Studies consistently show that Jewish Israelis view Palestinians as less than human. This deep-seated racism is rooted in the Zionist colonial project and helps explain the broad support for the Gaza genocide.

The tools of boycott and public protest are inherited from the colonial period. We need to adapt these methods to focus on where power is concentrated today in our region: Arab capital.

All my life, I have felt a strong affinity with Jewish people, but now that my employer, Columbia University, has adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism, I suddenly find myself labeled an “antisemite” because I oppose Palestinian oppression.

This week, the Trump administration invited Jared Kushner and Tony Blair to the White House to discuss the “day after” in Gaza. The meeting was an exercise in fantasy, and its only intended beneficiary was not even present – Benjamin Netanyahu.

As organizers gather in Detroit, this week’s coverage tracks Gaza City’s destruction, the killing of journalists, a UN route to protection, and escalations across the West Bank.

Hamas’s effort to gain Western sympathy by comparing the Gaza genocide to the Holocaust is understandable but ultimately shortsighted. Instead, putting the genocide in the larger context of colonial violence could build genuine solidarity.

The Jewish community and the Democratic Party are being torn apart over their complicity in the Gaza genocide and decades of supporting Palestinian oppression. This overdue reckoning will only be resolved by abandoning Zionism.

The Israeli army is using airstrikes, rigged explosive APCs, and bulldozing operations to level neighborhoods and displacement centers in Gaza City. Eyewitnesses and local officials say it is to cause mass flight and prevent residents from returning. 

The denial of the Gaza genocide has been echoed from the mainstream media to the White House. While reminiscent of Holocaust denial, today’s denials have deadly consequences as they are used to justify the very genocide deniers claim isn’t happening.

Former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller admitted that Israel purposely tanked Gaza ceasefire negotiations on multiple occasions during the Biden era.