Israel and Palestine
The War on Gaza Has Not Ended
A hundred days after Trump’s Board of Peace was ratified, nothing has improved here.
Standing at the Gates of Hell
In the West Bank, the war on Iran has removed all restraints on settler violence against Palestinians.
Antisemitism’s Afterlives
Even as the concept is weaponized against Palestinians and critics of Israel, the far right has a growing antisemitic base.
Millenarian Fantasies
In Lebanon, Israel seems to be following the same logic it deployed in Gaza: emptying out entire areas through what amounts to ethnic cleansing.
The Path to the Trump Doctrine
From Syria to Lebanon to Gaza, the coercion central to the new regime has been incubated in the Middle East.
First Day of School in South Rimal
Classes have started for a lucky few, but Gaza’s public sector lies in ruins.
A Theory of the List
From runaway slave lists to Canary Mission, the state has long deputized citizens to enforce its will.
The Strongman’s Surveillance State
Trump has unfrozen a Biden-era hold on powerful Israeli-made spyware, now in the hands of ICE.
Letter to the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism
Your approach is toxic and threatens core democratic values. You must change course or cease to exist.
The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide
Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.
Gaza and the End of History
The apocalyptic scale of death and destruction lays bare the contradictions at the heart of the liberal international order.
The Right to Be Hostile
Crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protest force a reckoning with inflated definitions of harm and harassment.
“Where’s our bomb?”
Trita Parsi talks with Rajan Menon about the “self-fulfilling prophecy” set in motion by Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran.
Can Anyone Hear Me?
Palestinians are only allowed to exist if we don’t cause discomfort for those who seek to erase us.
The Outcasts of Zion
The manufacturing of Jewish Zionist consensus lies at the heart of American liberalism’s identity crisis.
Israel’s Complicit Center
Its parties have embraced the fantasy that conciliation to the far right is the best way to weaken it.
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