Philip Weiss

Jul 15, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Philip Weiss

Several left-wing voices have said lately that Israel is falling apart. The society is torn over the war, the government is dominated by brutal racists, and the country’s only answer to the fundamental question – half the population is Palestinian – is apartheid and rolling massacres. Israeli political culture smacks of fascism. The latest slaughters of civilians in Gaza gain immediate approval by centrist politicians while right-wing ministers issue calls for execution of Palestinian prisoners.

Jul 14, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Philip Weiss

Joe Biden condemned the attack on Donald Trump yesterday, saying, “It’s sick… The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” Sadly, there is considerable evidence that Biden is wrong, and there has long been political violence in America. What no one in public life can dispute is that political violence aimed at Palestinians is an enduring condition of Palestinian life.

Jul 9, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Philip Weiss

Seventy-five percent of Middle East scholars say that Israel is carrying out genocide or war crimes “akin to genocide” in Gaza, but overwhelmingly they are afraid to express their views because of the consequences on campus. A fresh survey of Middle East scholars conducted by the Brookings Institution a month ago reveals a starkly polarized campus environment.

Jul 7, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Philip Weiss

The Israelis attacked yet another school in Gaza yesterday, killing 16 and “breaking all norms of international humanitarian law.”But the U.S. blindness to Palestinian humanity is in full swing again. There are far more important things to worry about in the U.S. than the murders of Palestinian children with American-supplied arms. Let’s talk about the Biden problem. Let’s count the days (17) until Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress, with the Democrats almost completely on board.

Jun 25, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Philip Weiss

Today is primary day in New York and the marquee race is the effort by the Democratic establishment and the Israel lobby to destroy the political career of Rep. Jamaal Bowman because he dared to criticize Israeli “genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza. The effort against a sitting congressperson, who is a member of the Squad, is now the most expensive in U.S. political history — with a mind-boggling $23 million-plus being spent on ads so far, almost all of that money being pro-Israel.