Israel’s Vietnam—and Ours Israel’s Vietnam—and Ours
Everything that Israel is doing to the people of Gaza—especially killing civilians through intensive aerial bombardment—was prefigured during the American “ground war” in Vietnam....
Jan 18, 2024 / Van Gosse
The Shame of the Senate The Shame of the Senate
Only 11 senators joined Bernie Sanders’s effort to hold Israel to account for human rights abuses in Gaza.
Jan 17, 2024 / John Nichols
This Russian Opposition Leader Met With Putin to Discuss a Cease-Fire to Stop the Killing This Russian Opposition Leader Met With Putin to Discuss a Cease-Fire to Stop the Killing
An interview with Russian opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky.
Jan 17, 2024 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Gaza: South Africa Calls In the Law Gaza: South Africa Calls In the Law
A ruling from the International Court of Justice could save Palestinian lives.
Jan 17, 2024 / Reed Brody
Biden Has to Reject the “Mission Accomplished” Delusion Biden Has to Reject the “Mission Accomplished” Delusion
The president and his top advisers are prisoners of nostalgic fantasies.
Jan 16, 2024 / Jeet Heer
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
Guantánamo Is 22 Years Old. It’s Time to Retire. Guantánamo Is 22 Years Old. It’s Time to Retire.
Though its anniversary may go unnoticed, it’s still here—a dark and shameful continuation of the War on Terror.
Jan 12, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg
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
Do as I Say, Not as I Do Do as I Say, Not as I Do
The comforting lessons in good will and friendship Apple, Netflix, and Disney flaunt are benign distractions that deflect attention from their two-fisted business behavior.
Jan 8, 2024 / Peter Biskind
How Israel’s Special Antisemitism Envoy Is Getting Antisemitism Totally (and Dangerously) Wrong How Israel’s Special Antisemitism Envoy Is Getting Antisemitism Totally (and Dangerously) Wrong
In equating criticism of Israel and Zionism with antisemitism, Noa Tishby relies on the same conspiratorial tropes that fed Jew-hatred through the centuries.
Jan 8, 2024 / Anat Plocker