Former President Barak Obama, who is getting paid $400,000 for a speech on health care to a Wall Street firm, is the latest politician who has completely departed from a stated commitment to progressive causes to champion neo-liberal and hawkish policies. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, who will receive an Israel advocacy award from StandWithUs on May 7th, is another such example.

Why are Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Sherrod Brown, the progressives of the Democratic Party, lining up behind Trump officials Nikki Haley and Erin Barclay? Because partisanship drops dead when it comes to defending Israel against any criticism.

Firas Nasrallah had a rash for four years while in an Israeli prison. For the ten years Mohammad Fathy was imprisoned, his father was never allowed to visit him. Similar cruel conditions are the reason that jailed Palestinians are leading a hunger strike.