The outrageous clampdown protests against Israel's slaughter in Gaza are not isolated incidents. They reveal a larger, ominous reality:

To sustain blind support for Israel, Western countries are forced to erode their own democracies.

We are seeing clear signs of this. In the

🔴LIVE | Book Talk – Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability

A discussion with Michael Kimmage and Anatol Lieven

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Excited to share some thoughts on the recent #Iran - #Israel tit-for-tat strikes via Inkstick Media.

I dive into the strikes, why they happened, and where we are headed, assessing that flawed USFP principles are driving regional instability.inkstickmedia.com/failed-us-fore…

The U.S. has, for years, talked about the promise of a Palestinian State while actively preventing it. That's a shame. Trita @Tparsi joined me on 'The Brief Podcast' -- lots more here.

The world’s military spending last year reached $2.4 trillion, a 35-year high.

The United States spent more than one-third of the total.

Let that sink in.

Not only is that not making the world more safe, it isn't making America more safe either.

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The 16 countries that suspended UNRWA funding based on no evidence need to apologise, and it raises questiones about their complicity in the man made humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Q: Palestinian civil defense crews have uncovered a mass grave with 180 people, including men, women and children. Are you aware of this?

STATE DEPARTMENT: We are inquiring about it with the Government of Israel.

Biden is obsessed with making history in the Middle East, even as the pieces he needs to complete this tough diplomatic puzzle are scattered all around him. spectator.co.uk/article/can-jo…

About 20% (!) of the artists scheduled to perform at the Eurovision contest in Sweden this year have canceled their performances in protest over Israel's participation in the contest (due to its slaughter in Gaza.)
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It’s actually a really great example of how you’re totally safe at these protests, thank you

I'm a Jew-loving Jew. Anti-Semitism is never ok. Here's what is not anti-Semitism: Peaceful protest, criticism of the Israeli government, calling for an independent Palestine, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, using the term apartheid to describe Israel, questioning Zionism.

Thanks to Ali Velshi for the oppty to discuss our work w/ the P5+1 & EU to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons--including a verification and transparency regime which is now gone.

The massive faculty walkout at Columbia right now in solidarity with the student protesters is incredible. Faculty everywhere should follow suit.

'Israel' killed every single person in this picture...

#NYC Shai Davidai and his group of protesters have arrived at Columbia and Shai immediately has to try and reign in one of his guys from calling another jewish person covering him a “self hating jew” and a “kappo” who “killed people like my father in the concentration camps”

Is

Independent report on Israel and UNRWA:

'This is a pretty damning report. But damning not for UNRWA, but for Israel'

Well, its not only damning for Israel. It is also damning for all the Western countries that cut funding for UNRWA on mere (now debunked) accusations by Israel!

I write in the The New York Times today about how Biden scored a victory through his efforts to prevent the Israeli-Iranian clash from escalating further.

HOWEVER, it was a tactical win within a larger strategic failure since Biden's broader policies have helped push the region to the

I mean, this headline really says it all.

'Netanyahu thanks U.S. for new military aid, vows to escalate in Gaza.'

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