For Israel, the Cruelty Is the Point For Israel, the Cruelty Is the Point
Israel’s goal is to ensure that Gaza will be an unlivable place once they end their merciless military campaign.
Jan 15, 2024 / Joshua Frank
Democrats and the Left: A Mutual Dependency Democrats and the Left: A Mutual Dependency
Mass movements stoke the fires of popular discontent, but only the state can pass laws and overhaul key institutions.
Jan 9, 2024 / Michael Kazin
Meet William Ackman, America’s Most Entitled Donor Meet William Ackman, America’s Most Entitled Donor
The hedge-fund activist’s attacks on Harvard and Claudine Gay have gotten much notice; less attention has been paid to the toll his financial activities have taken on the country....
Jan 8, 2024 / Michael Massing
Why Is Biden Risking a New Regional War in the Middle East? Why Is Biden Risking a New Regional War in the Middle East?
The president’s foreign policy is mired in a deeply retrograde and one-sided view of Israel.
Jan 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Empire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Back
Once more, wars abroad threaten domestic reform.
Jan 4, 2024 / Comment / Robert L. Borosage
The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge: Finding the Courage to Stand for a Cease-Fire The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge: Finding the Courage to Stand for a Cease-Fire
As long as some Israelis and Palestinians still risk arrest and intimidation to call for a cease-fire and an end to occupation, we Jews in the diaspora owe them our support.
Jan 4, 2024 / Phil Aroneanu
Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War? Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War?
President Biden refuses to pursue the most obvious way of de-escalating tensions and avoid American deaths: a cease-fire in Gaza.
Jan 3, 2024 / Trita Parsi
A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace
Never letting children endure war again is the “never again” that might actually heal our wounded humanity.
Jan 3, 2024 / Ibtisam Barakat
Will the New Year Bring a War With China? Will the New Year Bring a War With China?
As the year comes to an end, top leaders in both Beijing and Washington have become ever more concerned that a major US-China crisis is near.
Dec 27, 2023 / Michael T. Klare
The Street and the Elite Can Unite to End Israel’s Criminal War The Street and the Elite Can Unite to End Israel’s Criminal War
Both realists and idealists realize that Biden’s carte blanche policy of support for Netanyahu is hurting America.
Dec 22, 2023 / Jeet Heer