Ted Cruz Today, the Rapture Tomorrow

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Mar 16, 2016 The Texas senator's measured pro-Israel comments mask the extremist views of "God's candidate." His Christian Zionist backers see Israel's continued grip on Palestine as key to the second coming of Jesus. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Netanyahu’s GOP Policy in Tatters, He Snubs White House Invitation (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 8, 2016 The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu functions as a U.S. Republican even as he heads a foreign state disturbs many prominent Democrats, including strong Israel supporters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer Interviews Tom Dine, a Longtime Advocate for Israel and Mideast Peace

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 9, 2016 In Friday's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Truthdig's editor-in-chief speaks with Tom Dine, senior policy adviser at the Israel Policy Forum and former head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, about Dine’s career in public service, the thwarting of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Dine's role in negotiations between Syria and Israel in recent years. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Leaked Emails From Pro-Clinton Group Reveal Pandering to Israel Lobby AIPAC

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 7, 2015 Emails from a major think tank that strongly favors Hillary Clinton for president reveal that the group has gone so far as to censor its own writers in order to please the right-wing pro-Israel lobby. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Top 5 Reasons Obama Beat the GOP and Israel Lobby’s Effort to Kill the Iran Deal (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 13, 2015 Forty Democratic senators and two independent senators stood with President Obama on Thursday, preventing any congressional condemnation of the U.N. Security Council’s Vienna agreement with Iran over its civilian nuclear enrichment program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Places That AIPAC Would Never Show U.S. Congress Members on Their Upcoming Propaganda Trip to Israel

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2015 Instead of the one sponsored by an arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a tour of the "real Israel" would show U.S. representatives the ugly truth behind Israel's propaganda. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

If It’s Going to Push Us to War, Is It Time for AIPAC to Register as a Foreign Agent?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 11, 2015 Most polls show that Jewish Americans are the Americans most enthusiastic about the Iran deal. So on whose behalf is AIPAC intervening in American domestic politics? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Everyday Politics of Confinement in Palestine

By Sandy Tolan, TomDispatch Apr 30, 2015 Despite the torrents of press coverage here about Israel and its relationship with the United States, the daily reality of half the people in a century-old conflict is essentially off the American radar screen. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The GOP Is Promoting War With Iran as a Campaign Strategy

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 21, 2015 With other arguments against the Democrats vanishing, only by turning the debate toward Iran can the Republicans survive Netanyahu's speech to Congress was just a political stunt to try to achieve that endWith other arguments against the Democrats vanishing, all the Republicans can do to survive is turn the debate toward Iran. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

In the Shadow of FDR, Netanyahu Preaches a Politics of Fear

Bill Blum / Truthdig Mar 4, 2015 Eighty-two years after Roosevelt's famous call to hope, the Israeli prime minister stood before Congress to deliver a nearly opposite appeal. The facts do not support his dire warning on Iran. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Sacrificing the Vulnerable, From Gaza to America

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 15, 2014 The abandonment of Gazans, some of the planet's most powerless people, illustrates how all who are vulnerable are now routinely sacrificed by our political elites . Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Is Rula Jebreal Right About U.S. Media Bias Against Palestinians?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jul 22, 2014 Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal points to the overwhelming bias in U.S. media against the Palestinians, calling NBC to account for having tried to remove an Arab-American reporter from Gaza after he reported the Israeli navy’s killing of children on the beach. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )