Thank you to @markey.senate.gov, @vanhollen.senate.gov, @repmcgovern.bsky.social, @repdean.bsky.social and @repdexteror.bsky.social for leading this call on the administration to pressure the Israeli government to allow Palestinian cancer patients to evacuate Gaza and receive life-saving care. 1/2
Israeli-Palestinian peace will take sustained American leadership.
In a new piece, J Street Israel Director Nadav Tamir draws on decades of history to show how US diplomacy has repeatedly made breakthroughs possible when others said it couldn’t.
A just-released New York Times Magazine deep dive on AIPAC’s growing political backlash lands at a moment when more and more voters – including Jewish voters who care deeply about Israel – are rejecting the idea that the United States has to support Israel right-or-wrong.
This is what moral leadership looks like: Seeing needless suffering – especially of sick children – and refusing to look away. 2/2
A former senior Israeli security official is urging American Jewish leaders to stop staying silent.
Because silence as extremist leaders erode Israel’s democracy, move to annex the West Bank and enable brutality against Palestinians is itself a choice.
On @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social with David Rothkopf, @vanhollen.senate.gov and @jeremybenami.bsky.social have a serious conversation about the shifting US role in the Middle East – and what responsible American leadership looks like in a moment of crisis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8dP...
On May 1, President Trump claimed that his war with Iran was over in an effort to sidestep the law.
35 Senate Democrats have called out his rhetorical gymnastics. We need Congress to reassert its constitutional role – and find a real off-ramp through diplomacy.
Want to listen to the audio? Check out the podcast version over on Substack here: davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/the-coming...
