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Trump’s Endgame In Palestine
Last Friday, the State Department announced it would end all funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency that provides many essential services for Palestinian refugees...
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No, Linda Sarsour Did Not Accuse Jews Of Dual Loyalty. But The Right Wants...
Linda Sarsour, the Palestinian-American, Muslim, progressive activist and co-leader of The Women’s March, is a lightning rod of controversy. Her critics will say it is because she fails to live up to...
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Ilhan Omar, AIPAC, And Denial
Discussing the role of the pro-Israel lobby in forming US Middle East policy is perilous. I’ve heard hundreds of stories from fellow advocates, colleagues on Capitol Hill, and journalists who have...
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Ilhan Omar: Anatomy Of A Smear
Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) are escalating. The big splash over the weekend came when a poster appeared in a display case at the West Virginia state capitol during Republican Party Day. It was an...
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Friedman: Facts Have to Matter, the words of Ilhan Omar
On July 17, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs convened for a markup of several bills, including a few that were directly related to the Israel-Palestine conflict. One member of the committee,...
View ArticleJ Street’s Modest Recommendations for Biden on Israel-Palestine
For the past four years, far right-wing pro-Israel groups such as the Zionist Organization of America and the Middle East Forum have enjoyed unprecedented influence on the White House. More mainstream...
View ArticleHow hawkish Democrats are impeding Biden’s Middle East policy
I will absolutely admit that Joe Biden has far exceeded my expectations in his domestic policies, and only justified some of my fears. But on foreign policy, it’s a very different matter. Prioritizing...
View ArticleBetty McCollum’s bill won’t pass. So what’s the Israel lobby so afraid of?
There is a promising bill in the House of Representatives, brought by Betty McCollum of Minnesota, that would *gasp* require that Israel obey U.S. law in its use of U.S. military aid. [A bill which...
View ArticleBiden admin folds easily on pledge to reopen consulate in Jerusalem
My latest piece for Responsible Statecraft explores the recent half-hearted attempt by the Joe Biden administration to re-open the US consulate in Jerusalem that had served as a headquarters for...
View ArticleExcept for Palestine Paperback Release
On May 31, the paperback version of Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by myself and Marc Lamont Hill will be released. If you were waiting for the paper version to get your copy,...
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