“Let’s Wait Till Israel Says Something”: Why the Media Has Failed the Test of the War in Gaza “Let’s Wait Till Israel Says Something”: Why the Media Has Failed the Test of the War in Gaza
A dispatch from the front lines of the information war.
Dec 5, 2023 / Razia Iqbal
Speaking Up for Palestine Can Be Hard, but It’s Never Been More Necessary Speaking Up for Palestine Can Be Hard, but It’s Never Been More Necessary
It is unquestionably risky to show support for Palestinians. But the bigger risk is saying nothing at all.
Dec 5, 2023 / Rebecca Ruth Gould
You Cannot Have Peace in Palestine While Ignoring Palestinians You Cannot Have Peace in Palestine While Ignoring Palestinians
The international community needs to show Palestinians that they are not seen and heard only when they engage in acts of violence that claim the lives of Israelis.
Dec 4, 2023 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa
Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Is a Disaster Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Is a Disaster
The renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas shows the incoherence of mixing humanitarian words and bigger bombs.
Dec 4, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward
The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made Trump’s return to the White House much more likely. What can be done about that?
Dec 1, 2023 / Max Elbaum and Bill Fletcher Jr.
The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue The Lesson From This War: Peace Is a Public Health Issue
If public health is about human health and flourishing, then assault, torture, murder, and war are all our business.
Nov 30, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves
Chuck Schumer Is Antisemitism’s Great Enabler Chuck Schumer Is Antisemitism’s Great Enabler
A personal reply to the senator’s personal attack.
Nov 29, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous
Campus debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging, fractious—and sometimes triggering. But they are debates, not acts of bigotry.
Nov 29, 2023 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
“You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President “You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President
Days after the attempted murder of three Palestinian students in Vermont, Brown University asked the city to drop the charges against members of Jews for Ceasefire Now, but remain...
Nov 29, 2023 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller
The Long, Bloody History of the Israel-Gaza “Border” The Long, Bloody History of the Israel-Gaza “Border”
The current conflict has its roots in the 75-year struggle over the constantly shifting physical boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians whose land it has occupied.
Nov 29, 2023 / Anne Irfan