US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has known Netanyahu since he was a child, were speaking to Netanyahu and other Israeli officials nearly every day.
The neoconservative talk host tried to normalize the use of nuclear weapons and now appears irate that the president hasn’t taken his advice.
Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would vote against any military aid to Israel, even weapons deemed “defensive.” As support for Israel craters across the U.S., the issue of military aid has become the latest litmus test for Democrats.
The party just kicked the can down the road again on Israel, deepening the divide between party members and their leaders.
It is easier to start than end wars, but this one appears to have run its course. The larger question is whether there will be a reckoning for Israel and the central role it played in this fiasco.
Most arms ‘sales’ are financed through Foreign Military Financing, which is basically an American subsidized gift card. And no, the relationship between military spending and jobs is not self-evident.
The bulk of the Democrats mapping a path to the White House for 2028 are dodging profound questions about human rights and US policy toward Israel.
Benjamin Anthony’s speech at New York’s influential Park Avenue Synagogue, where he argued that U.S. Jews need to support ethnic cleansing in Gaza, illustrates how the American Jewish community has embraced Israeli racism and brutality.
Plus, Trump’s new favorite Bush-era neocon, and CBS News keeps getting more right – and white.
Instead of acknowledging Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Dem politicians Mallory McMorrow and Andy Beshear complain about ‘purity tests’ and ‘litmus tests.’