Competition between the far right and the far left in the US to see who can be more antisemitic. Ilhan Omar suggests Jews who support Israel are pro-genocide, Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jews crucified Jesus. Blood libels and ancient smears.
Lovely times in America.

Biden: “Hamas which is now the only obstacle to an immediate ceasefire and relief for civilians in Gaza.”

Demonstration in Iran in support of American anti-Israel student protests

Colin Jost at the White House Correspondents Dinner tonight “My grandfather voted for you in the last election he ever voted in. The reason he voted for you is because you’re a decent man”

The truth takes its revenge cnn.com/2024/04/26/opi…

Survey of young Americans, ranking of most important issues facing the country. (Israel/Palestine doesn’t make the top ten)
From Harvard Kennedy School.

Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and others who advised Trump during the 2020 election were indicted in Arizona on Wednesday. It is the fourth swing state to bring an elections case involving the activities of the Trump campaign in 2020, nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/…

Hamas has released a propaganda video showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin a citizen of the US and Israel, who had lost an arm in the October 7 attack when Hamas kidnapped him from a music festival in Israel

Great article by Jonathan Chait -- who does what much of the coverage of the protests fails to do, tell the whole story of the campus protests. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Cairo says it destroyed more than 1,500 tunnels and strengthened the border wall with the Gaza Strip

Tel Aviv protesters mark 200 days since the October 7 Hamas assault in Israel -- 200 days of captivities for the hostages

U-turn week CNN Opinion newsletter. Thanks Julian Zelizer Fareed Zakaria Patrick T. Brown Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) Elie Honig Frida Ghitis Peter Bergen Latika M Bourke Holly Thomas David M. Perry Raul A. Reyes Amy Bass and more cnn.com/2024/04/21/opi…

Zelensky: “Democracy and freedom will always have global significance and will never fail as long as America helps to protect it.”

Zelensky:
“Thank you, America!”