Ukraine has been off the front pages of the US press for months, an old story, displaced by the horrors unfolding daily in Gaza.This past week, however, Ukraine returned to the headlines less because of developments there and more because the US Congress balked at approving the B

The Biden administration has recently attempted to pivot from its initial unconditional support for Israeli actions in Gaza by combining caution with a vague plan for “the day after”.Immediately after October 7, President Biden offered the Netanyahu government exaggerated support

Almost two months into this monstrous conflict in Gaza, the war is being fought not only on a battlefield but also over the very terms used to describe it.

Several events of the past few weeks point to our frightening reality when it comes to freedom of speech regarding Israel/Palestine.

The war over Gaza has had an explosive and surprising impact on the cohesion of the Democratic coalition.

I have been organising Arab Americans for almost a half century. For the past three decades, my brother John and I have polled the community’s views on a range of political topics.

In recent years, US pro-Israel groups have pursued a multi-pronged strategy to stifle discourse about Israeli policy and Palestinian rights.

Too many comments from Israeli political, military and religious leaders have suggested that all Palestinians are legitimate targets because they support Hamas or that they voted for them and are, therefore, guilty of that group’s many crimes.

When a Department of Homeland Security senior official called with a heads-up about the Biden administration’s formal announcement of Israel’s admission into the US Visa Waiver Programme (VWP), knowing my opposition because of Israel’s history of discriminatory treatment of Arab