netanyahu was Israel’s prime minister, led many to simply embrace the right, and leave liberals behind. Now, with Yair Lapid in office, and givenContinue 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 The most high-profile fight yet that AIPAC is trying to decide with its money is in Michigan, where two incumbents–progressive Andy Levin and conservative Haley Stevens–are facing off. AIPAC’s all-out assault on Levin–a self-declared Zionist and high-profile Jewish member of Congress–redraws the political map around Israel, especially in racesContinue Reading
Advertisements Rashida Tlaib being under assault is nothing new. But in her newly-redrawn district this time, she is facing an even bigger challenge: a new SuperPAC that was assembled by a “coalition of African American business, political and civic leaders, working alongside peers in the Jewish community.” Worse, the attacksContinue Reading
