What the growing U.S.-Israel crisis really means
President Obama might take his time deciding who his adversaries are, but eventually he gets there. This was the case with Republicans in Congress. It…
Can Europe Stop Israel From Electing Another Right-Wing Government?
For decades, Israel has deepened its occupation of Palestinian land and expanded its settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank with virtually zero consequences.…
American Progressives and Israel
In early August, as the latest Gaza war raged, two pro-Israel consultants, Meagan Buren and Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, circulated a memo addressed to “Top leaders…
Abbas Moves Toward ICC After UN Failure
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has now moved a step closer to making good on its threat to go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and…
Preparing for a Post-Abbas Palestine?
On December 31, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas closed out a year of stinging defeats by signing on to 18 international accords. Included among these was…
Palestine’s nonviolent, multilateral gambit
To hear the condemnations from members of Congress, you’d think the Palestinian Liberation Organization had returned to armed struggle. But no, it’s Palestinian nonviolence — specifically, the…
Boehner Bringing Bibi to Washington
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, U.S. President Barack Obama stated once again, and quite firmly, that he would veto any new…
Toward A New Two-State Solution
The idea that the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dead has been repeated so many times in the past several years that it…
Palestine and Human Rights Treaties: A Political Tool And A Boomerang
Palestine has been on a marathon treaty-signing binge since the United Nations General Assembly recognized it as an Observer State in November 2012. In the…
Familiar Bedfellows
By refusing to face the newness of the world that must be made, the leaders of the “Zionist Camp” are deepening the crisis of the world as it is.