Dylan Williams

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

NEW: “Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians” per a new @washingtonpost.com poll.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift

“AIPAC is becoming an increasingly toxic brand for some Democrats on Capitol Hill”

“Democrats who once counted AIPAC among their top donors have in recent weeks refused to take the group’s donations”

All as polls show “American support for Israel is crumbling”

NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

And yet at the same time the Trump administration is citing the threat of illegal drugs to justify premeditated killings in the Caribbean.

Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift

“AIPAC is becoming an increasingly toxic brand for some Democrats”

“Three Democratic members of Congress who had previously relied on AIPAC as a top campaign contributor have said over the past few weeks that they would no longer accept donations from the group”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

'Colonial thinking': The pitfalls of Trump's 20-point Gaza plan Arab and Muslim nations welcomed US 'efforts' but have been shocked and angered by a reportedly rewritten peace plan

I told Middle East Eye that Trump’s Gaza plan is the same old US play “to cook up a plan with Israel and then present it to the Palestinians as a fait accompli… counterproposals by a Palestinian party are immediately characterised as rejection, obstructionism.”

www.middleeasteye.net/news/colonia...

“The deal now before Hamas is significantly different than the one the US and a group of Arab and Muslim countries had previously agreed on, due to Netanyahu's intervention.”

“Israeli forces will still remain within a security perimeter inside Gaza” possibly “indefinitely.”

So endless occupation.

Trump keeps saying “all of the Arab nations, Muslim nations have agreed” to his Gaza plan, but they have not.

The statement by key Muslim countries welcomes his “efforts” but avoids accepting the plan as written, while—rightly in my view—reiterating positions incompatible with some of its terms.

As a country, we may never overcome the reputational damage of allowing a plainly insane person to occupy the position of Commander in Chief.

So, purges.

These remarks follow the U.S. military’s lawless premeditated killing of people aboard boats in the Caribbean.

And now Turkey — three NATO forces so far.

Support for Israel in U.S. drops sharply, Netanyahu unpopular, new poll shows Quinnipiac Survey Finds Only 47% of Americans See Backing Israel as a U.S. Interest, Down From 69% in 2023. Half of Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, While Just 31% Approve of Trum...

Ahead of today’s Trump-Netanyahu White House meeting:

• 50% of US voters now say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

• Only 47% see backing Israel as a US interest, down from 69% in 2023

• 60% oppose more military aid to Israel

• 58% favor recognizing Palestine

www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...

Trump Plan Backs Tony Blair as Postwar Gaza Leader Under a White House plan that is being proposed to Arab and Israeli leaders, the former British prime minister would serve as interim administrator of Gaza, overseeing a body known as the Gaza Interna...

The dumbest timeline.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

🚨NEW STATEMENT by @nancyokail.bsky.social in response to President Trump’s issuance of a Presidential Memorandum targeting U.S. civil society organizations under the guise of countering domestic terrorism and political violence:

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Note: The final figure is from a Reuters/Ipsos poll cited in the article.

Support for Israel in U.S. drops sharply, Netanyahu unpopular, new poll shows Quinnipiac Survey Finds Only 47% of Americans See Backing Israel as a U.S. Interest, Down From 69% in 2023. Half of Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, While Just 31% Approve of Trum...

NEW Quinnipiac poll of registered U.S. voters:

• Half now say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

• Only 47% see backing Israel as a U.S. interest, down from 69% in 2023

• 60% oppose more military aid to Israel

• 58% favor UN recognition of a Palestinian state

www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...

Italy sends second navy ship to escort Gaza aid flotilla Italy has sent a second navy ship in support of the international aid flotilla that has come under drone attack while trying to deliver aid to Gaza, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday.

Italy and Spain are in NATO.

NATO Article 6 says an armed attack in the Mediterranean Sea on the vessels of a NATO party shall be deemed an armed attack on one or more of the parties for purposes of Article 5 & thus shall be considered an attack on all NATO parties.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza as leaders ramp up pressure for a ceasefire Israeli strikes have killed at least 17 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 10 children and three women, according to local health officials, as international pressure for a ceasefire continues ...

“…the dust-covered arm of a child sticking out from under a slab of concrete.”

@apnews.com: Israel struck houses and tents in central and southern Gaza Thursday, crushing families inside and killing at least 17 Palestinians, including 10 children and three women.

apnews.com/article/isra...

Netanyahu takes unusual flight route over Europe amid threat of war crimes arrest | CNN Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to the US took a circuitous route in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crime...

Great to see the International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Netanyahu having an impact. All parties to the Rome Statute should commit to fully enforcing the warrant.

This also comes as Slovenia bans Netanyahu from its territory, declaring him persona non grata.

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NEW: Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders have introduced a War Powers Resolution led by @repilhan.bsky.social to end unauthorized hostilities in the Caribbean & prohibit unauthorized use of military force against Venezuela

Press release & resolution text: progressives.house.gov/2025/9/cpc-l...

ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.

These ICE agents should be arrested and tried for kidnapping, with enhanced penalties for intent to extort.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

NEW statement by Executive Vice President @mattduss.bsky.social in response to key U.S. allies, including the UK, France, Canada, Australia, and Portugal, recognizing Palestinian statehood on September 21 and 22 🚨

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Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State

Recognition of Palestine by US allies is a necessary and historic affirmation of Palestinian rights.

It must urgently be accompanied by concrete steps to stop Israel’s campaigns of forced displacement, starvation and slaughter in Gaza and annexation in the West Bank.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy

“Estimates by experts suggest that the child death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands this year alone—and likely an even higher number next year…[one] study estimated that some 3.1 million children under age 5 would die during Trump’s second term” from aid cuts

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

It’s great to see the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus taking such a clear position on Gaza — one that represents the views of three-quarters of Democratic voters and a majority of Independents.

With UN experts concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, it is important to remember that genocide is also a crime under U.S. law (18 U.S.C. § 1091).

It covers acts of genocide committed anywhere in the world by U.S nationals — or anyone present in the U.S.

apnews.com/article/isra...

Love the Free Palestine Emmys!

The Catastrophe of Democratic Foreign Policy A new book on the Biden’s wars serves as a stark reminder that the Democrats need to formulate a new foreign policy—as well as reckon with the one they had.

“‘War’ reflects how the Democratic Party establishment desperately wants to see itself…More than any other recent president, Biden embodied the foreign policy establishment, and that establishment cannot admit failure”

@mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward’s “War”

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Fact check: Israel spends vast sums on propaganda ads – DW – 09/08/2025 Israel spends millions of euros on propaganda, much of it targeted at European audiences. A series of videos seek to downplay Gaza food scarcity.

Israel says it needs US taxpayers to subsidize its defense, despite having a per capita GDP higher than France, Japan and the UK.

It then turns around and spends millions blocking humanitarian aid and starving kids in Gaza—as well as a propaganda campaign to cover it up.

www.dw.com/en/israel-pr...