US-Israel relations

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

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

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the annual CyberTech conference, March 3, 3022. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Netanyahu’s last stand

The ex-prime minister's new autobiography shows how his worldview became the common denominator in Israeli politics. That may also prove his downfall.

By Noam Sheizaf October 30, 2022

‘I’d like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit. We’ll work something out,’ Donald Trump tells Benjamin Netanyahu at a White House press conference, February 15, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Trump finally drags Israel into his orbit of chaos

The litany of scandals affecting the Trump Administration made relatively little impact on Israel — until this week, when the revelation that classified information he leaked to Russian politicians likely came from Israeli intelligence. By Mitchell Plitnick When the history of this chaotic period is written, people will doubtless be amazed that, not even four…

By +972 Magazine May 18, 2017

Hundreds gather in Tel Aviv to protest Israel's Operation Protective Edge, despite a police decision to revoke the demonstration's permit, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014 (photo: Activestills)

Lessons from Israel on how to build resistance in the U.S.

American liberals in despair over the presidential election would do well to look at Israel, where setbacks at the ballot box brought left-wingers together and drove them to think bigger. By Matt Duss and Dahlia Scheindlin As the initial shock of the presidential election fades, American progressives are left struggling with disturbing implications beyond the mere…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 7, 2016

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo by Activestills.org)

Why Netanyahu can’t just wish Palestine away: Analysis of a failed policy

Instead of earnestly pursuing peace, consecutive Israeli governments have attempted three policies: separating the Palestinians, erasing borders and boundaries, and attempting to change the world’s perception of reality. All three have failed. Since Benjamin Netanyahu began his second term as prime minister in 2009, he has resisted reaching a two-state solution but he also claims…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 6, 2015

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to then Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren, Tel Aviv, April 9, 2013. (State Dept photo)

Why Michael Oren’s diplomatic plan doesn’t hold water

The esteemed historian, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and CNN commentator is now back in Israel running for public office, and he has a plan. The problem is it doesn’t align with the facts. By Shemuel Meir It turns out that “spin” isn’t exclusively in the Israel’s prime minister’s domain. Michael Oren, Israel’s former…

By +972 Magazine January 14, 2015

Palestinian workers with Israeli work permit stand in a line to broad a Israel bus line only for Palestinians, after they crossed the Eyal checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, March 4, 2012.

Majority of Israeli Jews support bus segregation, survey finds

Surveys by Israeli Democracy Index and Tel Aviv University find that most Israeli Jews prefer separate buses for Jews and Palestinians in the West Bank; one-quarter of Arab respondents support the torching of Jerusalem’s only mixed Jewish-Arab school. As Israel heads into election cycle, a shower of political punditry will yet again distract everyone from…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 11, 2014

Israelis in Tel Aviv protest against Israel's assault on Gaza, calling for a ceasefire and an end to the blockade of the Strip, Tel Aviv, August 23, 2014. (Photo: Activestills)

Now is the time for American Jews to speak up on Israel

As an Israeli in the U.S. I learned that criticizing Israel is not an option for many American Jews. But there is a legitimate way to criticize Israeli policy, and if you care about someone or something you won’t let it go astray. By Abraham Gutman We were sitting in front of a lagoon at…

By +972 Magazine August 27, 2014

Palestinians recover belongings from the Khuza'a neighborhood following bombardment by Israeli forces, Gaza Strip, August 3, 2014. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Israelis in the U.S. urge the Jewish community to take a closer look at Gaza

‘We are reaching out to you because we want to re-examine what it means to be pro-Israel or pro-Palestine,’ says a public letter published by Israelis for a Sustainable Future. ‘We argue that these terms might be one and the same.’ A group of Israelis living in the U.S. has published an open letter the…

By Noam Sheizaf August 21, 2014