Advertisements In my latest piece for The New Arab, I look at the pitiful response of Joe Biden and his administration to the Israeli onslaught against Gaza. I argue that Biden neglected this issue, allowing it to fester when he could have stopped all of this before it really started.Continue Reading
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
Advertisements Last night, Ilhan Omar completed the massive victory of “The Squad” in defending their seats against primary challengers. But they were not the only big stories of progressive victories in the primaries. Jamaal Bowman knocked out Eliot Engel, Cori Bush unseated Missouri incumbent Lacy Clay, whose seat had beenContinue Reading
It is useful to bring the idea of using aid to leverage Israel into recognizing Palestinian rights not because that alone will force Israel to change but because it is a component of building the public support, and, crucially, the policy debate that moves U.S. foreign policy from its focus on coercion and warfare to achieve its ends. That’s how we work toward a policy of leading by promoting universal human rights through international law.Continue Reading
Ungar-Sargon and Greenblatt, who have become the mainstream media’s favorite Jewish, liberal sources on anti-Semitism, are blurring these issues. They thereby make it more difficult for progressives and Palestine solidarity activists to call out real anti-Semites in their midst, which is something that has happened on numerous occasions despite the frequent accusations to the contrary.Continue Reading
