A Dangerous Contender for U.S. Senate in Michigan Primary
The Progressive, July 29, 2026: Haley Stevens, now a member of the House of Representatives, exudes hostility toward the International Criminal Court.
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Changing Course: US Policy on Israel & Palestine with Dr. Stephen Zunes
Unitarian Universalist Church Center, San Francisco, June 14 (90 min.)
Interview: How Hawkish Democrats, from Schumer to Harris, Paved the Way for War with Iran
DemocracyNow.org April 23, 2026 (14 min.)
Interview: U.S. Policy Towards Israel/Palestine: What it is and How We Can Change It
Alice Liebowitz’s podcast “Conversations against Fascism,” October 27, 2025: A half-hour good overview of Zunes’s analysis.
Interview, BBC: Thousands demand peace at Tel Aviv rally
BBC Television, September 6, 2025, (4 mins.). Zunes’s analysis of latest developments in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.
Hamas’ control of Gaza brought on by US policy
Zunes’s letter to the editor in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sept. 4, 2025 Hamas’ control of Gaza brought on by US policy Many thanks to Tim McGirk (Guest Commentary, Aug. 21) for his open letter to Rep. Jimmy Panetta, who…
Democratic Leadership Still Hasn’t Caught Up to the Party’s Base on Gaza
In These Times, September 4, 2025, by Stephen Zunes Nearly two years in to the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza, there are clear signals the Democratic Party’s base is moving far away from supporting the Israeli government and its war machine.…
Jimmy Carter Warned Us About Israeli Apartheid
The Progressive January 2, 2025: The late President Jimmy Carter… was met with intense criticism for insisting that standards of peace, human rights, and international law should apply not just to countries hostile to U.S. interests, but to U.S. allies…
Video: A Year of Student Protest, Part 1: Goals & Achievements
Zunes is one two faculty members interviewed in this
Dr. Zunes’ Speech from the Aug. 24 Panetta Protest
Serf City Times included this transcript of Dr. Zunes’ speech at a rally in Santa Cruz protesting U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s strident support for Israel’s far right government, placing him further right than even the Biden administration — and the…
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.…
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…
Antiwar/Solidarity Activism on Gaza: New Generation, New Challenges
Project on Middle East Political Science April 2024. [source]
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]
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: 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
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]
Interview: Weaponization of Antisemitism
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…
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…