Letters From the March 7/14, 2022, Issue Letters From the March 7/14, 2022, Issue
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Feb 17, 2022 / Our Readers
As I Write, Settlers and Police Are Attacking My Neighbors in Sheikh Jarrah As I Write, Settlers and Police Are Attacking My Neighbors in Sheikh Jarrah
It began, neighbors say, when an ultra-nationalist Israeli politician “moved” his office onto one of our lawns.
Feb 15, 2022 / Mohammed El-Kurd
Israeli Law & Torture: From Detained Minors to a Prison “Torture Room” Israeli Law & Torture: From Detained Minors to a Prison “Torture Room”
Inside the intensifying Israeli crackdown on Palestinian protest.
Feb 11, 2022 / Mohammed El-Kurd
Is This Israel’s South Africa Moment? Is This Israel’s South Africa Moment?
As Amnesty International issues a landmark report on Israeli apartheid, it’s time for Americans to demand accountability, not complicity, from their government.
Feb 7, 2022 / Omar Barghouti and Stefanie Fox
Why We Intend to Pass a New Yemen War Powers Resolution Why We Intend to Pass a New Yemen War Powers Resolution
Ending unconstitutional US involvement in the war.
Feb 7, 2022 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Peter DeFazio
Turkey Helps ISIS Attack Rojava Turkey Helps ISIS Attack Rojava
The Kurdish people have sacrificed 13,000 lives in the fight against ISIS. Progressives should support their effort to build a secure base for direct democracy, feminism, and plura...
Feb 1, 2022 / Meredith Tax
The Hypocrisy of American Islamophobia The Hypocrisy of American Islamophobia
This country’s security agencies continue their laser focus on monitoring Muslim Americans, even as they grossly underestimate the threat from white supremacists.
Feb 1, 2022 / Juan Cole
We Don’t Need a Department of Homeland Security We Don’t Need a Department of Homeland Security
Since 9/11, we’ve overfunded a second Pentagon capable of focusing on whatever it considers to be most politically expedient.
Jan 28, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino
What We Miss When We Say a War Has “Ended” What We Miss When We Say a War Has “Ended”
Bringing to light the kinship among American wars—and, by extension, their true significance—requires situating them in a single historical framework.
Jan 25, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Biden’s Pledges to Palestinians—a Year of Disappointment Biden’s Pledges to Palestinians—a Year of Disappointment
The new administration promised a policy based on valuing Palestinian and Israeli lives equally. That promise has not been kept.
Jan 24, 2022 / James Zogby