Atria Books, a prestigious imprint of Simon & Schuster, has agreed to republish two novels by Palestinian writer Susan Abulhawa, an author whose social media history includes calling Jews "ghouls," "cockroaches," "demons," and worse. The publisher's spokeswoman, Jessica Laino, sent a press release to the Washington Free Beacon in July praising Abulhawa's "signature lyrical voice" […] The post Simon & Schuster signs Palestinian author with a long trail of antisemitic posts appeared first on American Almanac .
Atria Books, a prestigious imprint of Simon & Schuster, has agreed to republish two novels by Palestinian writer Susan Abulhawa, an author whose social media history includes calling Jews "ghouls," "cockroaches," "demons," and worse. The publisher's spokeswoman, Jessica Laino, sent a press release to the Washington Free Beacon in July praising Abulhawa's "signature lyrical voice" and "nuanced characters." Atria plans to rerelease her novels Mornings in Jenin and The Blue Between Sky and Water on September 29, 2026. Neither Simon & Schuster nor its parent company, the private equity firm KKR, responded to requests for comment about Abulhawa's public statements. Those statements are not ambiguous. They are not buried in old archives. And…Open
The former Chicago mayor and likely presidential hopeful gave a big, deceptive speech in Tel Aviv. The post Rahm Emmanuel’s Israel-Endorsed ‘Opposition’ to Israel appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Rahm Emmanuel’s Israel-Endorsed ‘Opposition’ to Israel The former Chicago mayor and likely presidential hopeful gave a big, deceptive speech in Tel Aviv. Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Hoping to transition from being “Chicago’s Most Connected Banker ” to once again holding elected office, the two-term former Mayor of Chicago and former chief of staff to Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, did this month what all savvy political hopefuls do: He traveled to meet some of the largest power brokers in American politics at their homes in Tel Aviv. In 2008,…Open
A new book examines the corrosive roots of the Israel–Palestine conflict. The post Eighty Years of Hurt appeared first on The American Conservative .
Books Eighty Years of Hurt A new book examines the corrosive roots of the Israel–Palestine conflict. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images) Israel: What Went Wrong? By Omer Bartov Farrar, Straus and Giroux 244 pages, $28.00 An Israeli defense minister received a stunning letter from a history professor at Tel Aviv University. The academic, a veteran of the Yom Kippur War in his early 30s, warned the country’s top civilian defense official that Israeli soldiers were at risk of being indoctrinated to abuse Palestinian civilians in ways similar to how German soldiers had been conditioned to brutalize “subhuman” Slavs…Open
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the furor over a New York Times report finally exposing legacy media readers to the systematic Israeli practice of sexual violence against Palestinian detainees.
They then fact check a fabrication-filled new Israeli report designed to deflect from the PR crisis, which has prompted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to threaten a lawsuit against the Times. They also cover the latest from Lebanon, the prospect of renewed attacks on Iran, Trump's summit with Xi, and the looming political crisis in Israel.Open
Max Blumenthal on the meltdown after the New York Times finally told the shocking truth about Israel's torture of Palestinian hostages
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal joins former US representative and One America News host Matt Gaetz to discuss the New York Times article reporting what was already well known to close observers of Israel-Palestine: Israel has adopted sexual abuse on a systematic level to torture Palestinians kidnapped from Gaza since Oct 7, and much of its society has mobilized in defense of the torturers. Max explains why Netanyahu's extreme legal threats against the NY Times will never lead to concrete action, and how they could blow back on Israel if they went to trial.Open
After a debate over the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, students say the university president hit them with his vehicle. He says he was the victim in the incident.
American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The post The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The brutality—and frequency—of violent attacks on Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has become so appalling that even U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently expressed “concern” over it. “That is a topic we follow very closely,” he said . “I think you’ll see the government there do something about it.” Not only Rubio appears to have been moved to say—if not actually do—“something…Open
State of the Union: For “the first time in centuries,” the service could not be held in the Holy Sepulchre. The post Israeli Police Block Latin Patriarch from Palm Sunday Mass appeared first on The American Conservative .
On Sunday, Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which according to tradition is the site of Christ’s tomb. “[F]or the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,” the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem declared in a statement. “This incident is a grave precedent and disregards the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem.” Israeli authorities said the patriarch was blocked owing to the ongoing war with Iran and wartime rules which prohibit religious celebrations in the Old City of…Open