As support for Israel drops in polls, Democrats are increasingly trying to distance themselves from the Gaza genocide by blaming the Israeli far right, which lets a genocidal society off the hook.
Virginia Delegate Sam Rasoul, whose family was displaced by Israel, wrote about the ‘evils’ of Zionism, prompting a flurry of attacks from top Democrats.
The International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen unpacks how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.
Israeli forces kill 52 Palestinians in Gaza, including 26 aid seekers; at least 222 have died of starvation; Israel kills Anas al-Sharif and colleagues; Israel bombed journalist tent hours after Netanyahu said he would let foreign media in; Israel’s arms industry thrives on genocide; UK mass arrests
Al Jazeera staff were killed in a targeted Israeli attack on a journalists’ tent in Gaza City, “because they’re bringing the truth of Israel’s crime to everyone”
National treasure Ms Rachel has been badgered relentlessly for her advocacy of Palestinian children in Gaza. She has not backed down, and appears to be in for the long haul, bless her heart!
Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians in Gaza on Friday; Hamas “ready for a comprehensive deal”; Netanyahu administration threatens Germany over recognition of Palestinian state; Trump says ‘looking into’ reports Somaliland open to taking in Palestinians, demands $1B from UCLA
Israeli forces kill 46 Palestinians in Gaza, including 23 aid seekers; child killed by airdropped aid package; HRW: US bombs used to attack schools; MSF slams GHF aid hubs; Netanyahu claims Hamas is destroying “every building,” and “we don’t want to keep” Gaza; AIPAC and MTG
Politicians and media are narrowly aiming their criticisms at Netanyahu’s far-right ruling coalition – but the problem runs much deeper.
The problem for Israel is that the harder they go, the more they intensify the sense of alienation in America, the one country whose public sentiments are existential for the Jewish state.