Advertisements Anyone who says there’s no difference between Democrats and Republicans need only look at the Supreme Court, women’s rights, and LGBTQIA rights to see what nonsense that is. But that’s all domestic policy. On foreign policy it’s a very different story. The differences between Republicans and Democrats in internationalContinue Reading
Advertisements The White House has finally announced the revised dates for Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East. From July 13-16 Biden will make a feckless journey to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. Sandwiched in between a trip to Israel that will surely not include any tough questionsContinue Reading
Advertisements My latest piece for Responsible Statecraft explores the recent half-hearted attempt by the Joe Biden administration to re-open the US consulate in Jerusalem that had served as a headquarters for diplomatic contacts with the Palestinian Authority until Donald Trump absorbed it into the US embassy when he moved that officeContinue 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 For the past four years, far right-wing pro-Israel groups such as the Zionist Organization of America and the Middle East Forum have enjoyed unprecedented influence on the White House. More mainstream pro-Israel groups like AIPAC have still been influential, but less so than in the past as the administrationContinue Reading
