I think we can acknowledge that this is the strongest language used by a presidential nominee for Palestine and that it means very little when we are continuing to arm Israel with weapons it’s using to execute civilians

WATCH: Palestinian American and Democratic Georgia state Representative Rep. Ruwa Romman reads the unity speech rejected by the DNC and the Harris campaign.

SCOOP: Biden has appointed a new top Israel-Palestine official at the State Dept, per 2 people with knowledge — Mira Resnick, a major proponent of arms shipments to Israel throughout the Gaza war. This is being seen by foreign policy professionals as a significant, worrying sign

The Biden-Harris admin claims there's not enough evidence of Israel misusing US arms to justify cutting off military aid. Here's 20 forensic investigations indicating that Israel committed war crimes w/ 7 types of US weapons. My latest for Responsible Statecraft: responsiblestatecraft.org/us-weapons-gaz…

“Zionist” Is Now a Protected Class at NYU interc.pt/4dBivEw by Natasha Lennard interc.pt/4dBivEw

Tucked into a document purportedly offering clarification on policy, new NYU conduct guidelines intro an unprecedented expansion of protected classes to include “Zionism” (a political ideology, which has no business in a protected category). The Intercept theintercept.com/2024/08/27/zio…

NEW: We obtained letters, emails showing Columbia faculty raise alarm on possible violations of fed & state law in the school's probe of students arrested for pro-Palestine protests. The next step: hearings where they may face expulsion. ✍️🏾The Intercept theintercept.com/2024/08/29/col…

Kamala Harris says "far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed," but that she would *not* change policy on withholding even "some" US weapons to Israel.

During my reporting, I documented cases of explicit photos, Grindr chats, sex tapes, etc. used by Israeli intelligence to force queer Palestinians into collaboration. My latest in Drop Site dropsitenews.com/p/how-israels-…

Read what former Bernie Sanders intl. policy advisor Matt Duss told me today about Kamala Harris' "passive voice" around Palestine, post-CNN interview/DNC:

Life in the West Bank Amid Israeli Strikes and Raids: “This Is The Worst It’s Ever Been” by jonah valdez theintercept.com/2024/08/31/lif…

Experts on Israel, Palestine tell me the recent Israeli strikes & raids in the West Bank are part of a growing regional war; ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the region. And they blame the U.S. for its unchecked military aid to Israel. The Intercept theintercept.com/2024/08/31/lif…

This quote from Dr. Yara Asi, PhD about displacement of Palestinians, including her family, amid escalating Israeli strikes and raids in the West Bank, stuck with me: The Intercept

Health workers at PFPPA, Medical Aid for Palestinians told Jezebel this week Gaza's maternal mortality has increased 20% since Oct, infant mortality increased 15% & a range of conditions for pregnant ppl—including more c-sections w/o anesthetic—are only getting worse: jezebel.com/health-care-wo…

In Jenin, the Israeli army is destroying civilian infrastructure, blocking medical access, and conducting mass arrests in its largest West Bank operation in years. Mariam Barghouti مريم البرغوثي reports. 972mag.com/jenin-operatio…

NEW: Harris called Trump’s border wall “a monument standing in opposition to not just everything I value, but to the fundamental values upon which this country was built” in 2019. Now, she’s using Trump’s wall in an ad to say she’s tough on the border. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/04…

The silence was noticeable -- loud even -- from LA city leaders, around the reasons Angelenos in June protested an Israeli real estate event at a Pico-Robertson synagogue. Those leaders have instead condemned the act of protesting itself as antisemitic and hateful.

Israeli forces killed a U.S. peace activist in the occupied West Bank. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was killed by a “deliberate shot to the head,” witnesses say. She worked with the same peace activist movement as Rachel Corrie, a U.S. citizen killed by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003.