The Roots of Terrorism
US atrocities at home and abroad foster support for terrorist groups.
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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 Jerusalem Gambit
The United States recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as part of its decades-long support of Israeli colonialism.
Congress Is Absolutely Wrong to Equate Anti-Zionism With Antisemitism
The US Congress has passed an absurd resolution proclaiming that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism.” It ignores the many Jewish Americans who oppose Israel’s apartheid state and slanders advocates for universal democratic rights as antisemites.
How the Right Reinvented Antisemitism
After Israel occupied large swaths of Palestine in 1967, European and American conservatives began to charge critics of the occupation with antisemitism. Recently, politicians have taken advantage of this redefinition to criminalize solidarity with Palestine.
The West’s Love for Israel Erases the Middle East’s Real History
Zionism emerged in response to 19th-century European antisemitism — but its aims in Palestine drew upon Western colonial ideologies. To present the current conflict as a timeless feud denies both European responsibility and Palestine’s multiethnic history.
Mustafa Barghouti: Palestine Will Be Free
Palestinian leader Mustafa Barghouti talks to Jacobin about why the mass demonstrations of recent weeks are just the beginning of a renewed movement to free Palestine.
Finding the Lesser Evil
Taking stock of the Democratic field on US empire.
Israel Elects Apartheid
Benjamin Netanyahu might have taken a hit in the Israeli elections. But whether or not he forms the next government, Israel’s occupation will continue — and Palestinians will have their democratic rights snuffed out.
Resurrecting the Antiwar Movement
Being pro-refugee must also mean being antiwar.
Workers Around the World Can Stand Up for Palestinians
In recent days, Palestinian trade unions have called on workers across the world to demand an “end to all forms of complicity with Israel’s crimes.” Trade unionists in the UK, the US, and elsewhere should meet their call.
The Trouble With The Free Press’s Olivia Reingold
For Olivia Reingold, one of the most prominent and prolific contributors to Bari Weiss’s Free Press, defending Israel seems to be a far greater priority than the facts.
As an Occupier, Israel Has No Right to “Self-Defense”
By invoking self-defense, Israel changes the conversation from its colonial crimes against the Palestinians to the injuries it has itself incurred as a result.
Hard Questions in Israel-Palestine
After half a century, the Israeli occupation is as strong as ever. How can we end it?
“Just Ask Israel”
Donald Trump is selling his border wall by touting Israel’s separation wall — a barrier that even many supporters admit amounts to apartheid.
Jeremy Corbyn: Palestinian Freedom Must Be Part of Our Commitment to Human Rights
Seventy-five years after the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Jeremy Corbyn writes that some of its loudest celebrants are showing monstrous hypocrisy by supporting the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians.
Tony Blair’s Ghoulish Last Decade
The Iraq War salesman may be getting into politics again. Here’s a nauseating look back at his appalling post–Downing Street years.
No, Israel Is Not Making the Desert Bloom
For decades, Israel has boasted of “making the desert bloom,” as if Palestinians never even existed. As Israel today pushes Gazans toward mass dehydration, we should remember its longstanding efforts to colonize land through its control of the water supply.
Mohammed el-Kurd’s Unabashed Fury Against Israeli Apartheid
Mohammed el-Kurd has become the face of Palestinian resistance to Israeli apartheid. His fearlessness and ability to speak truth to power has helped galvanize the global anti-Zionist movement.
Roger Cohen Sheds No Tears
There is no moral equivalence between Israeli and Palestinian actions.