How Robert Kraft got Macklemore booted from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “Free Palestine” — and why the backlash reveals the racial logic of “neutrality,” from Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to today’s entertainment industry.
A review of Norman Finkelstein’s ‘Gaza’s Gravediggers,’ which indicts not Israel’s military, but the global officials and institutions, such as the UN, the ICJ, and the media, who enabled and legitimized the genocide.
The UK’s new sanctions on Israeli settlements may be groundbreaking, but they’re also full of loopholes. F-35 parts are exempt, the state itself is untouched, and enforcement won’t start for months. Real progress, but far from enough.
Political consultant Peter Feld breaks down the primaries, AIPAC’s losses (and wins), the attacks on Hasan Piker, and why a demoralized GOP and Democratic infighting could both shape the midterms in unexpected ways.
Progressive candidates won Democratic primaries by centering Palestine. Now, advocates warn that without a firm demand like an arms embargo, politicians can co-opt ‘pro-Palestine’ rhetoric without real accountability.
From Iraq to Iran, the Israel lobby has, for decades, pushed America towards wars in the Middle East. But with Trump’s wildly unpopular Iran war, the unshakeable power of the Israel lobby is finally being called into question.
In a historic move, the UK banned trade with Israeli settlements – a major step towards accountability for Israeli crimes. But it’s not enough while Palestinians face daily state violence, harsh movement restrictions, and are still denied access to basic healthcare.
Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism has spent months letting Zionist witnesses deny genocide and recast Palestine solidarity as hate, laying the groundwork to criminalize protest, speech, and scholarship on Palestine for years to come.
The U.S. and Iran are trading strikes while carefully avoiding all-out war, and both sides are hiding the damage they’ve suffered. The difference is Iran has more reason to end the stalemate, and less patience for Washington’s forever-war strategy.