Eric Alterman is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College and an author, most recently of We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel.
Eric Alterman
By Eric Alterman
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Opinion A majority of Democrats are changing their views on Israel. What does that mean for the US-Israel relationship?
More and more Democratic politicians are beginning to support limiting certain weapons transfers to Israel
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Opinion Trump is forcing liberal Zionists to confront an extraordinarily inconvenient truth
If the US is really abandoning a two-state solution, that means an uncomfortable reckoning for most American Jews
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Politics Trump’s election proves it: The idea of an ‘American Jewish community’ is a myth
Jews have long been seen as a cohesive voting community. Not anymore
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Politics Not just Trump: Antisemitism is pervasive in the Republican Party
Trump's latest comments on Jews are shocking, but they're also a natural extension of the evolution of the GOP
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Politics The Democratic Socialists of America rebuked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Zionism — and proved their own irrelevance
Leftists have made opposition to Zionism their most central issue. But what do they actually aim to achieve?
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Opinion Nothing about American arms policy toward Israel makes sense
President Biden tried to use military aid to pressure Israel, and instead found himself in a political void — one Israel has exploited time and again
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Opinion Banning Al Jazeera moves Israel one step closer to dictatorship
Defenders of Israel love to call it the Middle East's only democracy. But democracies don't censor the press
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Opinion Biden is preparing to defy Israel in wartime — something no president has done since Eisenhower
Many presidents have yearned to push back on Israel. Biden is actually doing it.
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