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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier. (MS NOW)
Opinion

It is now undeniable that Israel is an electoral liability for Democrats

By Michael Arria June 25, 2026 10

The New York Democratic primary showed that Israel has become a litmus test for voters. The media frames this as a “divide” within the party, but the only divide is between party leaders who still support Israel and voters who don’t.

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‘The Israel lobby is toxic, and that was proven again’: Breaking down the NYC primaries

By Michael Arria June 24, 2026 0

Mamdani-backed candidates swept New York City’s Democratic primaries. What do these wins tell us about Palestine’s place in the Democratic Party, and will they help shape the upcoming primaries?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister's Office/APA Images)

Israel is tearing down the American order that once protected it

By Abdaljawad Omar June 24, 2026 4

The American order that gave Israel stability now constrains Israel’s expansion. In response, Israel is dismantling U.S. hegemony in the region, turning allies Turkey and Egypt into enemies, and working to end the U.S.’s ability to restrain it.

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‘The Israel lobby is toxic, and that was proven again’: Breaking down the NYC primaries

By Michael Arria June 24, 2026 0

Mamdani-backed candidates swept New York City’s Democratic primaries. What do these wins tell us about Palestine’s place in the Democratic Party, and will they help shape the upcoming primaries?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister's Office/APA Images)

Israel is tearing down the American order that once protected it

By Abdaljawad Omar June 24, 2026 4

The American order that gave Israel stability now constrains Israel’s expansion. In response, Israel is dismantling U.S. hegemony in the region, turning allies Turkey and Egypt into enemies, and working to end the U.S.’s ability to restrain it.

President Donald J. Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 8, 2026, en route Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C. in Sterling, Virginia. (Official White House Photo by Patrick B. Ruddy).

In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is forcing a moment of truth on Trump

By Mitchell Plitnick June 23, 2026 8

Both Iran and Israel are gambling a great deal of their futures on what Trump will do next. Indeed, the fate of the world, in a very real sense, hangs in the balance.

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Netanyahu’s war on Iran was a pitch for Israel to become the trading alternative to Hormuz. It failed.

By Abdaljawad Omar June 22, 2026 14

Netanyahu has staked Israel’s economic future on becoming a Mediterranean trade hub to replace the Strait of Hormuz. The war on Iran was supposed to make that possible, but it consumed the fiscal space, U.S. backing, and Gulf capital needed for it.

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Weekly Briefing: Released detainees say Israel is torturing a Gaza doctor to death in prison

By Dave Reed June 21, 2026 0

Israel has seized homes inside Palestinian Authority territory, a UK court has sentenced solidarity activists as terrorists, and released detainees describe the torture of a Gaza doctor.

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My generation still can’t discuss Palestine, but thankfully we no longer control the debate

By Philip Weiss June 21, 2026 21

My generation of Jews entered Harvard in the 1970s as outsiders and left as the establishment that built support for Israel. Today, attitudes have shifted completely, yet my group still can’t discuss Palestine. Fortunately, no one is waiting for us.

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How mainstream media bias contributed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza

By James North June 21, 2026 0

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Reclaiming my Baba: the legacy of a Palestinian father who inspired The Sameer Project

By Miramar Abusaleem June 20, 2026 0

This Father’s Day, Miramar Abusaleem reclaims her father’s memory — a Gaza farmer killed by an Israeli airstrike, and namesake of The Sameer Project — challenging how Palestinian men disappear from media coverage of the genocide.

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What does Trump’s defeat mean for the Middle East?

By Michael Arria June 20, 2026 0

After months of war, the U.S. and Iran have signed a framework agreement that excludes every U.S. war aim. Mouin Rabbani breaks down why this is a decisive defeat for Washington and Israel.

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Inside the case against the ‘Michigan 8’: Palestine activism recast as antisemitic terror

By Yarden Katz and Stephen M. Ward June 19, 2026 2

Eight Palestine solidarity activists in Michigan face decades in prison over property damage. The Justice Department’s disproportionate charges reveal a broader effort to crack down on Palestine solidarity activism as a whole.

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Rep. Dan Goldman of NY after AIPAC trip to "terror tunnel" on border with Lebanon says that the tunnels is "totally designed to further the destruction of Israel."

The Shift: DOJ investigating NYC coffee shop that banned Rep. Dan Goldman over Israel

By Michael Arria June 25, 2026 0

Donald Trump is not a fan of outgoing Rep. Dan Goldman, who was ousted by former NYC Comptroller Brad Lander…

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Palestinians resist Israel’s efforts to take over the West Bank landmark, Solomon’s Pools

By Majd Jawad June 26, 2026 0

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has vowed to wrest control of the ancient Solomon’s Pools site from the Palestinian Authority. Palestinians are responding by reclaiming the site and resisting Israeli efforts to seize more of the West Bank.

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Studying for high school finals in Gaza without electricity, adequate food, or a home

By Tareq S. Hajjaj June 26, 2026 0

For decades, the General Secondary Education Examination, or “Tawjihi,” was one of Gaza’s most significant milestones. But now, for the third year, students are taking their exams with no classrooms, no reliable electricity, and barely enough food.

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‘The Israel lobby is toxic, and that was proven again’: Breaking down the NYC primaries

By Michael Arria June 24, 2026 0

Mamdani-backed candidates swept New York City’s Democratic primaries. What do these wins tell us about Palestine’s place in the Democratic Party, and will they help shape the upcoming primaries?

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier. (MS NOW)

It is now undeniable that Israel is an electoral liability for Democrats

By Michael Arria June 25, 2026 10

The New York Democratic primary showed that Israel has become a litmus test for voters. The media frames this as a “divide” within the party, but the only divide is between party leaders who still support Israel and voters who don’t.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister's Office/APA Images)

Israel is tearing down the American order that once protected it

By Abdaljawad Omar June 24, 2026 4

The American order that gave Israel stability now constrains Israel’s expansion. In response, Israel is dismantling U.S. hegemony in the region, turning allies Turkey and Egypt into enemies, and working to end the U.S.’s ability to restrain it.

President Donald J. Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 8, 2026, en route Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C. in Sterling, Virginia. (Official White House Photo by Patrick B. Ruddy).

In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is forcing a moment of truth on Trump

By Mitchell Plitnick June 23, 2026 8

Both Iran and Israel are gambling a great deal of their futures on what Trump will do next. Indeed, the fate of the world, in a very real sense, hangs in the balance.

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How mainstream media bias contributed to Israel’s genocide in Gaza

By James North June 21, 2026 0

Robin Andersen’s indispensable new book, The Complicit Lens, offers a comprehensive examination of the media’s role in supporting the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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How Jeffrey Goldberg weaponized Jewish trauma to pave the way for war with Iran

By Yakov Hirsch May 21, 2026 59

Over the past two decades, no one has done more to shape U.S. discourse on Israel than Jeffrey Goldberg. By relying on tropes of eternal Jewish victimhood, Goldberg declared Iran an existential threat to Jews and helped pave the way for war.

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Nicholas Kristof’s report on Israeli rape of Palestinians detonated a furious smear campaign. Will the mainstream media follow the story?

By James North May 17, 2026 31

An in-depth report by NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof accused Israeli prison guards of raping Palestinians. The Netanyahu government responded with a ferocious smear campaign, and the media is squirming uncomfortably. Will it follow the story?

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