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Weekly Roundup - 07/29/24

This week: Scholars Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon argue that expanding the accusation that Hamas uses human shields has allowed Israel to claim a legal justification to commit genocide.

In the latest episode of the On The Nose podcast, senior reporter Alex Kane speaks with historian Suzanne Schneider and political analyst Matt Duss about Donald Trump’s new running mate J.D. Vance, analyzing his embrace of neoconservativism at home and isolationalism abroad.

Now that Kamala Harris has replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s likely presidential candidate, we are also sharing Joshua Leifer’s 2020 analysis of her compliant record on Israel/Palestine.

Analysis
A Legal Justification for Genocide
By expanding the human shielding charge to every inch of Gaza, Israel is using a familiar strategy at an unprecedented scale.
Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon
J.D. Vance’s Foreign Policy Vision

From the Archive

Analysis
Restoring the Bipartisan Consensus
Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris, who has always toed the AIPAC line on Israel/Palestine, is part of the campaign’s pitch that polarization can be undone.
Joshua Leifer