A jury convicts Jason Eaton of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college students in 2023, rejecting his insanity defense. Plus: a People’s Tribunal on US complicity in Gaza comes to Seattle, and Trump takes shots at the ICC.
Robert Kraft got Macklemore ousted from Ed Sheeran’s tour over “Free Palestine.” A look at the NFL owner’s record makes it clear why: funding the IDF, fighting BDS, courting Netanyahu, and bringing football legends on tours of Israel.
A Michigan rabbis’ ‘nonnegotiable’ petition demanding El-Sayed disown Hasan Piker reveals a harsh truth for El-Sayed: that no amount of pandering will satisfy critics who want anti-Zionism expelled from the Democratic party outright.
Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. moves forward, cementing pro-Israel Ellison family’s grip on American media. Noura Erakat is arrested testifying against an Israeli Bonds investment, and Stanford drops charges against 5 pro-Palestine protesters.
Macklemore was pulled from Ed Sheeran’s tour after pro-Palestine remarks and Robert Kraft’s alleged pressure campaign. Columbia University faces a new lawsuit from Mahmoud Khalil and fellow activists over its handling of Palestine-related harassment.
Political consultant Peter Feld breaks down the primaries, AIPAC’s losses (and wins), the attacks on Hasan Piker, and why a demoralized GOP and Democratic infighting could both shape the midterms in unexpected ways.
Progressive candidates won Democratic primaries by centering Palestine. Now, advocates warn that without a firm demand like an arms embargo, politicians can co-opt ‘pro-Palestine’ rhetoric without real accountability.
25 years after 9/11, the War on Terror’s legacy is everywhere, from rampant Islamophobia, to another open ended war on Iran. Plus: Adidas faces boycott calls over an ad featuring an IDF soldier wounded in Gaza.”
From Iraq to Iran, the Israel lobby has, for decades, pushed America towards wars in the Middle East. But with Trump’s wildly unpopular Iran war, the unshakeable power of the Israel lobby is finally being called into question.
The Trump administration designated Palestine Action as a terrorist group, banning supporters from the U.S. Meanwhile, a federal judge ruled deporting pro-Palestine students over their speech is unconstitutional — a rare check on the crackdown.