Biden has nominated former former Obama offical Jack Lew as ambassador to Israel. GOP lawmakers are criticizing the pick over his connections to the Iran deal.
Life is precious. Every human being believes this and spends their life trying to survive. But in Gaza, just surviving can sometimes be an impossible task.
Thirty years after the Oslo Accords were designed to institute Palestinian defeat, resistance continues, and so does the cycle of loss.
In a recent interview billionaire and Democratic megadonor Haim Saban said that Bernie Sanders was a “self-hating Jew” and an “Israel-hater,” and defended his support for the lobbying group AIPAC.
Louis Allday’s introduction to the newly reissued biography of Ghassan Kanafani outlines the choice Kanafani made between being an organic participant in the resistance and his life as a writer. Kanafani chose, and in doing so, chose his fate.
Mondoweiss Culture Editor Mohammed El-Kurd interviews Palestinian writer, actress, and political activist Raeda Taha.
Reflections on the obligations of progressive Americans at a time when the Democratic Party has endorsed the idea of a “Jewish state,” which is hurtful to all those not of the right religion.
Cornel West on American militarism, the rights of Palestinians, and the importance of upholding the dignity of all people — within the U.S. empire and outside it.
Israel didn’t always demand recognition as a Jewish state, but increasingly rightwing Israeli governments have gradually demanded unique recognition of the state’s ethnic character. Dems have only obliged.
Even as the Israeli government pushes Palestinians out of large portions of the West Bank, Joe Biden seeks to normalize Netanyahu. He is sure to meet with him later this month at the U.N. Lauding Israeli “democracy” is the Democratic Party line in defiance of its own base. And liberal Zionists go along.