As ever, supporters of Washington's bipartisan policy of blank-check military and diplomatic aid to Israel will rather talk about anything – cheeky students, protest legalities, the flaws of 'settler-colonial discourse,' their own bruised feelings – than the indefensible policy

Yes, god forbid we have alternative points of view and actual debate in the foreign policy discourse.

Just as ironclad warships became obsolete over a century ago.

The hubris of the hegemons.
Anyone want to ask Gallant why #Israel 's direct attack on sovereign Iranian territory didn't 'demand a fitting response?'
Nah, why bother. He'll just explain why there are different rules for Israel than anyone else.

❤️Wallace Shawn

It’s good news that the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus is breaking. It’s been bad for the US, bad for Israel, and horrible for Palestinians. Let’s build a new one that supports human rights and safety for all.

The contradictions of American policy in one photo.

Gratified to see younger scholars finding value in a almost forty-year old theory.

The United States has been attempting to pivot away from the Middle Eastern region for years, and yet its ideological and sentimental attachment to Israel always plays a major role in drawing it back in, writes Christopher Mott

responsiblestatecraft.org/why-does-the-u…

This really captures the disconnect between the Biden Administration’s rhetoric supporting a “rules-based international order” and its hypocritical disregard of those rules vis-à-vis Israel.

It reminds me of this piece by my Center for International Policy colleague Matt Duss:
newrepublic.com/article/177531…

When Annelle Sheline resigned from State in protest over Biden's Gaza policy, we received many emails (she used to be at Quincy) applauding her.

But also some hate mail. This one took the price though.

Because the author is an expert on non-violent & empathetic communication!

For ⁦TIME⁩ I write about why Netanyahu has been dangling the threat of a Rafah invasion to distract from Israel’s failures and to play up crisis with US, to have who to blame when when it becomes even more clear he can’t deliver “total victory” time.com/6963264/netany…

New from International Security CornellArts&Sciences Cornell Media Relations The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social How can Ukraine and Europe deter further Russian aggression after the Russo-Ukrainian war ends? Mattew Evangelista proposes a non-offensive, confidence-building defense that doesn't rely on the threat of nuclear war.

I can’t get past the fact that many of the West’s most famous authors—wealthy, established, protected writers with huge followings and track records of outspoken liberal activism—have yet to speak or post a single word about Gaza. Not even a retweet for 5-year-old Hind. Nothing.

Agree 100 percent; sorry not to be there this year.

Uh oh. Biden is pissed. And you know what that means: Next week he'll be *really* pissed. And the week after that *really* *really* pissed. And the week after that...

The US, Haass said, needs an “independent” Israel policy that “reflects our interests & values.”

The Biden admin is nearing a point where its criticism of 🇮🇱 is “too much for ppl who criticise Chuck Schumer but not enough to affect what’s going on”— worst of all possible worlds.

I have never seen less “who, what, where, when, why” in a headline

From the Israeli newspaper Haaretz ( haaretz.com/israel-news/20… ):

I don't know what Russia will do when the war in Ukraine is finally over. Neither does anyone else in the West, but plenty of people seem to think they do. Latest FP column here: foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/02/rus…