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Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) is targeting the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), claiming the group is “antisemitic” and “connected to terrorists”, following comments by a PYM member about disrupting the weapons supply chain to Israel.

Palestinian journalists hold posters displaying Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11, 2022, in the West Bank city of Hebron. The poster reads in Arabic, "the Martyrdom of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh". (Photo: Mamoun Wazwaz/APA Images)

After months of pressure from activists, human rights groups, progressive lawmakers, and members of her family the FBI is finally launching a probe into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh. The fact that the announcement was made shortly after the Israeli and U.S. elections can hardly be a coincidence.