Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
Israel and Palestine
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…
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]
Will Israel Defy Another Security Council Resolution?Inter Press News Service, April 9, 2024 [source]“Israel’s tradition is to defy UN Security Council resolutions even when the US allows them to pass, then prevents them being enforced.”* Plus two recent articles in…
Unitarian Universalist San Francisco, April 8, 2024, 1 hr. 19 mins.
Palestine Update, California Radio, April 8, 54 min.Sources: UN, electronicintafada.net, Common Dreams, Palestine Chronicle, Reuters, popularresistance.org, the Arab Center, The Real News Network, The Guardian, NPR, The Intercept, bdsmovement.net, investigate.afsc.org, whoprofits.org…
Resource Center for Nonviolence, January 11, 2024; 25 min. on YouTube. Professor Zunes shared his nuanced understanding of the Israel-Palestine conflict with RCNV’s Executive Director, Silvia Morales. Zunes said. “Jews feel attachment to Israel, often rationalizing war crimes it commits.”…
March 4, 2024: The United States, Israel, and Palestine: 54-minute interview for the Santita Jackson Show
March 5, 2024: US policy towards Israel/Palestine:90-minute video at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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…
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]
The Progressive February 27, 2024: The Biden Administration cast its third veto in four months to block a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, one of forty-eight vetoes in which U.S. was the only dissenting vote……
Watch the video: Four-minute segment on Al Jazeera English regarding hints Biden may finally be pressuring Netanyahu to suspend the bombing in Gaza. Ten-minute interview for Singaporean news station on the situation in Gaza Listen or download: Zunes’ 18-minute interview begins…
Jan. 11, 2024: Santa Cruz lecture, “one of my best and most comprehensive–which examines the U.S. role in Israel/Palestine, historical and present, and what we can learn from it.” Sponsored by Resource Center for Nonviolence Also this discussion with Silvia…
December 4, 2023 University of San Francisco Lecture on how US policy produced the current ongoing tragedy [1 hour, 26 min.; source is no longer available.]
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…
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 Common Dreams Feb. 1, 2024Biden’s Backing of Israel War Crimes Carries on a Sordid U.S. Tradition Truthout Oct. 30, 2023
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…