Progressive candidates won Democratic primaries by centering Palestine. Now, advocates warn that without a firm demand like an arms embargo, politicians can co-opt ‘pro-Palestine’ rhetoric without real accountability.
25 years after 9/11, the War on Terror’s legacy is everywhere, from rampant Islamophobia, to another open ended war on Iran. Plus: Adidas faces boycott calls over an ad featuring an IDF soldier wounded in Gaza.”
From Iraq to Iran, the Israel lobby has, for decades, pushed America towards wars in the Middle East. But with Trump’s wildly unpopular Iran war, the unshakeable power of the Israel lobby is finally being called into question.
The Trump administration designated Palestine Action as a terrorist group, banning supporters from the U.S. Meanwhile, a federal judge ruled deporting pro-Palestine students over their speech is unconstitutional — a rare check on the crackdown.
AIPAC was poised to spend millions supporting Michigan’s GOP Senate nominee, Mike Rogers, but even he doesn’t want their help.
Analysis by multiple outlets shows a surge of Islamophobia across social media in response to Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory.
A San Francisco judge has sentenced seven pro-Palestinian activists to 30 days in county jail over a 2024 Gaza protest on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Ben-Gvir called for killing 30-40 Palestinians nightly, saying they’re ‘not even people’, while AJC and DMFI scrambled to call it an outlier, not policy. Plus: the ‘Woke 1’ discourse and what it signals for the Palestine movement’s future.
DSA member Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman in Florida’s Senate primary, outspent 16 to 1. She’s called Netanyahu a war criminal and opposes U.S. arms sales to Israel. Elsewhere in the state, progressive challengers didn’t see as much success.