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  • Salon.com: Democrats may already be signaling a retreat on Israel

    “…’If you take that vote [on the Sanders resolutions] and then you look at what has been an arc of change and evolution on how a lot of members of Congress are talking about Gaza. There’s been a real shift there,’ said Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. ‘The question is, does that reflect a genuine shift in policy sensibility and a readiness to really go out on a limb for a principled position? Or does that more reflect a sense of finger in the air and test the winds?’ Friedman says that her reading of many statements from members of Congress repeat the Biden-era formulation of reiterating support for Israel and framing the war strategy as bad for Israeli interests while expressing what she calls ‘cosmetic’ statements of concern for Gazans. Even among those who voted to pause weapons shipments, the accompanying statements suggest that their votes are intended as symbolic opposition to the current humanitarian situation and not necessarily to Israel’s larger bombardment of Gaza…”

  • FMEP Legislative Round-Up August 29, 2025

    1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Recess Travel 4. Selected Members on the Record 5. Selected Media & Press releases/Statements —————————- New episodes of FMEP’s…

  • Settlement & Annexation Report: August 29, 2025

    Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement & Annexation Report. To subscribe to this report, please click here. August 29, 2025 Settlers Continue to Terrorize & Take Over…

  • How Israel Targets Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

    In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Laila Al-Arian, the executive producer for Fault Lines, an award-winning current affairs program on Al…

  • FMEP Legislative Round-Up August 22, 2025

    1. Bills, Resolutions 2. Letters 3. Recess Travel to Israel & West Bank (to show support for/solidarity with Israel & Greater Israel) 4. Selected Members…

  • Settlement & Annexation Report: August 21, 2025

    Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement & Annexation Report. To subscribe to this report, please click here. August 21, 2025 E-1 Settlement is Fully Approved Settlers Take…