After Israel revoked the work permits of over 200,000 Palestinian laborers following October 7, West Bank families are burning through savings, skipping meals, and losing hope for any kind of future.
Despite the media narrative that Netanyahu “lost” an ally in Europe, Péter Magyar’s decisive win in Hungary will not shift EU policy on Israel, because it is not being set by neofascists like Viktor Orbán but by Europe’s liberal core.
In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.
A revolution is underway within the Jewish community as youth abandon Zionism following the Gaza genocide. While the community scrambles to respond, the Israel lobby is being fractured in the process.
Israel bombed Tehran’s Rafi-Nia synagogue in the middle of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The attack revealed, to a shocking degree, Zionism’s willingness to treat Jewish life as disposable in the service of its ideological project.
On Wednesday, the Senate can act to block weapons to Israel by halting the delivery of the bombs and militarized bulldozers Israel has used to displace and ethnically cleanse more than three million Palestinians and Lebanese from their homes.
The decimation of Gaza’s judicial system has left hundreds of thousands of women unable to claim inheritance, get a divorce, or retain custody of their children. “That is the reality of women in Gaza. We are abandoned,” says Maysoun, a mother of two.
Michael Arria speaks with Afshin Matin-Asgari about his new book, “Axis of Empire,” and how the history of Iran–U.S. relations offers crucial context for understanding Trump’s current war.
Israel’s continued restriction of aid into Gaza has cut bread production by half as hospitals run out of baby formula and water supplies run low. Doctors warn that surging malnutrition cases among children may irreversibly harm an entire generation.
Support for Israel is collapsing in U.S. politics. The Iran war has fractured the MAGA base, military aid has become a Democratic litmus test, and AIPAC is losing primaries.