Signs that AIPAC is becoming a liability for Israel supporters became clearer this week when former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak attacked the Israel lobby group.
“We should make it clear…that US military assistance is not to be used to aid and abet settler violence,” said Senator Chris Van Hollen in a recent interview. Is the Biden administration listening?
There is a real sea change in popular views of Israel, especially among Democrats and left-leaning Americans. But it’s not yet being seen in Washington, DC.
Democratic voters are much better than most Democratic politicians when it comes to understanding Israeli apartheid.
Say what you will about Benjamin Netanyahu, but there’s no doubt he’s bolstering the anti-Zionist cause.
This week Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was unanimously elected to lead the House Democrats, taking over for the departing Nancy Pelosi. This move has upset the Democratic party’s left flank but there’s at least one group happy to see Jeffries rise: staunch supporters of Israel.
A draconian set of rules and restrictions on the entry of foreigners into the occupied West Bank have gone into effect today, despite months of condemnations by rights groups and legal efforts to stop the restrictions from being enforced.
“It of course comes down to demographic considerations,” Israeli attorney Yotam Ben Hillel explains. “These new restrictions will completely isolate Palestinian society.”
Pro-Israel groups are praising President Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza, which the administration has voiced full support for. The airstrikes have killed at least 46 Palestinians, almost half of them civilians and 16 of them children.
Rep. Marie Newman was ousted by moderate Rep. Sean Casten in Illinois’ 6th district. Democratic Majority For Israel spent $450,000 on the race because Newman has voted with the Squad on Israel issues. But Casten has said that the U.S. has a “blind spot” when it comes to Israel’s human rights abuses.
83 congressional Democrats call on Biden to stop Israel from forcibly displacing 1,000 Palestinians from Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank.