“Even though Dina’s doors and windows are flung wide open, the heat inside the apartment is unbearable, with no fans, air conditioning, or cold water in the fridge.” Tareq Hajjaj’s brilliant reporting from the heat wave in Gaza.

Biden went out of his way last week to warn Netanyahu not to undermine Israeli courts. He did it anyway. Three leading Israel advocates say there will be no consequences to Netanyahu for doing so, because Biden fears politicizing support for Israel with Republicans.

Israel is a racist state, but American leaders bit their tongues about that for decades. Now Israel’s move against the judiciary will end the special relationship between the countries and allow the truth to come out, says David Rothkopf.

The Israeli government’s defiance of American Jewish opinion in passing a law gutting judicial independence represents a huge crisis for American Zionists.

In “Weaponising Anti-Semitism,” Asa Winstanley effectively debunks the allegations of antisemitism the Israel lobby used to “bring down” Jeremy Corbyn, but downplays the role of British imperialism in creating the Palestine problem.

Alternative institutions and the rise of social media have given Palestinians the ability to finally be heard on the international stage and not have to wait for the mainstream media.

Liberal Zionists coalesced with rightwingers to celebrate the Israeli president this week, and Joe Biden said he’d meet with Netanyahu, ending tensions. Happy days are here again for the Israel lobby.

Liberal Zionists rushed to affirm their support for Israel and hatred of anti-Zionism in the wake of Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s “racist state” comment because they are afraid the Israel lobby will abandon the Democratic party in 2024 and big donors will go over to the GOP or sit the campaign out.

Ilhan Omar is leading a boycott of Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s speech to Congress this week, saying a country that banned her and Rashida Tlaib, both Muslims, from visiting should not get an audience from a joint session of Congress.

When Tom Friedman says the possibility of a Palestinian state was always a “fiction,” he shows contempt for Palestinians and reveals his role, promoting support for Israel in the U.S. establishment, no matter what.