Democratic Majority for Israel It’s been a rough couple weeks for the lobbying group Democratic…

Last week negotiations over an Iran nuclear deal began again and an enrichment site in Iran was promptly attacked. A planned explosion caused a blackout. The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the country had been the victim of “nuclear terrorism.” Anyone with a cursory understanding of world affairs knew who was responsible as soon as they heard the news.

A new regime takes over in Washington and just like that the monotonous press conference is back. Out go the carnival barkers gripped by imperial bluster, in come the liberal interventionists well-versed in DC doublespeak.

Since its development the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism has been used as a cudgel to stifle and suppress Palestine activism. Recently a group of over 200 Jewish scholars published the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism, which takes direct aim at the IHRA.

A pretty extraordinary thing happened last week. A candidate for Governor in Virginia said he supports the BDS movement.

We cover attempts to censor pro-Palestine sentiment every week, but there’s something unprecedented about two recent cases.

The Trump administration violated the Iran Deal, and Joe Biden repeatedly said he wanted to rejoin it if he ended up becoming president. But now that Biden is president, things aren’t so clear.

Dropping bombs on the Middle East is a rite of passage for modern Presidents and last week Joe Biden officially joined the club.

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A right-wing lawyer with connections to the Israeli government is trying to reveal the names of everyone who attended the 2018 annual National Students for Justice in Palestine conference.