By Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern Stephen Zunes, February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 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 Continue Reading
Trump’s Plan for Gaza Expulsion Rooted in Decades of U.S. Policy Stephen Zunes, February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 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… Continue Reading
Interview: Israel’s devastating military offensive in the occupied West Bank Stephen Zunes, February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 Al-Jazeera English “Inside Story” February 4, 2025: One of three experts, Zunes’s segment begins at 9 mins. of 27. Continue Reading
ICAHD UK Webinar ‘The Palestinian Struggle in the Age of Trump’ Stephen Zunes, February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 Israeli Committee Against House Demolition UK Webinar ‘The Palestinian Struggle in the Age of Trump,’ 23 Jan 2025[Zunes’s segment starts at 28 minutes; video source] Professors Stephen Zunes and Leila Farsakh were distinguished guests, moderated by Jeff Halper. Leila Farsakh works with several international organisations and is a senior research… 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
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
Don’t Buy the Right-wing Disinformation Campaign on “From the River to the Sea” admin, May 14, 2024January 21, 2025 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 Minouche Shafik’s order to forcibly clear a peaceful encampment [after]… Continue Reading
Antiwar/Solidarity Activism on Gaza: New Generation, New Challenges admin, May 14, 2024January 21, 2025 Project on Middle East Political Science April 2024. [source] Continue Reading
Interview: Israel’s True Motivations in war on Gaza admin, May 13, 2024June 14, 2024 Israel’s True Motivations – A talk with Professor Stephen Zunes April 18, 2024, on WMNF-FM in Tampa Continue Reading
Biden Claims to Support a Two-State Solution but his Policies Say Otherwise admin, April 19, 2024August 8, 2024 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] Continue Reading
Parallaxviews: Amnesty International Report and U.S. Reaction admin, February 8, 2022August 14, 2024 8 February 2022: And finally, Dr. Stephen Zunes returns to the program to discuss the recent Amnesty International report arguing Israel is in engaging in the practice of apartheid against Palestinians, especially in the Occupied Territories. Dr. Zunes will also give his thoughts on the reaction of the U.S. media… Continue Reading
Interview: The Palestine / Israel Conflict: The Root Causes of the Occupation and the US Involvement (audio) admin, September 12, 2012August 15, 2024 KPFK On Letters & Politics, Philip Maldari of KPFA speaks with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Stephen Zunes professor at Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco about the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Lybia. Also Mitch Jeserich interviews Laurence Shoup author of Rulers & Rebels, A People’s History of Early California, 1769-1901. Continue Reading