Truthout May 26, 2024:
Biden’s administration is violating US law by continuing to send military aid to Israel despite Gaza war crimes [and] growing popular opposition…
Month: May 2024
Biden’s Response to Israel’s ICC Prosecution Is an Attack on International Law
Truthout May 22, 2024:
This marks the first time in US history a sitting president has openly sided with suspected war criminals…
Letter: Panetta opposes halting weapons to Israel
Santa Cruz Sentinel Letter to the Editor May 20, 2024:
Once again, our Congressperson Jimmy Panetta is out of step with his constituents….
Interview: Status of Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara for Emmaus, Stockholm
ALSO SEE Dr. Zunes’s book and website:
Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution
Emmaus Artikel 2, Stockholm May 2024 An hour-long May 2024 interview (in English) of Dr. Stephen Zunes and a prominent Sahrawi activist in Stockholm on the situation in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara and international legal implications.
Not only the fate of the people of Western Sahara is at stake.
Emmaus Artikel 2, Stockholm May 2024
(Dr. Stephen Zunes is quoted extensively): The opposition to Trump’s rushed and unrighteous recognition of Morocco’s alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara prompts President Biden to correct this mistake… Biden could resend the U.S. recognition with the stroke of a pen, however, this has put him in something of a dilemma…
The Chilling Effect of Equating Criticism of Israel to Antisemitism
The Progressive May 17, 2024:
Broadening the federal definition of antisemitism is a disingenuous attempt to quash dissent…
The New Assault on Academic Freedom: Professors across the country are being targeted by the right in order to score political points.
The Progressive May 15, 2024:
During the wave of campus protests opposing the U.S.-backed war on Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, students weren’t the only ones facing arrest…
Interview: The United States, Israel, and regional issues
KPFA-FM “Talkies” May 17, 2024 (begins at 16-mins.)
Covers a number of issues regarding the United States, Israel, and Middle East regional issues. Criticizes the “extreme position” of Democratic Party politicians…
Interview: Suppression of Gaza War campus protests, outside agitators charge
“Flashpoints” on KPFA-FM and affiliated stations
(20-minute interview begins at the 13:15 mark):
Dr. Zunes contrasts blatant censorship and violent police suppression of Gaza War campus protests with anti-apartheid protests of the 1980s.
Interview: The Dangerous Dynamic Between Israel and Iran
KPFA-FM, Berkeley, “Letters and Politics” April 17, 2024
(Dr. Zunes’ 20-min. segment begins at the 40-minute mark):
On costs of the confrontation between Israel and Iran.
The Crackdown on Campus Protests is a Bipartisan Strategy to Repress Pro-Palestine Speech
The Progressive, May 1, 2024: Unlike apartheid-era South Africa, many universities aren’t even recognizing Israel’s human rights abuses. A wave of sit-ins and encampments have swept college and university campuses… led—as in past anti-war campus protests in 1968—by Columbia University. [source]
Don’t Buy the Right-wing Disinformation Campaign on “From the River to the Sea”
Truthout May 5, 2024: This phrase was never about killing Jews. It emerged in the 1960s as a call for equal rights within a democratic state. The wave of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping American campuses was triggered by Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s order to forcibly clear a peaceful encampment [after] her grilling the previous day before a House committee… A major focus of the interrogation was the slogan…” [source]
Antiwar/Solidarity Activism on Gaza: New Generation, New Challenges
US rejection of UN Membership for Palestine Betrays Claimed Two-State Position
Common Dreams April 27, 2024: Unlike most governments that support a two-state solution, the United States only recognizes Israel, not Palestine. [source]
TV Interviews: Police Attack & Clear Student Anti-War, Pro-Divestment Camp at UCLA
Al Jazeera English Television, May 2, 2024
- Anti-war, pro-divestment demonstrations on many campuses
- Police attacks on student protesters at UCLA
TV: What would ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu et al. mean?
On Al Jazeera television broadcast panel with a prominent Israeli journalist and British international lawyer about possible indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders [source]
Interviews: US Israel/Palestine policy, Santita Jackson Show
Four interviews on US Israel/Palestine policy on the US nationally-syndicated Santita Jackson Show (Minn.): June 12, 2024 (Zunes begins at 31 mins.), April 29, April 29, and April 15. Watch all four below.
Interview: Campus activism and recent developments in Gaza
KPFA-FM in Berkeley April 26, 2024 (Download mp3)
Dr. Zunes’ half-hour segment begins at 30-minute mark
Interview: Israel’s True Motivations in war on Gaza
Israel’s True Motivations – A talk with Professor Stephen Zunes April 18, 2024, on WMNF-FM in Tampa
Profile of Dr. Stephen Zunes in Swedish Press
Gothenberg University Magazine May 2024 (Sweden; in English): Profile on Dr. Zunes’ visiting research fellowship at University of Gothenburg, pages 20-21
