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Settlers of the Nachala Settlement Movement set up tents near Kiryat Arba, with the intention to establish illegal outposts in the West Bank, July 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why settlers don’t want annexation — yet

Settler leaders panicked when Israel was on the cusp of annexing the West Bank. The government's legal reforms now intend to put their concerns to rest.

By Merav Amir January 26, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden boarding Air Force One after a farewell ceremony in his honor at Ben Gurion Airport, July 15, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

To replace US hegemony, Biden blesses a marriage of apartheid and autocracy

Israeli-Saudi normalization is at the crux of a new regional order, speaking the language of ‘peace’ at the price of people like Khashoggi and Abu Akleh.

By Iyad el-Baghdadi July 20, 2022

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman poses for a portrait in Jerusalem, November 10, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

An American sledgehammer in Jerusalem

In his new memoir, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman describes how he spent four years gift-wrapping anti-Palestinian violence in the language of Jewish salvation.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland July 19, 2022

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Amiad Cohen, the director general of the Tikvah Fund in Israel, delivers a speech during the Israeli Conservatism Conference, Jerusalem, May 26, 2022. (Fabian Koldorff)

An Israeli home for America’s New Right

A recent conference in Jerusalem showcases the Israeli right's embrace of American-style culture wars, nationalist populism, and cults of personality.

By Noam Sheizaf July 18, 2022

University of Wisconsin-Madison students and the Overpass Light Brigade protest fossil fuels outside UW's Bascom Hall, April 5, 2014. (Joe Brusky/CC BY-NC 2.0)

To crush climate action, fossil fuel advocates are copying anti-BDS laws

US conservatives are banning boycotts of oil and gas companies, using anti-BDS legislation as a model. Experts warn the tactic will spread even further.

By Abe Asher March 21, 2022

Jacob Anthony Chansley, one of the Capitol rioters, is seen outside Capitol Hill after it was stormed on January 6, Washington DC. (Blink O'fanaye/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Bibi goes MAGA: How Netanyahu is exploiting the Capitol Hill riot

The Israeli prime minister and his supporters in the media are spinning the riot in Washington to paint anti-Netanyahu protesters as a dangerous threat.

By Yali (Yael) Marom January 13, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to the press during a visit in Har Homa, East Jerusalem on March 16, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Inside Trump and Netanyahu’s ‘end of season’ settlement bonanza

Amid ongoing political instability in the US, Israel is advancing 'doomsday' settlements in East Jerusalem that would devastate prospects for a future peace deal.

By Daniel Seidemann November 24, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the prime minister's visit to the White House, Washington DC, February 15, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

How Trump and Netanyahu made American antisemitism come alive

For four years, Netanyahu has equated Jews with the Israeli government, while Trump has made common cause with white nationalists. I wish more Israelis understood why this was so terrifying.

By Libby Lenkinski November 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media at after a vote on a bill to dissolve the parliament, at the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 30, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

How did Israeli pundits become more right-wing than Fox News?

By spreading conspiracy theories about U.S. voter fraud, Netanyahu's media allies are enabling similar claims to be made in the next Israeli election.

By Edo Konrad November 15, 2020

Proud Boys participating in a neo-Confederate protest in Pittsboro, North Carolina on October 26, 2019. (Anthony Crider/ CC BY 2.0)

Disrupting the dark web of white supremacy

In ‘Culture Warlords,’ Talia Lavin goes beyond exposing the underbelly of the far right in the United States — she actively resists it.

By Shane Burley November 11, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Progressives will keep up the fight for Palestine — with or without Biden

Rather than pegging hopes on a White House moored to bygone policies, Palestine activists should keep bolstering the movement from the ground up.

By Edo Konrad November 10, 2020

An anti-Netanyahu protester holds up a sign reading 'Netanyahu, you're next' during a demonstration against the prime minister following the election of Joe Biden to the presidency of the U.S., Jerusalem, November 7, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

‘Bibi is next’: Anti-Netanyahu protesters celebrate Biden victory in Jerusalem

Marching through the streets of Jerusalem, protesters expressed hope that like Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu would soon be out of a job.

By Oren Ziv November 8, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 8, 2019. (Matt Johnson/CC BY 2.0)

In the US and Israel, the left’s next battle is with the moderate right

Invigorating the left in Israel might seem like a fantasy. But the U.S. progressive movement shows that with clear alternatives, a shift is possible.

By Ariel David November 2, 2020