Middle East

Israel’s Threats to Annex South Lebanon Dust Off a Decades-Old Playbook

Mireille Rebeiz / The Conversation Apr 9, 2026 The southern border of Lebanon has often found itself occupied or under threat of occupation by Israel since Israel's creation in 1948. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Creating a Cover for Genocide

Aviva Chomsky / TomDispatch Aug 4, 2025 An increasingly influential definition of antisemitism is based on a false assumption that all Jews identify with Israel and the Jewish state. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Activism

Columbia’s Agreement With Trump Increases Risks for Student Protestors

Eric Santomauro-Stenzel / Prism Aug 1, 2025 As a second investigation into a May protest continues, the university adopts a definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

Who Is Worse on the Middle East?

Bob Dreyfuss / TomDispatch Jun 17, 2024 On the issue of Gaza and Israel's handling of the war, despite Joe Biden's disappointing posture, there's no question that Donald Trump's approach would be far worse. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Politics

Civil Liberties Groups Decry Bill Redefining ‘Antisemitism’

Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams May 2, 2024 The language of the bill conflates legitimate criticism of the Israeli government with bigotry against Jewish people. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

House Anti-Zionism Bill Could Usher In a New Era of McCarthyism

Lisa Kwon / Prism Dec 13, 2023 HR 6578 would build a commission with subpoena authority to force Americans to testify and produce evidence to “investigate the facts and causes of antisemitism in the present day." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Anti-Zionist Jews Lead Protests Against IDF Fundraisers

Ezra Berkley Nepon / Mondoweiss Dec 6, 2023 Standing up against death and destruction in Gaza represents a tradition as long as Zionism itself. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Can the Liberal Democratic Project Incorporate Israel and Survive?

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Oct 26, 2023 The concept of allyship falls flat when your ally is an explicitly ethnonationalist state built on dispossession. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Zionist Colonization of Palestine

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 24, 2020 For more than a century Zionists and, later, Israelis have pursued a project to seize and ethnically cleanse Palestinian land. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Noam Chomsky Makes the Case for the Lesser of Two Evils

Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 17, 2020 In the second part of his interview with Robert Scheer, the renowned thinker shares his criticisms of Israel and his views on electoralism. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Is No Friend to the Jews

Gregory Shupak / FAIR Jan 6, 2020 The president's new executive order has nothing to do with combating anti-Semitism and everything to do with crushing Palestine solidarity. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Accusations of Anti-Semitism Against Bernie Sanders Draw Fire

By Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Dec 18, 2019 A Guardian columnist writes that the smear is partly rooted in the Vermont senator's support for Palestinian rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )