Germany’s Theater of Memory: “Some People Already See the Flames. Others Don’t Even Smell the Smoke.” Germany’s Theater of Memory: “Some People Already See the Flames. Others Don’t Even Smell the Smoke.”
A conversation with Max Czollek about Germans, Jews, Muslims, migration, and the aftermath of October 7 and the war in Gaza.
Dec 29, 2023 / Q&A / Linda Mannheim
How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics
Pro-Israel groups have used the examples attached to the IHRA definition of antisemitism to silence dissent about Israel’s attacks.
Dec 27, 2023 / Jonathan Hafetz and Sahar Aziz
Will This Be the Last Christmas for Gaza’s Christian Communities? Will This Be the Last Christmas for Gaza’s Christian Communities?
Gaza has some of the world’s oldest Christian communities, yet Palestinian Christians say Israeli strikes put them “under threat of extinction.”
Dec 25, 2023 / John Nichols
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
Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors
Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a foreign power.
Dec 22, 2023 / James Bamford
Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, Shawn Fain, and Labor’s Anti-War Legacy Eugene Debs, Walter Reuther, Shawn Fain, and Labor’s Anti-War Legacy
The UAW president’s high-profile advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza renews a tradition of advocacy for peace and justice by class-conscious union leaders. And he’s not alone.
Dec 21, 2023 / John Nichols
The Uses and Abuses of Language in Israel’s War on Palestinians The Uses and Abuses of Language in Israel’s War on Palestinians
Israel and its allies have deliberately crafted language not only to justify their actions but also to persuade taxpaying publics at home and abroad of their moral correctness.
Dec 21, 2023 / Isabella Hammad and Sahar Huneidi
The Problem With the US Media’s Coverage of Gaza The Problem With the US Media’s Coverage of Gaza
Assuming there are only two sides to every story misses the reality that most stories have many sides.
Dec 20, 2023 / Nan Levinson
Bernie Sanders’s Incoherent, Pernicious Gaza Cease-Fire Position, Explained Bernie Sanders’s Incoherent, Pernicious Gaza Cease-Fire Position, Explained
Instead of demanding that we end the war that actually exists, Sanders is lobbying for a humane war that Israel has zero interest in.
Dec 18, 2023 / Adam Johnson
Biden’s Israel Policies Are Still on the Wrong Track Biden’s Israel Policies Are Still on the Wrong Track
The president is clinging to his long record of a bellicose approach to foreign relations—even as public opinion is going the other way.
Dec 18, 2023 / Chris Lehmann