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Pompeo Embraced Israeli Settlements, But Democrats Also Paved the Way for It

November 28, 2020 By admin

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has faced widespread international condemnation for his recent assertions that illegal Israeli settlements constructed in the occupied West Bank are somehow legal and part of Israel, and that products from these colonies on confiscated Palestinian land should be labeled as “Made in Israel.” What fewer are discussing, however, is that while these proclamations are unprecedented in their scope, they are in fact the culmination of decades of bipartisan support for Israeli expansionism.

DNC Platform Condemns BDS But Not Israel’s Occupation of Palestine

August 7, 2020 By admin

Due to a series of decisions by the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC’s) platform committee, progressives are concerned that the Biden-led Democratic Party’s foreign policy toward Israel and Palestine will more closely resemble that of Republicans than that of the Democratic rank-and-file.

Congressional Democrats Supported Violent Force Against Protesters in 2010

June 19, 2020 By admin

The use of lethal force by police, National Guard, and other security forces has come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of the George Floyd killing and resulting uprisings. Congressional Democrats have begun speaking out against police-perpetrated killings as well as the use of excessive force against protesters and journalists across the country, such as the notorious incident in Lafayette Park across from the White House late last month.

Klobuchar Has Pushed Extreme Right-Wing Policy on Israel/Palestine

February 14, 2020 By admin

In recent days, much of the mainstream media has been focusing on the rise of centrist Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar as a serious contender in the Democratic presidential primary. Many in the more progressive wing of the party have been criticizing her positions on climate change and broader environmental concerns, as well as her stances on economic inequality, social welfare and the criminal legal system. However, attention also needs to be brought to her surprisingly right-wing foreign policy perspectives.

Trump “Peace Plan” Too Extreme Even for Former Right-Wing Israeli Prime Minister

February 12, 2020 By admin

In an extraordinary joint press conference at the United Nations on Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert outlined their objections to Donald Trump’s so-called “peace plan” between Israel and Palestine. The plan would allow Israel to annex large swathes of territory conquered in the 1967 war that it has since illegally colonized with Israeli settlers. Trump’s proposal, made without Palestinian participation and unilaterally announced last month, would leave small noncontiguous enclaves of remaining Palestinian territory surrounded by a greatly expanded Israel and allowed only limited autonomy.

Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Settlements Is Rooted in Bipartisan Support

November 21, 2019 By admin

Three previous U.S. administrations all ignored the gross power asymmetry between the Palestinians under occupation and the Israeli occupiers—an imbalance compounded by the fact that as the chief mediator in negotiations, the U.S. is also the primary military, economic, and diplomatic supporter of the occupying power.

Biden Has Defended US Allies’ Use of Lethal Force Against Civilians

November 4, 2019 By admin

On an October evening in 2002, while quietly embroidering on the porch of her home in Nablus in the West Bank, 60-year-old Shaden Abu Hijleh was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces. A grandmother and community activist involved in promoting the arts, women’s and children’s advocacy, serving the needy and nonviolent resistance to the occupation, she had no links to any violent or extremist organizations. No protests or other violent disturbances were taking place nearby, and her killing is widely believed to have been a targeted assassination.

U.S. Recognition of Israel’s Golan Annexation a Threat to World Order

March 25, 2019 By admin

The Trump Administration’s decision to recognize Israel’s illegal annexation of the Golan Heights—Syrian territory seized in the June 1967 war—marks a serious violation of fundamental principles of international law.

‘More AIPAC Than J Street’: Kamala Harris Runs to the Right on Foreign Policy

January 28, 2019 By admin

Harris is being embraced by many progressive Democrats, and she’s branding herself as a progressive. Yet in the course of her little more than two years in the U.S. Senate, she’s taken some foreign policy positions that should give pause to supporters of human rights and international law.

Rescinding a Human Rights Award to Angela Davis Was Cowardly and Unfair

January 10, 2019 By admin

This past October, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute announced that activist, author, and scholar Angela Davis would be presented with the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award at the group’s annual gala event next month. The announcement described Davis as “one of the most globally recognized champions of human rights, giving voice to those who are powerless to speak.”

Dems Eye Hawkish Eliot Engel to Chair House Foreign Affairs Committee

November 14, 2018 By admin

The Progressive November 14, 2018

The Power of Nonviolent Action in Conflict Zones

October 25, 2018 By admin

American Friends of Combatants for Peace, 15 October 2018 By Professor Stephen Zunes, for the conference “Beyond Dialogue—Nonviolence and Social Action” Neve Shalom/Wahat Al Salam, Israel [source]

Under Trump U.S. Contempt for International Law Intensifies

June 5, 2018 By admin

Truthout, June 5, 2018, by Stephen Zunes: What is Gaza’s hope for the future after the fallout over the US embassy move and the Iran deal exit?

The Robust Opposition: The Modern History of Israel/Palestine

May 19, 2018 By admin

Video interview with Lauren Steiner, May 19, 2018: Overview of the Zionist project, the wars of 1948, 1967, the first and second Intifada, the various peace talks, the change in Israel over the years making it harder and harder to…

Analyst Stephen Zunes Looks At The Middle East

May 17, 2018 By admin

WORT, Madison, Wisconsin, May 17, 2018 (Soundcloud, 29 mins.): This week, mass Palestinian protests at the fences around Gaza have been met with violence from the Israel military. A look beyond the headlines…

Trump’s Middle East Policy: The Ironies of Hawkishness

March 8, 2018 By admin

Al Jazeera Report March 8, 2024: Despite broken campaign promises, Trump has pursued reckless and militaristic policies, deepening U.S. military involvement, backing the Israeli colonization and annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories, deepening ties to Arab autocrats, and threatening war…

Trump’s actions on Jerusalem come with Democratic support

December 7, 2017 By admin

San Francisco Chronicle December 7, 2017: President Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that the United States formally recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the U.S. embassy would be moved to that multiethnic and multifaith city once again places the United…

Both Parties Pushed Trump Toward Reckless Action on Jerusalem

December 6, 2017 By admin

[Full Article] Published in The Progressive, Huffington Post, Common Dreams & Transcend Media Service: President Trump’s plan to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S. embassy there risks a violent and destabilizing reaction targeting U.S. interests…

Why Democrats Don’t Want to Talk about Flynn’s First Meeting with the Russians

December 5, 2017 By admin

The Progressive and The Huffington Post December 5, 2017 Key points are rendered in this 5-minute video.

Trump’s Dangerous Appointment to Key Civil Rights Position: Kenneth Marcus

November 3, 2017 By admin

The Progressive and Huffington Post Nov. 3, 2017 and quoted in Berkeley Law: