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
Category: Joe Biden
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
US student protests and growing opposition to Biden’s support for Gaza war
Dagens Nyheter, major Swedish daily, April 24, 2024 quotes Dr. Zunes on growing protests and opposition.
Biden Claims to Support a Two-State Solution but his Policies Say Otherwise
Truthout April 17, 2024: Recent initiatives by the Palestinian government to revive their application for UN membership are testing the U.S. claim it supports a “two-state solution” [source]
Biden Has Had the Power to Stop Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza Since Day One
Truthout, April 5, 2024, by Stephen Zunes: In reality, the Biden administration has the power to stop Israel’s offensive in Gaza in its tracks. Though Congress authorizes military aid, the president has the authority under the Arms Export Control Act…
How Biden Immediately Undermined UN Ceasefire Vote
The Progressive April 8, 2024 The Biden Administration is trying to seem like they’re working to end to the fighting when they are not [source]
Interview: The US, Israel, and Palestine
March 4, 2024: The United States, Israel, and Palestine: 54-minute interview for the Santita Jackson Show
Lecture: US policy towards Israel/Palestine
March 5, 2024: US policy towards Israel/Palestine:90-minute video at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
U.S. Has Redefined ‘Human Shields’ to Enable Israel’s Slaughter of Gaza Civilians
Truthout March 22, 2024: The civilian death rate from the U.S.-backed Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip is the highest of any conflict since the 1994 Rwanda genocide [yet] Biden has vetoed multiple UN Security Council resolutions, rejected calls by…
Why Young Voters Aren’t With Biden on Israel
The Progressive March 15, 2024: Young people are progressive, more aware of racism and a rightwing Israel, and increasingly turning away from Biden (72% of voters 18-29 disapprove of his handling of the war)… [source]
Getting Ukraine’s History Right
Truthout Feb. 28, 2024, by Stephen Zunes [source]This month marks the 10th anniversary of the 2014 Maidan Revolution in Ukraine, which ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and in turn prompted the Russian seizure of Crimea and the Russian-backed secessionist movement in…
US Actions in Yemen Helped Create Current Crisis
The Progressive 02/06/2024: Plus Five Background Articles: Yemen: Adding Fuel to Fire, Sojourners, June 2017: US military strikes in Yemen are feeding the rise of al-Qaeda [and] exemplify the failed U.S. policy in the region. Powerful Nonviolent Resistance to Armed…
Crackdown on Palestinian Solidarity Exceeds Reagan-era Activist Repression
Truthout, Feb. 14, 2024 [source] Historically, would-be authoritarians of various stripes have used the threat of other forms of authoritarianism to consolidate their own power. We saw this during the Cold War, when the alleged threat of communism led to…
U.S. Attacks on the ICJ Are a Declaration of Empire and Biden’s Backing of Israel War Crimes Carries on a Sordid U.S. Tradition
U.S. Attacks on the ICJ Are a Declaration of Empire Common Dreams Feb. 1, 2024Biden’s Backing of Israel War Crimes Carries on a Sordid U.S. Tradition Truthout Oct. 30, 2023
Biden’s Gaza Failure Could Cost Democrats 2024 Election
Biden’s Failure on Gaza Could Cost Democrats the 2024 Election The Progressive, October 26, 2024 [source] [T]he Biden Administration and Congressional leaders of both parties are actively supporting the ongoing carnage Israel is unleashing on the residents in Gaza, opposing…
How U.S. Policy Failures Helped Hamas
Foreign Policy In Focus/Institute for Policy Studies, October 31, 2023 By Stephen Zunes [source]
Scholars Weigh in on Gaza-Israel Conflict
Counterpunch interview of Professors Zunes and international legal scholar Professor Richard Falk [Princeton] on Israel, Gaza, and U.S. policy [source]