In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with Mara Kronenfeld, Executive Director of UNRWA USA. They discuss the role of UNRWA (the United…

Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement & Annexation Report. To subscribe to this report, please click here. March 27, 2026 WEST BANK: Five New Outposts, Cabinet Approves…

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“Mr Malinowski was seen by many as relatively moderate on Israel. ‘They are being absolutists and it’s backfiring,’ says Matt Bennett of Third Way, a think-tank. Top Democrats are swearing off AIPAC money. None of this appears to faze the group. In a social-media post celebrating its victories in Illinois, it declared that ‘being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics’. If that were so, says Lara Friedman of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, another think-tank, it would not shy away from making that case to voters. AIPAC says that “like many groups” it will “continue to use different tools to engage in races this cycle”. But its use of front groups places it alongside industries such as oil, tobacco and crypto, which have deployed similar tactics. The added risk for AIPAC is that this approach may reinforce antisemitic tropes about covert influence over policymaking—at a time when such views are already gaining ground.”

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with David Velasco, the former editor-in-chief of the art magazine Artforum. Ahmed and David discuss David’s decision…

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Welcome to FMEP’s Weekly Settlement & Annexation Report. To subscribe to this report, please click here. March 20, 2026 WEST BANK: New Enclave in Hebron, Officer…

“In New Jersey, AIPAC’s super PAC spent heavily against Tom Malinowski in a Democratic primary. According to The New York Times, the move drew more public attention to AIPAC’s influence than intended. Former NJ Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer said the spending left a ‘sour taste’ among residents. Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, cautioned that rejecting AIPAC alone may not be enough: ‘It’s unclear if [candidates] will keep that standard by rejecting support from other organizations — chiefly but not limited to Democratic Majority for Israel.'”