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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC, March 5, 2018. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’

From annexation to UNRWA, Trump’s Israel advisors should be taken at their word — and Democrats won’t stand in their way, says Lara Friedman.

By Jonathan Adler November 13, 2024

Israeli protesters clash with police on horseback while blocking Ayalon Highway during an anti-government demonstration, March 16, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Israelis, welcome to BDS

Though not named as such, BDS tactics have been central to Israel’s anti-government protests. And the hypocrisy is not lost on Palestinians.

By Amjad Iraqi March 19, 2023

President Donald Trump speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference in, Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2016. (Lorie Shaull/CC BY-SA 2.0)

AIPAC’s insurrectionists for Israel

By endorsing candidates who tried to sabotage the elections, AIPAC has demonstrated how far it will prioritize Israel's interests over U.S. democracy.

By Mitchell Plitnick March 28, 2022

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Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets fired from the Gaza Strip over the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, May 16, 2021. (Avi Roccah/Flash90)

Iron Domegate is a victory in disguise for Palestine advocates

The dramatic vote in Congress over extra funding for Iron Dome has widened a public debate on the occupation that Israel and its allies would prefer to avoid.

By Mitchell Plitnick October 6, 2021

Palestinian-led contingent in the New York Pride Parade, June 27, 2021. (Gili Getz)

Palestinian-Americans are turning the tide of US policy

Overcoming distance and fragmentation, a new generation of diaspora Palestinians is dismantling Israel's monopoly over the U.S. conversation.

By Tariq Kenney-Shawa September 16, 2021

View of the Ben & Jerry's factory shop in Yavne, July 20, 2021. (Flash90)

Why Israel’s ice cream war could backfire

Israel is hoping that anti-BDS laws will scare U.S. companies like Ben & Jerry's from divesting from settlements. Here's why that gambit might fail.

By Mitchell Plitnick August 1, 2021

Black Lives Matter protest in Century City, California on June 6, 2020. (Brett Morrison/CC BY 2.0)

Black-Palestine solidarity is making its way to Capitol Hill

Progressive Black Democrats are reviving a radical tradition of Palestine solidarity in Congress, challenging Black leaders in their own party and Washington's support for Israeli state violence.

By Alex Kane June 16, 2021

A volley of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip was intercepted by the Iron Dome system near the Israeli town of Beer Sheva, Nov. 15, 2012. (Uri Lenzl/Flash90)

US aid to Israel was once a given. What’s changing now?

It has been three decades since a U.S. president considered freezing aid to Israel. Progressives are now making sure that idea stays on the table.

By Majeed Malhas June 15, 2021

Delegates react to then-Vice President Joe Biden's speech during the closing night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention held at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on September 6, 2012. (Jared Soares/PBS NewsHour/CC BY-NC 2.0)

This ‘progressive’ Israel lobby group has a racism problem

Democratic Majority for Israel has come under fire over a series of offensive social media posts, highlighting the group's aggressive and racist tactics.

By Alex Kane May 5, 2021

Abdul-Ghani and Fadwa Awawdeh are seen among the debris of an Israeli demolition in the Palestinian community of Humsa al-Fuqa, in the occupied West Bank, November 4, 2020. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills)

Democratic lobby group defends Israel’s demolition of Palestinian hamlet

Blaming Palestinians for their own displacement, Democratic Majority for Israel is pushing back against its party's criticism of the largest West Bank demolition in a decade, memo reveals.

By Alex Kane December 16, 2020

President Donald Trump arrives in the House chamber prior to delivering his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., February 4, 2020. (Official White House Photo / Andrea Hanks)

GOP twists debate over civil rights law to smear Democrats as antisemitic

A parliamentary maneuver centered on antisemitism is part of a Republican effort to peel away Democratic Jewish voters ahead of the election.

By Alex Kane October 12, 2020

Podium at the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (DNC Official Photo)

Annexation shouldn’t be the threshold for conditioning aid to Israel

By hinging U.S. leverage on de jure annexation, Democrats are giving Israel the green light to proceed with other crimes against Palestinians.

By Yousef Munayyer August 18, 2020

Samelys López, candidate for New York's 15th Congressional District. 'We have to work together to fight all forms of oppression, whether it's white nationalism or antisemitism, or whether it's advocating for Palestinian human rights.' (Courtesy of Corey Torpie Photography via López for the People)

Meet the South Bronx congressional candidate speaking out on Palestinian rights

With endorsements from progressives, Samelys Lopez hopes to bring her brand of working-class politics to Washington. That includes supporting Palestinian rights and the right to boycott Israel.

By Alex Kane May 26, 2020