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Voting against Genocide – How Palestine Has Become a Domestic US Political Issue
By Ramzy Baroud Millions of Americans took notice and acted upon their sense of collective rage to punish the Democrats for what they had done to the Palestinian people. Arab and Muslim American voters […]

‘Harris Has Herself to Blame’ – Stein Says Democrats Betrayed Their Base
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “The Democrats betrayed their base—I don’t see them coming back. The economic disparities are real. People are tired of the Democrats. They need to move over and allow a proper […]

Majority of US Democrats Oppose Israel’s Actions in Gaza – New Poll
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A new poll reveals that the majority of US Democrats disapprove of Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip. The poll was conducted by Gallup from November 1-21 and published […]

AIPAC-Sponsored US Delegation Voices Concerns over Jewish Settler Violence
A delegation of Democratic Members of the US Congress, sponsored by AIPAC, voiced concerns on Monday over Jewish settler violence. A delegation of Democratic Members of the US Congress, who went to Israel this week […]

New Poll Reveals American Democrats Sympathize with Palestinians More than Israelis
A new poll published on Thursday revealed that, for the first time, American Democrats sympathize with Palestinians more than Israelis. The poll, conducted by the US-based analytics and advisory company Gallop, found that Democrats’ “sympathies […]

Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Kicked off Key Committee due to Criticism of Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Following days of intense debates and right-wing media rhetoric, Republicans have finally managed to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from her committee post in Congress, on Thursday. The vote in favor […]

US Lawmakers Remove $1bn Military Aid to Israel from Funding Bill
Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday removed $1 billion in military funding for Israel from the US funding bill, after objections from liberals in the House of Representatives, Reuters reports. Some House Democrats objected to a provision […]

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics – Book Review
By Jim Miles (Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick. The New Press, New York. 2021.) “Except for Palestine” is a remarkable little book. Within it, the authors […]

WATCH: US Lawmaker Urges Biden to End Israel’s Expulsions of Palestinian Families
A US Democrat lawmaker has urged the Biden Administration to put an end to Israel’s forced expulsions of Palestinian families from the West Bank, amid growing unease in the president’s party over Washington’s stance on […]

145 Democrats Urge Release of $75m in US Aid to Gaza
Some 145 Democratic members of Congress are urging a key Republican senator to release the hold on $75 million in Palestinian aid. The lawmakers, led by Congressman Jamie Raskin, wrote to Senator James Risch “to […]

‘A Good Investment’: Israel Seeks Additional $1bn from Washington
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel will request an additional billion dollars of US funds following its May war on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to a US Senator currently on a visit to Tel […]

Over 500 Democratic Party Staffers Urge Biden to ‘Hold Israel Accountable’
In a major call to hold Israel accountable for its crimes, over 500 former Biden campaign and Democratic Party staffers signed an open letter urging the US president to do more to protect Palestinians and […]

US Senators Sanders, Warren: Washington Should Consider Regulating Military Aid to Israel
US senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren yesterday said that the United States should consider regulating military aid to Israel. This came during told a virtual meeting with the US left-wing Jewish advocacy group, J […]

‘Leaving Aside’ International Law: Why Democrats are as Dangerous as Republicans to a Just Peace in Palestine
By Ramzy Baroud Motivated by their justifiable aversion to former US President Donald Trump, many analysts have rashly painted a rosy picture of how Democrats could quickly erase the bleak trajectory of the previous […]

US Lawmakers Accuse Pompeo of Complicity in Israel’s ‘Violation of International Law’
US lawmakers have joined in the near-global condemnation of the “brutal and violent” Israeli home demolitions. Some 41 Democratic Congress members signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, over the Zionist state’s “serious […]

‘My Friends Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’: Netanyahu Speaks of His ‘Warm Relationship’ with US Democrats
By Palestine Chronicle Staff For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the election victory of US Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden and his vice president, Kamala Harris will not make any difference as far as […]

The Task of ‘Sleepy Joe’ is to Put Liberal America Right Back to Sleep
By Jonathan Cook At birth, all of us begin a journey that offers opportunities either to grow – not just physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually – or to stagnate. The journey we undertake lasts […]

Pro-Palestine Candidate Wins New York Primary Elections (VIDEOS)
The US Democratic Party was sent into shock this week when a 28-year-old former organizer for Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid ousted a party veteran from his perch in Congress on a campaign of social justice, […]

California Democrats Oppose Bills to Penalize BDS
On Sunday, February 25, at their annual convention in San Diego, California, Democrats approved a set of positions on pending legislation that includes opposition to S 720/HR 1697, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, a federal bill […]

The Boomerang Effect: How Netanyahu Made Israel an American Issue, and Lost
By Ramzy Baroud Despite massive sums of money spent to channel public opinion in the United States in favor of Israel, unmistakable trends in opinion polls are attesting to the changing dynamics of Israel’s support […]

US Partisan Divide over Israel at Its Widest Ever, New Poll Finds
The US partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats over Israel is now wider than at any point in the last forty years, a new poll by the Pew Research Center has found. According to Pew, […]