https://znetwork.org/author/mitchellplitnick/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:03:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/mitchellplitnick/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-occupation-of-gaza-has-begun/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-occupation-of-gaza-has-begun/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:03:20 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294276 This week, Drop Site News revealed a draft resolution from Trump’s newly christened “Board of Peace.” The resolution outlines what is, in essence, Phase Two of Trump’s unrealistic peace plan that ushered in a new phase of horror in Gaza under the guise of a ceasefire.  The actions outlined in the resolution ignore realities on the ground [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-occupation-of-gaza-has-begun/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinian-factions-have-come-together-to-thwart-israeli-plans-in-gaza-for-now/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinian-factions-have-come-together-to-thwart-israeli-plans-in-gaza-for-now/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292792 The United States seems to be poised to reevaluate its tactics in implementing President Donald Trump’s plan for the Gaza Strip. It seems they are considering installing a Palestinian technocrat government and Palestinian police force before assembling their International Stabilization Force (ISF), which they are finding no country wants to be part of. While this [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/palestinian-factions-have-come-together-to-thwart-israeli-plans-in-gaza-for-now/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-israel-is-losing-support-from-conservative-america/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-israel-is-losing-support-from-conservative-america/#respond Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:53:51 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286585 Arecent report from CNN revealed that in just eight years, Democratic voters in the United States had reversed their views on Israel. In 2017, Democrats sympathised more with Israel over the Palestinians by 13 percent. In 2025, Democrats sympathised more with Palestinians by 43 percent. That is an unprecedented swing in so short a time. In many ways, this completed a trend [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-israel-is-losing-support-from-conservative-america/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-staffers-admit-what-we-all-knew-white-house-lied-about-ceasefire-efforts/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-staffers-admit-what-we-all-knew-white-house-lied-about-ceasefire-efforts/#respond Sun, 04 May 2025 10:50:13 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283326 There were many disheartening moments during the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign for progressives who support Palestinian rights. Yet few were quite as deflating as that moment when the ostensibly progressive, leading member of The Squad, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood at the podium at the Democratic National Convention and told the audience that then-Vice President Kamala Harris was “working [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-staffers-admit-what-we-all-knew-white-house-lied-about-ceasefire-efforts/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/inside-project-esther-the-right-wing-action-plan-to-take-down-the-palestine-movement/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/inside-project-esther-the-right-wing-action-plan-to-take-down-the-palestine-movement/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:11:02 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1275917 The Heritage Foundation got a lot of publicity during this election cycle for its infamous Project 2025. But that’s not the only project they intend to carry out now that Donald Trump is returning to the White House. Project Esther is a new proposal from Heritage that claims to lay out a plan to combat antisemitism [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/inside-project-esther-the-right-wing-action-plan-to-take-down-the-palestine-movement/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/message-from-the-dnc-the-democrats-do-not-care-about-palestinians/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/message-from-the-dnc-the-democrats-do-not-care-about-palestinians/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:06:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1271283 The Democratic National Convention did not go well for supporters of Palestinian rights.  The one positive to emerge from the DNC was that the first panel ever officially sanctioned by the DNC on the subject of Palestinian rights marked a major step forward politically, and was the result of a powerful grassroots movement to get Palestine mentioned [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/message-from-the-dnc-the-democrats-do-not-care-about-palestinians/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/blinkens-lies-about-hamas-rejecting-a-ceasefire-reveal-the-biden-administrations-true-intentions/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/blinkens-lies-about-hamas-rejecting-a-ceasefire-reveal-the-biden-administrations-true-intentions/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1268030 “The proposal that President Biden laid out 12 days ago was virtually identical to one that Hamas had accepted and put forward itself on May the 6th.  So there’s no reason why this agreement should not be reached.  The only reason would be Hamas continuing to try to change the terms.” So said U.S. Secretary [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/blinkens-lies-about-hamas-rejecting-a-ceasefire-reveal-the-biden-administrations-true-intentions/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-administration-quietly-backs-israels-deadly-assault-on-gaza/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-administration-quietly-backs-israels-deadly-assault-on-gaza/#respond Sun, 14 May 2023 15:54:18 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1246049 It should come as no surprise that the United States has fully backed Israel in its latest assault on Gaza. In the hours before Israel began raining down more bombs on the besieged territory, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen over the phone. 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