Advertisements Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for continued support for the Gaza genocide may have received rapturous applause from Congress, but the speech revealed uncertain political terrain for Israel among both Democrats and Republicans. Read more at MondoweissContinue Reading
Advertisements Two “must-pass” House of Representatives bills to fund the State and Defense Departments show how dangerous Republican Party views on Palestine are. Read more at Mondoweiss.Continue Reading
Advertisements Netanyahu is out and very little will change as a result. Israel’s apartheid policies, inside and outside its internationally recognized borders, will continue. Creeping annexation will continue. Efforts to undermine the JCPOA will continue. Much of what will be attributed to Netanyahu, such as Israel’s sharp rightward and nationalisticContinue Reading
Advertisements In the latest ReThinking Foreign Policy podcast, I look at the potential responses of both Donald Trump and Republican leaders to an electoral loss. They’re not the same. I also revisit the AOC-Yitzhak Rabin controversy I discussed in the previous podcast, because the attacks on AOC are not stopping. TheContinue Reading
The importance of Netanyahu’s silence must not be underestimated. He has shown, as have other Israeli leaders, that the safety and security of Jews outside of Israel is less important than what he perceives as Israeli, or even simply his own, political interests. The next time he scowls at a room full of United Nations Ambassadors, or invokes anti-Semitism to protect settlement products from being labeled truthfully, or claims that supporters of Palestinian rights (let alone Palestinians themselves) are motivated not by ethical concerns or a desire to end suffering but by antipathy towards Jews, we’d all do well to remember just how sincere his, and also more moderate Israeli leaders’, opposition to anti-Semitism really is.Continue Reading
