“The following two things are true. First, Representative Ilhan Omar was wrong to tweet that the American government’s support of Israel is “all about the Benjamins.” Secondly, she’s being judged by a grotesque double standard. Her fiercest critics in Congress are guiltier of bigotry than she is,” writes Peter Beinart.

Tommy Vietor talks with author Peter Beinart about the controversy around Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s tweets, which many viewed as antisemitic.

With an energized progressive base increasingly supportive of Palestinian rights, and a president who is stridently pro-Israel in his policy moves, Democrats are starting to grapple more than ever with the party’s once-reflexive support for Israel.

It prevents the state retirement system, treasury and any state government entity from investing in a company that boycotts Israel.

Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian homes, on Tuesday evening, on the al-Shuhada street in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave Saudi Arabia’s support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on Tuesday, the official Palestinian Authority news site Wafa reported.