On Foreign Policy, Biden Leaves a Global Trail of Destruction
There is no ambiguity about President Joe Biden’s foreign policy record: it was bloody, and it was disastrous.
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The Attack on Palestinian Universities
The brutality of Israeli occupation isn't limited to wars. It also includes constant assault on Palestinians' access to basic necessities like higher education.
Trump 2.0 Means More Pain in the Middle East
Joe Biden has facilitated a devastatingly brutal war by Israel against Gaza. Donald Trump is about to make it much worse.
Using Research to Uncover Campus Complicity in Genocide
Across the US, students organizing against Israel’s assault on Gaza have made essential use of power research, uncovering financial ties between the Pentagon and campus labs and mapping out connections between university trustees and the war machine.
Major Unions Are Calling for an End to Israeli Military Aid
Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, seven unions — whose members constitute almost half of all American union members — have demanded an end to US military aid to Israel. The labor movement’s calls to end the genocide in Gaza are growing.
Israel Doesn’t Have a “Right to Exist” — But Israelis and Palestinians Do
We’re often told that creating a single secular democratic state with equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians would violate Israel’s “right to exist.” But no nation-state has an inviolable right to exist — especially not an ethnostate based on exclusion and ethnic cleansing.
We Can’t Expect Joe Biden to Stop Supporting Apartheid
The Western media discourse gets it all wrong. Israel is not at risk of becoming an apartheid state — it already is one.
Germany Should Be Supporting a Cease-Fire, Not Israel’s War
Germany’s political establishment strongly supports Israel’s war in Gaza, sending messages of “solidarity” as well as weapons. Nicole Gohlke, an MP for left-wing party Die Linke, writes for Jacobin on why Germany should instead be calling for a cease-fire.
Michigan’s Primary Shows Biden Is Courting Political Suicide
The “uncommitted” vote in Michigan way outperformed expectations last night, reflecting Democratic unhappiness with Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s brutal war. He should change course on Gaza immediately.
Suppliers of the Israel Defense Forces Are Doing Profitable Business Throughout the US
Pro-Palestine activists have been working to disrupt arms manufacturers and other companies enabling Israel’s assault on Gaza. Plenty of those suppliers are also raking in profits selling to US law enforcement and private consumers.
Erdoğan Is No Friend of Palestine
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s fiery statements condemning Israel may seem bold, but Turkey's trade relations with Israel tell a different story. In the end, Erdoğan’s bluster is a cynical attempt to shore up eroding support among his base.
Britain’s Government Has Given the Green Light to Israeli War Crimes
British prime minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel today to give his support to Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on the civilian population of Gaza. But huge numbers of people in Britain are defying legal threats to express solidarity with the Palestinian people.
US Weapons Shipments to Israel Are Enabling War Crimes
Joe Biden is fast-tracking weapons shipments to Israel to support its assault on Gaza. The types of weapons being sent have been used repeatedly by the Israeli military to attack and kill civilians during the last 15 years alone.
US Labor Has Long Been a Stalwart Backer of Israel. That’s Starting to Change.
The US labor movement has a decades-long history of supporting Israel wholeheartedly, punctuated by moments of pro-Palestine actions by rank-and-file activists. As Israel wages its war on Gaza, those pro-Palestine moments are becoming increasingly common.
October 7, Two Years On
Two years into its war on Gaza, Israel faces global condemnation and a growing Palestinian solidarity movement. Yet, as analyst Mouin Rabbani explains, US support remains unwavering, and Israel shows little concern for the world’s outrage.
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Like Biden’s but Far Worse
After bitterly attacking Joe Biden’s foreign policy as incompetent, chaotic, and likely to leave the Middle East in flames, Donald Trump has continued everything that made Biden’s final year so disastrous — only dumber and more violent.
A New Generation of Resistance
In showing that Palestinians won't submit to Israeli violence, the ongoing youth uprising has given the rest of Palestine hope.
The Roots of Terrorism
US atrocities at home and abroad foster support for terrorist groups.
Resurrecting the Antiwar Movement
Being pro-refugee must also mean being antiwar.
Jared Kushner May Profit From Expanded Israeli Settlements
On Wednesday, Jared Kushner doubled his stake in a financial firm that stands to gain from turbocharging illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory — just before the announcement of a cease-fire deal that Kushner may have helped advise on.