A month after Osama bin Laden was killed Barack Obama declared that the United States was reaching its goals in Afghanistan and that he’d begin withdrawing troops. By 2016 he went back on that promise. Joe Biden’s speech defending the U.S. withdrawal was a terrible exercise in imperial hubris, but it reflected an attitude that has been consistent across the U.S. political class since 9/11.

Anne Applebaum has supported Israeli attacks on Palestinian journalists as “legitimate targets.” Why is she being honored by The Royal Society of Literature?

David Harris of the American Jewish Committee declares war on young Jews who have joined allegedly “antisemitic”, anti-Zionist organizations so as to overcome social isolation and “are willing to throw millions of other Jews under the bus.”

The Taliban’s leadership has tried to reassure the public of a “peaceful transition,” but has not yet articulated a plan for Afghanistan. What comes next is unknown.

Journalists get fired for sharing political opinions, except when that opinion is in support for U.S. foreign policy and endless war. This is playing out vividly now as the mainstream press effectively spins its coverage on the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan into an argument for continued military occupation.

Francesca Albanese and Dr. Lex Takkenberg discuss the origins of the Palestinian refugee crisis, its role within international law, and whether Israel’s actions constitute apartheid.

As the tragedy in Afghanistan continues, there is at least one positive consequence. The warmongers in Israel and their allies in the neoconservative Washington, D.C. war party will find it even harder to convince the American public to support an invasion and “regime change” in Iran.

“I am proud to stand with the good friends and comrades victimised by the purge,’ filmmaker Ken Loach says of his expulsion from the Labor Party over bogus antisemitism allegations. It was predicted that once Jeremy Corbyn was out, the “antisemitism” claims within the UK Labour Party would suddenly vanish. Instead, the purge of Labour’s anti-Zionist left has adapted to the new battlefield.

U.S. Jews and not Christian Zionists are Israel’s “bridge” to the Congress and the White House, Israeli minister Nachman Shai tells the American Jewish Committee. “I believe only in you.” And that means shutting down the “Squad” in Congress. “I don’t want to hear those voices coming from the Democratic Party sidelines of refusal to send arms to Israel or to support Israel internationally.” P.S. Shai is a J Street hero.

“Israel never misses a chance to ruin Gaza’s mornings.” Israeli drones are an ever present part of life in Gaza, and serve as a trigger for painful memories of war.