Military aid to Israel

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

Noam Chomsky at the University of Toronto, April 7, 2011. (Andrew Rusk/Flickr)

Noam Chomsky: Solidarity movements key to changing US Middle East policy

From nuclear disarmament to Palestinian rights, Noam Chomsky discusses the need to disrupt authoritarian alliances and an entrenching 'Greater Israel.'

By Lilach Ben David February 17, 2021

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain attend the Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony at the White House in Washington, USA, September 15, 2020. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

The real winners in the Israel-UAE deal? Arms dealers

The normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates was presented as a peace deal. In reality, it's a license for weapons manufacturers to expand their customer base.

By Sahar Vardi October 8, 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

U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar speaking with supporters of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign office in Las Vegas, Nevada. February 9, 2020. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Israel lobby faces off with Palestinian rights movement in Ilhan Omar primary

The Democratic race for Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District has become the latest proxy war over the future of U.S. policy toward Israel.

By Alex Kane August 10, 2020

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, Des Moines, Iowa, August 10, 2019. (CC BY-SA 2.0/Gage Skidmore)

This is how a U.S. president could hold Israel accountable — without Congress

A progressive president would have many tools at their disposal to ensure American weapons and taxpayers' money do not violate Palestinian rights.

By Alex Kane January 22, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at the 2019 J Street National Conference, October 28, 2019. (Photo courtesy of J Street)

For J Street, holding Israel accountable is still a step too far

J Street's 2019 conference heralded a new willingness to challenge unconditional military aid to Israel. But the organization was quick to reaffirm the status quo.

By Joshua Leifer November 7, 2019

Peace Sign in Tel Aviv Demonstration 1.1.10. Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org

Demonstrators ‘return’ tear gas canisters to US ambassador’s home

Israeli activists protesting the killing of Bil’in’s Jawaher Abu Rahmah ‘returned’ spent tear gas canisters to the residence of the American ambassador to Israel late Saturday evening. Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital on Friday after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest in Bil’in, and died of poisoning…

By Joseph Dana January 1, 2011