Evidence that grassroots, progressive activism in the US is still alive and capable of changing world events. While it’s still early days it seems that the Biden administration may finally be shifting its position on Israel. The killing of the 7 aid workers of the World Central Kitchen seems to have been the tipping point but for weeks efforts by on-the-ground activists in Michigan and most recently Wisconsin have rung Biden’s alarm bells.
Of course, this is only a sign of an early shift directly related to getting food and aid into Gaza. Will enough aid flow in fast enough to blunt the worst case scenario of famine from unfolding? We will soon find out.
Will Israel still launch a large scale offensive into Rafah? Will there be deeper, long term shifts in military aid to Israel or is this just a temporary shift? What comes next? What’s the goal? Is it a ceasefire or something more lasting?