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.
After relying on an unreliable Trump for defense, suspending normalization talks with Israel, and losing access to the Bab-al-Mandab Strait, Saudi Arabia turns to hesitant allies for help.
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.
A jury convicts Jason Eaton of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian college students in 2023, rejecting his insanity defense. Plus: a People’s Tribunal on US complicity in Gaza comes to Seattle, and Trump takes shots at the ICC.
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.
A Michigan rabbis’ ‘nonnegotiable’ petition demanding El-Sayed disown Hasan Piker reveals a harsh truth for El-Sayed: that no amount of pandering will satisfy critics who want anti-Zionism expelled from the Democratic party outright.
Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. moves forward, cementing pro-Israel Ellison family’s grip on American media. Noura Erakat is arrested testifying against an Israeli Bonds investment, and Stanford drops charges against 5 pro-Palestine protesters.
Macklemore was pulled from Ed Sheeran’s tour after pro-Palestine remarks and Robert Kraft’s alleged pressure campaign. Columbia University faces a new lawsuit from Mahmoud Khalil and fellow activists over its handling of Palestine-related harassment.
Political consultant Peter Feld breaks down the primaries, AIPAC’s losses (and wins), the attacks on Hasan Piker, and why a demoralized GOP and Democratic infighting could both shape the midterms in unexpected ways.