Next week’s Michigan primary between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens is a referendum on AIPAC’s influence within the Democratic Party.
A new Israeli security doctrine recasts settler violence, long regarded by the establishment as destabilizing, as a guarantor of Israel’s security. Settler leaders are now seeking to solidify this new status quo in the West Bank ahead of elections.
Israel’s “decisive” plan to annex the West Bank is coming to a head as the Israeli government pushes to depopulate Palestinian villages throughout the territory. Once a hub of resistance, the West Bank’s Palestinians now find themselves defenseless.
Despite displacement, hunger, and the loss of their homes, Gaza’s students sat for their national high school exams and still came out on top.
Palestinian Americans have transformed the U.S. debate over Palestine in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Now, the question is whether they are prepared to build institutions that can turn these shifting attitudes into real political power.
Amid an alleged ceasefire, Israel continues massacring Palestinians and stealing land in Gaza. The ongoing violence is not accidental: it is a political necessity for any Israeli government in power.
The White House announced an agreement to supply nuclear material to Saudi Arabia, and then killed its own deal by linking it to normalization with Israel under Israeli pressure. But even if the deal fails, it will significantly impact Gulf politics.
Following an Israeli settler attack on the Palestinian village of Til, which resulted in the death of two Israelis and four Palestinians, the Israeli army has approved large-scale “offensive plans” for the West Bank amid settler reprisal attacks.
The House of Representatives has passed a $1 trillion bill that includes a provision critics say amounts to integrating the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Human rights groups and lawmakers are sounding the alarm as the bill now advances to the Senate.
When 100 Democrats voted last week to block $3.3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel, it was the clearest sign yet that lawmakers are responding to voters’ overwhelming sentiment. But it still remains unclear whether this will lead to actual policy change.