Inter Press Service, UN June 13 2025 (IPS) By Thalif Deen [source]
Zunes quoted on the extreme efforts the Trump administration is taking to prevent the emergence of even a Palestinian mini-state alongside Israel, including threats of “diplomatic consequences” against countries if they attend a UN conference on a two-state solution
Category: Human Rights
Authoritarianism and Resistance: What the World Can Teach Us
May 17, 2025, Stephen Zunes’s keynote
address at the 2025 Western Washington
Fellowship of Reconciliation Spring Assembly
Video: Reflections on Authoritarianism and Resistance
VIDEO of Stephen Zunes and Rebecca Solnit in conversation
at the University of San Francisco April 22, 2025 [1:12] on
a variety of topics related to growing authoritarianism
in the United States and the resistance.
France to Break Away from UK & US While Recognizing Palestine as a Nation State
Inter Press Service, UN April 18, 2025, By Thalif Deen [source]
“Dr. Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who has written extensively on the politics of the UN, told IPS it is rather bizarre that State Department spokesperson Bruce would bring up Hamas, which is a rebel Palestinian group openly challenging the internationally-recognized government of the Palestine Authority (PA), in a question about recognition of the state of Palestine.
And the PA, he pointed out, had nothing to do with the October 7 terrorist attacks. It is revealing, however, that she emphasized the so-called Abraham Accords, which are designed to get Arab states to unilaterally recognize Israel instead of doing so in return for Israel ending the occupation and allowing for an independent Palestine, which has historically been the position of Arab governments.
Putting Bruce’s bizarre response aside, however, the Trump administration’s policy is not that different from that of the Biden administration. Biden, like Trump, opposed any recognition of Palestine by the United Nations or any member state.
One year ago, under Biden, the United States vetoed an otherwise-unanimous UN Security Council resolution recommending full membership for Palestine. It even claimed the International Criminal Court had no jurisdiction regarding war crimes committed from or on Palestinian territory because Palestine was not a state.
The United States has long insisted that the only way a Palestinian state should be recognized was under terms agreed to by the Israeli government, despite the fact that the Israeli government has categorically ruled out Palestinian statehood, declared Dr Zunes…”
A Long Legacy of Hypocrisy on Occupations
The Progressive March 6, 2025 (Please share widely)
[source] While concurring that the outrage over Trump’s support for Putin is quite appropriate, Zunes notes how administrations of both parties have supported invasions and occupations when the aggressor has been an ally, thereby weakening our ability to stand up to Russian aggression. His earlier articles on Ukraine include:
- Getting Ukraine’s History Right Is Crucial for Anti-Imperialist Politics, Truthout Feb. 28, 2024: . Ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution, what should the left make of it? Zunes looks back at the 2014 popular uprising in Ukraine against the Yanukovych regime. While not uncritical of U.S. policy, he challenges the Russian line that the pro-democracy Maidan revolution was some kind of U.S. coup. [source]
- Thoughts on Ukraine By Stephen Zunes, Fall 2022: The Peace Chronicle The Magazine of the Peace and Justice Studies Association: Reflections written soon after the 2022 invasion. [source]
Interview: Status on the Ceasefire
Al Jazeera English Feb. 27, 2025 [source link may be unavailable.]
Interview: U.S. policies in the Middle East
A comprehensive overview, late 2024 with USFCA colleague Dr. Assim Al-Khawaja.
Interview: International Effects of Trump Presidency
OAR FM Radio, Community or Chaos late Feb. 2025:
Zunes and New Zealand political science professor Robert Patman discussed the international ramifications of a Trump presidency — “a slow motion coup.”
Interview: Ceasefire: Israel violates agreement, Democrats remain complacent
KPFA-FM February 14, 2025 with Kris Welch (17 mins. starting at 15:30)
By Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern
For decades, Washington has denied, downplayed and rationalized atrocities by its allies News Line Magazine Feb. 14, 2025: By Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern
Interview BBC: Israel violates, threatens to end Gaza ceasefire
Interview: Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Interview: Trump Gaza Plan: Ethnic Cleanse Gaza
Trump’s Plan for Gaza Expulsion Rooted in Decades of U.S. Policy
The Progressive Feb. 11, 2025: Zunes’s latest article looks at Trump’s proposal to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and have the United States seize the territory for tourist development, noting that while this is one of the more extreme and reprehensible proposals from an American president, neither party has appeared willing to support Palestinian rights or international law [source].
Interview: Trump’s plans to ethnic cleanse Gaza
KPFA-FM news February 9, 2025; Segment begins at 14-mins.: Trump’s plans for ethnic cleansing in Gaza and other issues.
Interview: Gaza Ceasefire, Trump & Netanyahu
Al-Jazeera English February 5, 2025(5 mins.): Following Trump’s press conference with Israeli prime minister Netanyahu
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Interview: Trump’s policy toward Palestinians
Two recent interviews on CNA television, Singapore-based multinational news channel:
Jordan, Egypt unlikely to take in more Palestinian refugees despite Trump’s threats (8 mins.)
Trump’s proposal to ‘clean out’ Gaza disturbing (7 mins.)
What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for the Pro-Palestine Movement
The Progressive February 3, 2025
Examines how a Trump presidency will make U.S. policy towards Israel/Palestine even worse than under Biden, but how it might spawn a bigger backlash that could end up forcing real change in U.S. policy in the longer term. [source]
Interview: Israel’s devastating military offensive in the occupied West Bank
Al-Jazeera English “Inside Story” February 4, 2025: One of three experts, Zunes’s segment begins at 9 mins. of 27.
Interview: Gaza Ceasefire Status
Al Jazeera English January 25, 2025 (video 6-minutes) on the status of the Gaza Ceasefire agreement and U.S. policy. [source link may no longer be accessible]