Washington Watch Articles From 2025
The Importance of Connecting Means and Ends
Followers of policy and political developments in Israel/Palestine must be struck by the degree to which the tactics employed are disconnected from desired ends and by how some leaders’ and movements’ obsession with their mistaken path distracts them while they dangerously march themselves and their followers off a cliff.
New Poll: Republican Voters Want Trump to Press Israel to End War and Occupation
American voters want an end to the war in Gaza and for President Trump to withhold US aid, if necessary, to pressure Israel to end it.
The Israel/Palestine Exception
From 2013 to 2017, I served as a White House appointee to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Annually we would review the practices of countries around the world as they impacted the ability of their citizens and residents to freely practice their faiths. We would then issue reports that would identify countries (about two dozen) that violated religious freedom, together with our recommendations for actions the US government could take to bring these countries into compliance.