We turned to Rashid Khalidi, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern History and an editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies for over twenty years, for some perspective. Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of eight books, including, most recently, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (2020). He also served as an advisor to Palestinian negotiators during peace talks in the 1990s. We spoke with Khalidi about the response — in the U.S., in the Middle East, and elsewhere — to the events of recent weeks, the history of the Zionist project, past peace processes, and the distinctions he wishes young activists were making now.

Congressman George Santos can’t stop, won’t stop lying. Earlier this month, the representative from New York added 10 criminal counts to the 13 he was originally charged with in May, with federal prosecutors alleging he stole donor identities, used their credit cards to make more than $44,000 in charges, and wired some of the money to his own personal bank account and campaign coffers. Santos is facing the very real prospect of prison time—if convicted, a minimum of two years for aggravated identity theft and a maximum of 20 years for the other counts—and the equally real prospect of losing his seat in the House. That is, if he’s not booted by his own colleagues first. This is obviously a lot to handle, but is Santos allowing the stress of it all to stop him from doing what he loves, i.e., telling completely absurd lies for sport? No, he is not! Santos, speaking to The New York Times, claimed he had a “story that nobody talks about,” that his niece was kidnapped, likely in retaliation for his public comments about the Chinese Communist Party. “You think it was China?” reporter Grace Ashford, trying to nail him down, asked. “Look, I don’t want to go into like, conspiracy theory,” he said. “But you know, if the shoe fits, right?” According to Ashford, she subsequently got in touch with a high-ranking member of law enforcement, who told her that the matter had been looked into—and that there was no evidence of any kidnapping, period, or, really, any connection to the Chinese Communist Party. “We found nothing at all to suggest it’s true,” the official told Ashford. “I’d lean into, ‘he made it up.’” “He made it up,” is, of course, a phrase that could be applied to a significant amount of Santos’s claims, from the ones about working at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs to having grandparents who fled the Holocaust and a mother who was in the South Tower on 9/11.

A Muslim teen girl was attacked while riding the New York City subway to school in what police believe may have been another hate crime attack based on the victim’s faith.

Despite paeans to the importance of seeing “both sides,” Western media has been happy to throw its support behind Israel.

Just when the congressman thought he had neutralized Trump, the former president lowered the boom.

The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.

The Fugees singer is claiming his defense attorney botched his closing argument by using a proprietary prototype AI program.

There are still significant doubts that the Minnesotan has the near-unanimous GOP support needed to secure the gavel from the full House.

Economists first underestimated inflation, then underestimated consumers and the labor market. The key question is why. (It’s because you’re treating economics as a hard science when it’s really just vibes)

Democrats routinely remind us there's no limit to the amount of money they'll spend building up our military and those of our allies. There's no limit to what they'll do for corporations for the sake of the economy. There's no limit to the compromises they'll make with our oppressors. There's only a limit to how much they'll do for us. There's a limit to how much they'll spend on our needs. There's a limit to how hard they'll fight.

Attorney Jenna Ellis has pleaded guilty to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia and says tearfully she looks back with “deep remorse.”

The Royal Navy is ending its century-old tradition of having Chinese servants on warships amid fears that they could be forced to spy for Beijing. Hundreds of Chinese laundrymen have worked on Britain’s warships since the 1930s, with most hired from Hong Kong to wash and press sailor’s uniforms and officers’ white tablecloths. Nepalese Gurkhas will replace them due to fears that Beijing could threaten the servants’ families in China to make those on board ships pass on Royal Navy secrets, The Sun has reported.

Hitler and his birthplace, Austria, were broadcast on video boards as part of a pregame quiz.

A half hour into the march, as the crowd walked south on Pearl Ave, a white GMC Sierra 2500 pickup truck sporting multiple right-wing flags—including the Gadsden—suddenly pulled into the intersection of E. 8th Ave. and Pearl St., blocking the march. As the march approached, a tire was a reportedly slashed, and the driver, wearing a Guy Fawkes-type mask, pulled a handgun as he exited the truck. He quickly turned to the rear and began firing several shots that sounded like compressed-air.

The former vice president has gone all out to win Iowa. But is anyone listening?

Scott's polling is down, his super PAC is in retreat and his hometown newspaper is cheering on Nikki Haley instead.

"He was the one who set up the systems that allowed Alameda to take the money, and he was the one who directed us to take customer money to repay our loans," she said.

Starbucks Workers United tweeted a longer message on Friday denouncing Israel’s “occupation” and “threats of genocide Palestinians face” while also condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia.

A Texas man with a past conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon has been identified as a leader in the white nationalist Patriot Front group, a Hatewatch investigation has revealed.

Sadly, this magnificent tree is deteriorating, leaving researchers concerned that Pando's days and all the forest life it supports are numbered. Human activities, including clearing and slaughtering predators that keep down herbivore numbers, eat away at this ancient being.