I can only imagine the difficulty of being a committed leftist in Israel today. Actually caring about the fate of the people in Gaza and the West Bank puts you well outside the norm of Israeli society and opposing the war even more. And yet,...
israel/palestine
South Africa's charges that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza has reached the International Court of Justice, which at least means the world is taking it seriously. The reality is.
I am presently on a two-week trip to Spain (hard living I know). We are in Madrid this week and yesterday, we went to the Reina Sofia to see Picasso's.
I am glad the Times took on the issue of the shock union leaders have felt over the grassroots effort to get union leadership to support the cause of Palestine. Thoughts follow: “Why are we here?” said Brandon Mancilla, a leader with the United Automobile...
I was quite surprised when the United Auto Workers leadership came out to demand a ceasefire to Israel's war-crimes in Gaza. This is a long ways from the AFL-CIA days.
The horrible story of the Israeli military killing three hostages that were waving a white flag has received attention from our Islamophobic media only because they were Israelis. If they.
I have been reticent to remark much on the Israel/Palestine issue for a few reasons. First, it's deeply complicated and is not a part of the world where I have any particular expertise. Second, people cannot talk about this issue rationally, as LGM comment sections...
Thank higher power of your choice: Israel, the United States and Hamas have agreed to a tentative deal that would free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange.
I ask because Josh Gottheimer is a flat out Islamophobic racist. Progressive and moderate House Democrats scuffled over the war in Israel during a closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday, with.
"Israeli Protesters, 24 July 2023," by Eran Neuman. Used with permission. This is a guest post by Daniel J. Levine and Daniel Bertrand Monk (yes, that meant emails among three Dans/Daniels). They wrote it for the Duck of Minerva; I thought it would be of...
Protests in opposition to Israel's racist treatment of Palestinians, May 2021
Israel has moved from problematic nation engaging in a new form of apartheid against its colonized people while at least making legitimate claims to being a liberal democracy to an.