israel/palestine

Find all of RD’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, here. — eds Amidst a recent layover, my phone pinged to indicate I’d been “mentioned” on Twitter, which is never a good sign. Right-wing provocateur…

The recent International Court of Justice ruling confirms what experts have been saying for months: Israel is plausibly carrying out a genocide in Gaza. That’s why the court ordered Israel to take…

Do Israel’s actions in Gaza—the bombing of hospitals, apartments, and entire towns; policies of forced starvation and orders for people to flee their homes—constitute genocide? Last week South Africa…

Earlier this year, before Hamas’ attack and Israel’s siege of Gaza, and before the House of Representatives passed a resolution declaring it so, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the…

Henry Kissinger, war criminal, opponent of democracy, and architect of genocide, died this week. Depressingly, though not a surprise, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) rushed to praise him, tweeting…

In a time of terrible grief and anger, does the study of ancient Israel require a particular political stance on modern Israel? Freedom of speech and inquiry, one of the bright lines dividing…

As a horrifying humanitarian crisis unfolds in Palestine/Israel, observers have been alarmed by the Israeli leadership’s deployment of religious rhetoric and colonialist talking points in its response…

By now you’ve read about Hamas’s attack and Israel’s ferocious response , all of which has exposed deep divisions on the Right , and aroused Christian Zionist supporters , b ut what are the…

On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, which included the horrific murder of hundreds of Israeli civilians. In response, Israel launched an…

Hamas’ October 7 attack was monstrous. Hundreds killed at a music f e stival along with hundreds more in their homes or on the streets. Women and children butchered on a kibbutz in the south. In…