Palestine Is a Core Election Issue, and We Won’t Let Our Politicians Ignore It
Election season poses new challenges for Palestine solidarity activists in the US. Sa’ed Atshan analyzes the road ahead.
In the days after October 7, 2023, the U.S. mainstream media and political establishment — both the Republicans and Democrats — launched once again into anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic rhetoric. Ignoring the conditions of siege, occupation and settler colonialism under which Palestinians in Gaza already lived, Joe Biden’s administration offered full diplomatic, military and financial backing to…