What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for the Pro-Palestine Movement Stephen Zunes, February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 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] Continue Reading
Interview: Gaza Ceasefire Status Stephen Zunes, February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 Al Jazeera English January 25, 2025 (video 6-minutes) on the status of the Gaza Ceasefire agreement and U.S. policy. [source] Continue Reading
Jimmy Carter Warned Us About Israeli Apartheid admin, January 5, 2025January 20, 2025 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 like Israel as well. Particularly controversial was Carter’s 2006 book,… Continue Reading
Interview for Singapore Radio on Assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders admin, December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Singapore Radio CNA Daily Cuts October 21, 2024: Despite Hamas leader Sinwar’s death, Mideast peace may still be elusive Continue Reading
Video: A Year of Student Protest, Part 1: Goals & Achievements admin, December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Zunes is one two faculty members interviewed in this Continue Reading
Interview for Oberlin College, Zunes’ Alma Mater, on Israel, Palestine, Mideast admin, December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Oberlin College Nov. 1, 2024: Written transcript for the student newspaper after giving a series of talks October 2024 [source] Continue Reading
Dr. Zunes’ Speech from the Aug. 24 Panetta Protest admin, December 11, 2024December 12, 2024 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 failure of the Santa Cruz city government and other Democratic… Continue Reading
UN Arms Embargo on Israel: Dead on Arrival admin, December 11, 2024December 12, 2024 This Inter Press Service article quotes Dr. Stephen Zunes, Nov. 8 2024 by Thalif Deen. “This initiative reflects the view of the vast majority of the world’s governments and peoples and is consistent with imperatives of international humanitarian law, but given the major arms supplier of Israel is a veto-wielding… Continue Reading
Reaction to ICC Indictment Reveals US Bipartisan Contempt for International Law admin, December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 The Progressive, December 5, 2024 by Stephen Zunes:Examines Washington’s hysterical and dishonest reaction to the International Criminal Court’s indictments of two Israeli leaders for war crimes [Source] Continue Reading
3 Interviews on the ICC indictments of 2 Israeli Leaders & US Response admin, December 8, 2024December 10, 2024 An eight-minute interview for the main Singapore television news on the impact of the indictments Al-Jazeera English half hour conversation with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese and Israeli scholar Ori Goldberg on the ramifications of the ICC’s indictments (and a Daily Telegraph “Quotable” one-minute… Continue Reading
Lectures & 11 Interviews Nov. 2024 on Trump’s Election & the Middle East admin, December 7, 2024December 12, 2024 First view Dr. Zunes’ 5-minute animated summary of his research on coup resistance; then his Lecture at the University of San Francisco on how to prepare for the aftermath of the election in the event of an attempted coup or legitimate victory by Trump. Lecture before the Unitarian Universalists of… Continue Reading
Will Biden Cost Harris the Election? admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 News Lines Magazine October 8, 2024[Dr. Zunes urges readers to please circulate this important article widely, particularly to those in swing states who are reluctant to vote for Harris because of the Biden administration’s Middle East policy.] A detailed analysis of how Kamala Harris is seriously constrained by her role… Continue Reading
Lecture: Antisemitism in the Pro-Palestinian Movement: What’s Real, What’s Not, and Why it Matters admin, October 13, 2024October 14, 2024 Lecture at University of San Francisco, Sept. 26, 2024, that critically examines charges of antisemitism in the U.S. pro-Palestinian movement. Continue Reading
Gaza War Prompts Attacks on Academic Freedom admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 Americans for Middle East Understanding, Sept. 28, 2024:During the wave of campus protests opposing the US-backed war on Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, students weren’t the only demonstrators to face arrest; supportive faculty members were also caught up in the crackdown… “We are witnessing a new era of McCarthyism… Continue Reading
Democratic Platform Defies International Law on the Middle East admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 Truthout August 29, 2024Despite indications Harris will have a better foreign policy than Biden, the Democratic Party’s platform’s segment on the Middle East — written primarily by Biden’s team — is very disappointing… Continue Reading
Interviews: U.S. policy, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon & Kamala Harris for KPFA Pacifica Radio admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 Dr. Zunes is the guest for three recent KPFA radio interviews:During the first hour of KPFA’s “Talkies” show with Kris WelchAugust 16, 2024 (segment starts at the 9:30 mark); also on August 25 on KPFA Evening News (starts at 11:45); and earlierAugust 11 on recent developments (starts at 2:10). Continue Reading
Interview: Kamala Harris, Israel Palestine and the 2024 Democratic Convention admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 KSQD-FM August 19, 2024; 55 minutes (Dr. Zunes’s segment starts at 5:40) Continue Reading
Interview: As Israel Refuses to End Genocide in Gaza, Threat of War With Hezbollah Looms admin, August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 Truthout July 2, 2024: By Daniel Falcone with Stephen Zunes and Lawrence Davidson. Also summarized by HeadTopics.com. For the past eight months, Hezbollah has attacked the northern portion of Israel in an attempt to pull the Israeli army out from Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. Fears of a wider war have… Continue Reading