The growing awareness of Israeli apartheid is leading Israel and its supporters to double down on draconian tactics to silence the truth.

For Democrats in the United States and the political “centrists” in Israel—represented by Joe Biden and Yair Lapid, respectively—the loss of credibility for the two-state solution has meant losing more and more support for Israeli policies. This helps explain the theater we have witnessed in recent days at the United Nations General Assembly and in the American media scene, where the lone Palestinian woman ever elected to Congress has come under unrelenting attack from her own party as well as the opposition. 

Under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a U.S. court has ruled in favor of a dozen U.S. families who, in 2009, sued Hezbollah for damage and injuries they suffered in the 2006 fighting with Israel.

Marvel Studios announced that little-known Israeli superheroine Sabra will join the next installment of its Captain America movie series. The character – Israeli police officer by day, super-powered Mossad agent by night – is a quintessential reflection of the Israeli apartheid system.

Yair Lapid’s brazen demand for Israeli impunity for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh is a disturbing demonstration of the relationship between Israel and its US benefactor.

Israel and its proxies in Washington are stepping up their efforts to promote war against Iran in response to the increasingly positive outlook for a renewed Iran Nuclear Deal. Their arguments, however, can be easily debunked.

Gen Z Democratic candidate for Congress Maxwell Frost seems to be a progressive in every way imaginable — except for Palestine. The 25-year-old Florida politician presents a particularly distressing dilemma for progressive Palestine advocates. His politics are not just progressive, but almost revolutionary in mainstream politics. And he is being celebrated by prominent Democrats. 

While Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz was launching his assault on seven Palestinian NGOs on Thursday, Prime Minister Yair Lapid was pressing the United States closer to an attack on Iran that could send the entire region into an unprecedented conflict. 

Israel’s latest attack on Gaza shows it is running out of options, and creating popular opposition around the world in the process. 

Well-known lobbyist Steve Rabinowitz has only been able to maintain his reputation as a progressive due to Washington’s cognitive dissonance on Israel.