Since October 7 and the Gaza genocide, U.S. opinions on Israel and Palestine have drastically shifted. The power of Zionist propaganda has been permanently weakened, and the U.S.-Israel relationship is in a more precarious position than ever before.
Eli Clifton speaks to Mondoweiss about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, the shifting landscape of AIPAC, and his new book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.
The Israel lobby is losing its grip on U.S. electoral politics, but it won’t go out without a fight. American Jews cannot wait to see how it plays out. The Jewish future depends on our awakening.
Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly was not directed at the world, but Israelis. He was trying to convince them that Israel doesn’t need to change, as long as it stands united against the world — and lives by the sword.
Israeli courts put on a show of indicting criminals who kill and maim Palestinians, but the final verdict — a presidential pardon and a hero’s welcome — is already predetermined.
Since the start of the genocide in Gaza, the so-called paper of record has begun to update its language on Israel, reflecting a larger shift in US public opinion.
At the end of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s unhinged rant at the UN, he recited a seemingly obscure Bible verse. But it’s actually a dog whistle for genocide.
Robert Kraft got Macklemore ousted from Ed Sheeran’s tour over “Free Palestine.” A look at the NFL owner’s record makes it clear why: funding the IDF, fighting BDS, courting Netanyahu, and bringing football legends on tours of Israel.
The judge who sentenced Elor Azaria, the soldier who shot Abdel Fattah al-Sharif in 2016 as he lay unconscious on the ground, called him a “normal” person, because Azaria’s genocidal views were never an aberration in Israeli society.