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Protesters at the Global Day of Action for Gaza, marching from the State Department to the White House, in Washington, D.C., April 25, 2025. (Diane Krauthamer/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Israel is losing Americans’ support. Will the Democrats listen?

New polls show broad opposition to Israel's genocide — and that Democrats' intransigence on Gaza greatly reduced turnout in the Nov. 5 election.

By Halah Ahmad May 28, 2025

Fire and smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, October 9, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel’s unbridled war on Gaza’s underground

Unable to pinpoint Hamas commanders in Gaza’s tunnels, the Israeli army decimated entire residential blocks with bunker-buster bombs to crush the passages below and flood them with lethal fumes, an investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham February 6, 2025

The fifth day of the Gaza encampment at UPenn in Philadelphia, April 29, 2024. (Joe Piette/CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)

The Democrats’ stubborn refusal to learn from the campus protests for Palestine

In Philadelphia and across the U.S., progressive young voters rejected the idea that domestic priorities must be tied to a destructive policy abroad.

By Ahmed Moor December 17, 2024

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Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike on an UNRWA school in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, October 14, 2024. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

‘I don’t care who’s president there. I just want my kids to survive in Gaza’

Decrying Biden’s catastrophic legacy, Gazans harbored little hope for a Harris presidency — but they’re not enthused about Trump’s second term either.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish November 14, 2024

A sign congratulating Former President Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election in central Jerusalem, November 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After Trump’s victory, Palestinians cannot afford to wait until the next US election

Palestinians and their allies must build on down-ballot wins, while recognizing the limitations of electoral politics in the face of Israel’s genocidal campaign.

By Samer Badawi November 7, 2024

Former President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Dec. 7, 2019. (Joyce N. Boghosian/Wikimedia Commons)

As a former staffer, I feel betrayed by Harris. But Trump would be catastrophic

Progressive movements and Palestinians will suffer the most under Trump. We cannot abdicate our power within the Democratic Party, limited as it may be.

By Lily Greenberg Call November 2, 2024

President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with national security advisers before a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, October 10, 2023. (Adam Schultz/Wikimedia Commons)

Why the Democrats were Israel’s perfect partners in genocide

By masking support for Israel with hollow humanitarian gestures and empathy for Palestinians, Biden and Harris have diluted pressure to end the war.

By Tariq Kenney-Shawa October 29, 2024

Uncommitted delegates Meryem Maameri and Asma Mohammed, both of Minnesota, lock arms as they enter the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 22, 2024. (Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia Commons)

‘American society will have to divest from Israel before our leaders do’

In Ohio and around the U.S., pro-Palestine activists alienated by the presidential race are redoubling their efforts in local elections.

By Samer Badawi September 27, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress in Washington, DC, July 24, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

‘This is also America’s war’: Why the U.S. isn’t stopping Israel’s Gaza onslaught

Israelis and Palestinians are making a terrible mistake by looking exclusively to Washington to solve their problems, says former negotiator Daniel Levy.

By Meron Rapoport September 2, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate ahead of the Democratic National Convention, Dearborn, Michigan, August 18, 2024. (Courtesy of Uncommitted National Movement)

‘The Uncommitted movement did a service to the Democratic Party’

As the Democrats’ convention begins, political strategist Waleed Shahid discusses the possibilities for shifting the party on Israel-Palestine.

By Joshua Leifer August 20, 2024

Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, May 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

We’re already in a regional war. Only a Gaza ceasefire can end it

As long as Palestinians were the primary casualties, Israel’s allies indulged its military hubris. Now they fear the bitter fruits of their mistake.

By Amjad Iraqi August 6, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Washington demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech to the U.S. Congress, July 24, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

In Washington’s streets, a new popular consensus on Palestine

While Congress cheered Netanyahu, grassroots mobilizations of the Democratic base marked a sharp break from the party’s support for Israel.

By Ahmed Moor August 5, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Deceive, defy, and defer: Netanyahu’s time-tested strategy to outmaneuver Biden

For 15 years, the Israeli prime minister has proven his ability to scuttle political agreements — while never losing the United States’ backing.

By Lev Grinberg July 16, 2024