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Rahm Emanuel at Dialogues for Democracy event in Tempe, AZ (Gage Skidmore, Flickr)
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Voters are forcing Democrats to shift on Israel, but this doesn’t mean U.S. support is ending anytime soon

By Michael Arria July 22, 2026 5

When 100 Democrats voted last week to block $3.3 million in U.S. aid to Israel, it was the clearest sign yet that lawmakers are responding to voters’ overwhelming sentiment. But it still remains unclear whether this will lead to actual policy change.

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Rahm Emanuel at Dialogues for Democracy event in Tempe, AZ (Gage Skidmore, Flickr)

Voters are forcing Democrats to shift on Israel, but this doesn’t mean U.S. support is ending anytime soon

By Michael Arria July 22, 2026 5

When 100 Democrats voted last week to block $3.3 million in U.S. aid to Israel, it was the clearest sign yet that lawmakers are responding to voters’ overwhelming sentiment. But it still remains unclear whether this will lead to actual policy change.

A Palestinian woman and citizen of Israel prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station in the Palestinian town of Umm al-Fahm on March 17, 2015. (Photo by Muammar Awad/apa images)

As elections loom, Palestinian citizens of Israel remain unsure how, or whether, to engage

By Qassam Muaddi July 21, 2026 1

As the political power of Israel’s far right grows, Palestinian citizens of Israel are torn about how to respond. Should they pursue representation in the government, or are electoral politics under Israeli rule completely futile?

An image of Ibrahim Salem at Sde Teiman leaked to CNN. (Photo: Social Media)

How Israel has used sexualized violence as a weapon of settler colonialism from 1948 to today

By Nada Elia and Noura Erakat July 21, 2026 4

An extensive new Palestinian Feminist Collective report traces Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians from the 1948 Nakba to Gaza today, showing it isn’t incidental abuse but a deliberate tool of ethnic cleansing and control.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister's Office/APA Images)

Oman’s Foreign Minister to the West: You’ve been containing the wrong country

By Mitchell Plitnick July 19, 2026 16

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The Church of England calls upon its members to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Christians

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Aftermath of an Israeli settler attack on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 22, 2026. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)

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Israeli settlers have begun to escalate their colonization of Palestinian homes and lands in areas of the West Bank under ostensible Palestinian control, setting a dangerous precedent for Israel to completely take over the territory.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, May 31, 2021 (Koby Gideon / GPO)

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By Michael Arria July 16, 2026 4

Israel loses one of its most zealous allies with Lindsey Graham’s death, as a record 103 House Democrats break ranks to vote against military aid to Israel — signaling deepening fractures in the U.S.-Israel political consensus.

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Journalists attempt to get an internet connection on their phones in Gaza City after internet and phone services collapsed across the Strip on June 13, 2025, during the height of the war. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

Weekly Briefing: International law has never recognized a state’s right to exist. Israel is no exception.

By Dave Reed July 19, 2026 2

An international law expert explains why Israel has no right to exist under international law, plus West Bank land sales, Church of England solidarity, and crackdowns on dissent.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, May 31, 2021 (Koby Gideon / GPO)

The Shift: Israel lost Lindsey Graham. Now it’s lost half of House democrats, too.

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A Palestinian woman and citizen of Israel prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station in the Palestinian town of Umm al-Fahm on March 17, 2015. (Photo by Muammar Awad/apa images)

As elections loom, Palestinian citizens of Israel remain unsure how, or whether, to engage

By Qassam Muaddi July 21, 2026 1

As the political power of Israel’s far right grows, Palestinian citizens of Israel are torn about how to respond. Should they pursue representation in the government, or are electoral politics under Israeli rule completely futile?

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The Church of England calls upon its members to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Christians

By Jeff Wright July 18, 2026 4

The church’s action follows resolutions by two other religious bodies at their summer meetings — the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the American Academy of Religion — both of which named Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide.

Aftermath of an Israeli settler attack on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 22, 2026. (Photo: Mohammed Nasser/APA Images)

Israeli settlers escalate violent takeover of Palestinian homes in areas under Palestinian Authority control

By Qassam Muaddi July 17, 2026 5

Israeli settlers have begun to escalate their colonization of Palestinian homes and lands in areas of the West Bank under ostensible Palestinian control, setting a dangerous precedent for Israel to completely take over the territory.

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Rahm Emanuel at Dialogues for Democracy event in Tempe, AZ (Gage Skidmore, Flickr)

Voters are forcing Democrats to shift on Israel, but this doesn’t mean U.S. support is ending anytime soon

By Michael Arria July 22, 2026 5

When 100 Democrats voted last week to block $3.3 million in U.S. aid to Israel, it was the clearest sign yet that lawmakers are responding to voters’ overwhelming sentiment. But it still remains unclear whether this will lead to actual policy change.

An image of Ibrahim Salem at Sde Teiman leaked to CNN. (Photo: Social Media)

How Israel has used sexualized violence as a weapon of settler colonialism from 1948 to today

By Nada Elia and Noura Erakat July 21, 2026 4

An extensive new Palestinian Feminist Collective report traces Israeli sexual violence against Palestinians from the 1948 Nakba to Gaza today, showing it isn’t incidental abuse but a deliberate tool of ethnic cleansing and control.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister's Office/APA Images)

Oman’s Foreign Minister to the West: You’ve been containing the wrong country

By Mitchell Plitnick July 19, 2026 16

In a Le Monde op-ed, Oman’s Badr al-Busaidi argues the West’s decades-long policy of “containing” Iran was always misguided, and that the true threat comes from Tel Aviv. Al-Busaidi pushes for a new security order built around regional states.

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Writers Against the War on Gaza protest in the New York Times’ headquarters, March 14, 2024. (Photo: Julia Sharpe-Levine)

The New York Times enabled the Gaza genocide and lost its legitimacy in the process

By Elliott Colla July 11, 2026 12

Professor Elliott Colla was a lifelong New York Times reader but can no longer trust the paper due to its coverage of Gaza. In fact, he’s found that there is a strong case for prosecuting many at the paper for their role in the genocide.

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Israel is murdering Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. The U.S. media is covering up the crime.

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Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya has been detained by Israel for a year and a half without trial and says his jailers are trying to kill him. His case has made international headlines, yet it is being ignored in the U.S. Why?

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How mainstream media bias contributed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza

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Robin Andersen’s indispensable new book, The Complicit Lens, offers a comprehensive examination of the media’s role in supporting the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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