Philip Weiss

Philip Weiss is the author of American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps (Harper Perennial) and an editor of the website Mondoweiss, which covers the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The Goldstone Affair The Goldstone Affair

Despite a “reconsideration” on the part of its author, the Goldstone Report remains as vital as ever for understanding the 2008-2009 Gaza conflict.

Apr 14, 2011 / Editorial / Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner, and Philip Weiss

The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement

The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement

BDS has become a key battleground in the struggle over the future of Israel/Palestine.

Jun 9, 2010 / Feature / Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss

American Jews Rethink Israel American Jews Rethink Israel

The Jewish push for peace is surging through the grassroots, but leaders and policy-makers are still turning a deaf ear.

Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss

Israel vs. Human Rights Israel vs. Human Rights

Israel's latest strategy for responding to allegations of human rights abuses: kill the messenger.

Sep 30, 2009 / Editorial / Philip Weiss and Adam Horowitz

AIPAC Alternative? AIPAC Alternative?

Can left-leaning Jews coalesce into a lobby to offset the influence of AIPAC?

Apr 9, 2007 / Editorial / Philip Weiss

Israel Lobby Watch Israel Lobby Watch

The Human Rights Watch reports that were sharply critical of Israel's killing of civilians in Lebanon represent the latest battle for Jewish hearts and minds in the ideological war...

Aug 31, 2006 / Editorial / Philip Weiss

Burning Cole Burning Cole

Politics trumped academic integrity when a neocon network torpedoed the appointment of Mideast scholar and blogger Juan Cole to a faculty position at Yale.

Jun 16, 2006 / Editorial / Philip Weiss

Ferment Over ‘The Israel Lobby’ Ferment Over ‘The Israel Lobby’

Criticisms of the Israel lobby have circulated for years, but it took two professors and the Iraq War to inject realist ideas into the debate.

Apr 27, 2006 / Feature / Philip Weiss

Too Hot for New York Too Hot for New York

My Name Is Rachel Corrie was a big hit in London, but the New York Theatre Workshop backed off from producing the play. Why is it so hard for Americans to have a healthy debate abo...

Mar 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Philip Weiss

Secrets and Lies Secrets and Lies

You would hope that the passage of fifty years might have cleared the passions that once inflamed the Rosenberg case.

Jun 26, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Philip Weiss

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