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Cutting Through: Rapid Reaction: UNSC Passes A Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
While this resolution isn’t going to have the impact that the people of Gaza so desperately need, it’s still a significant win. The US was forced to back down on some of its demands. It was forced to resort to arguing that the resolution does not mean what it plainly says, specifically that the issue of a ceasefire and that of the hostages in Gaza are two separate issues. They are also claiming…
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Chuck Schumer’s speech widens rifts over Israel in Congress
Chuck Schumer called on Israelis to bounce Benjamin Netanyahu from office. While his speech is not going to make any impact on the Israeli government or even his own White House, it has certainly roiled the US public and widened the fissures between Democrats and Republicans and, more importantly within the Democratic party itself.
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plitnick ¡ 9 days
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Cutting Through: Universalism vs Nationalism In Hollywood
In the latest edition of the Cutting Through newsletter, I look at the radical and antisemitic response of self-styled “Jewish creatives” whop excoriate Jonathan Glazer for daring to explain that his message about the Holocaust was universal and that his Jewish identity demands that he objects to the slaughter in Gaza.
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It isn’t Netanyahu who is acting against the will of his people, it’s Biden
There is no doubt that Benjamin Netanyahu is an extremely unpopular prime minister in Israel. But when it comes to his handling of the onslaught against Gaza, he has the support of a very clear majority of the Israeli people. Chuck Schumer, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden may not like that truth, but that doesn’t make it any less true. In fact, it is them, and Biden in particular, who are acting…
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Interview: “Unpacking Islamophobia"
Sahar Aziz and I spoke with Arsalan Iftikhar, Senior Researcher for the Bridge Initiative for their podcast, Unpacking Islamophobia, where we discussed our report, “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse,” and its implications for how the war in Gaza is perceived in the West. Check it out.
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plitnick ¡ 18 days
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Cutting Through: Jonathan Glazer's Noble Speech and The Shame of His Critics
In the latest edition of the Cutting Through newsletter, I take on three examples of so-called “liberal Zionists” who willfully misled their readers about Jonathan Glazer’s speech at the Oscars. Glazer spoke out against dehumanization, and specifically pointed to BOTH the October 7 attacks and the genocide in Gaza (he didn’t use that term for it). I break down the dishonesty and also reflect on…
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plitnick ¡ 18 days
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Replacing Netanyahu with Gantz won’t fix the problem
My report for Mondoweiss on Gantz’s trip to the US and UK and what it means politically, in Israel, in the United States, and in Gaza. I make it clear that Gantz might be more respectful to Biden, but his policy toward the Palestinians is pretty much the same.
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plitnick ¡ 24 days
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Cutting Through: Biden Vs Trump On Ukraine
If Biden loses in November, the implications for Ukraine are grim, yet there is no accounting for this in US policy. That’s unacceptably dangerous. There are better policy options, and you can read about them in the latest edition of the Cutting Through newsletter. 
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plitnick ¡ 27 days
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Biden memos show Palestine advocacy is working
Joe Biden is feeling the heat, and it’s showing. He is desperately trying to continue his support for Israel’s genocidal operations in Gaza, but he has finally realized that this support is a serious impediment to his winning re-election. He has taken some steps that can provide tools in the future for impactful political action to stop Israel’s impunity in his attempt to buy off his critics. The…
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Cutting Through: When The Lesser Of Two Evils Is Still Intolerably Evil
Joe Biden should not have run for a second term. He is doubling down on that mistake with terrible decisions that make a Trump victory distressingly more likely. In the latest Cutting Through newsletter, I examine what this means and why. Read it and subscribe here.
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Interview: Parallax Views: The Islamophobia Network and the Israel-Palestine Discourse
Sahar Aziz and I sat down recently with J.G. Michael of Parallax Views to discuss our paper, “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse.” It was wide ranging conversation, covering antisemitism, Islamophobia, Gaza, Orientalism, and much more. You can listen here.
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Interview: CounterPunch Radio on "Presumptively Antisemitic"
Sahar Aziz and I were on CounterPunch Radio talking about our report, “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse.”  The discussion broadens beyond the report to explore various aspects of the Palestine issue and its continued central importance for the US and western countries, as well as for the Middle East, world politics and global affairs.
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Interview: Background Briefing on the latest diplomacy in Gaza
I spoke with Ian Masters on his show Background Briefing on the latest diplomatic efforts the US was pursuing about Gaza. Listen here.
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Biden won’t let Israel’s rejection of a Palestinian state interfere with his delusions
While Joe Biden tries to save the illusion of a two-state solution, Israeli leaders from Benjamin Netanyahu to Benny Gantz, and from Bezalel Smotrich to Isaac Herzog all reaffirm that there is no hope for a two-state solution. Some say never, some say not any time soon, but they are all agreed on opposing any serious settlement with the Palestinians. But does that stop Biden? Nope. I look into it…
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A reformed PLO that includes Hamas is the only hope
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are among several Arab states that are working on the ludicrous Biden administration plan for a Palestinian state as a means to end the Gaza slaughter. But those two countries are also working on a specific piece of those talks–a reformed PLO that would include Hamas and other Palestinian factions that are currently outside that body–that could hold real promise for the…
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plitnick ¡ 2 months
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Islamophobia, Palestine, and the Presumption of Antisemitism
Sahar Aziz and I sat down with Marc Steiner of the Real News Network to discuss our report, Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes In the Palestine-Israel Discourse. We discussed the findings of the report in the context of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and the attacks on pro-Palestine activism in the US and elsewhere. Listen to the whole conversation here.
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Saudi-Israel Normalization Is Not A Path To Ending The Violence in Palestine and Israel
Once again, Biden is trotting out this terrible, potentially destructive idea that has little chance of even coming to be and no chance of being helpful. In the latest edition of the Cutting Through newsletter, I explain why this is a bad idea, and why it is being pushed even harder right now.  Saudi-Israel Normalization Is Not A Path To Ending The Violence in Palestine and Israel
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