Alex Kane
@alexbkane
Senior staff reporter @jewishcurrents. Write on the politics of Israel/Palestine in the US. E-mail: [email protected]
Leading genocide scholar Omer Bartov in the New York Times: "My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people." nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opi…
Very weird to see Cuomo so introspective and accurate. x.com/jacobkornbluh/…
🎧Audio of Cuomo reflecting on his primary loss at the Hampton Synagogue today: “We played it safe... I wasn’t aggressive enough.” + Cuomo said a key factor in his loss was Mamdani’s support from young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters. More ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward/7…
The NYPD bans facial recognition searches — so detectives just asked a buddy in the FDNY. The looming question: was this an isolated instance? thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nyp…
This seems like it’s the prelude to an agreement with Trump.
BREAKING: Columbia University adopts controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism, initiates programming and training partnerships with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an organization that has repeatedly smeared pro-Palestine protesters. More details below. @DropSiteNews
I wrote for @JewishCurrents about the history of international law and the question of Palestine, and the bloodstained lever that is armed struggle jewishcurrents.org/the-gavel-and-…
Seriously impressive piece of student journalism here
The NYU student paper documents a yearslong relationship between NYU and the Academic Engagement Network, “a pro-Israel organization affiliated with the Heritage Foundation and other right-wing groups.” nyunews.com/2025/07/14/new…
Makes sense that once you win the primary, and are seen as legitimate and the person who will win, your weakest demographics come around. x.com/lpolgreen/stat…
The polling was so off in the NYC mayoral Dem primary, will be curious to see if it remains so in the general. But this is an impressive showing from Mamdani, who remarkably has an 11 point advantage here over Cuomo among Black voters, supposedly his weakest demographic.
Those smells are what I call heaven
At TPUSA, Tucker Carlson dismissed GOP culture war wins as “appetizers” and took a jab at Trump’s military pageantry: “You’ve got SEAL Team Six… why aren’t they fixing America?” He complained about drug use, urban decay, and cities that “smell like weed and halal food.”
Transcripts are up. Starting pg. 33 in volume 2. knightcolumbia.org/documents/nuqk…
Breaking news via @knightcolumbia: "A senior ICE official testified that the agency assembled a team in to investigate student protestors. The team rapidly compiled over 100 reports based on a list of 5,000 people identified on the Canary Mission website."
This @YousefMunayyer analysis of the politics of calls for Mamdani to denounce "globalize the intifada" is well worth your time. theintercept.com/2025/07/10/mam…
I wrote here for @theintercept on the smears against @ZohranKMamdani, the demonization of Arabic language, and why he was right not to take the bait theintercept.com/2025/07/10/mam…
Our new investigation reveals the Israeli army is weaponizing Chinese-made drones to police expulsion orders across Gaza, with soldiers saying they deliberately target civilians so others will ‘learn’ not to return.
Politico report on today's revelations. TLDR: Mostly from Canary; some from Betar; Stephen Miller was heavily involved; "from the river to the sea" could be used to disqualify visa applicants politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
The trajectory of Canary: Run by Israeli right-wing activists < funded by mainstream American Jewish foundations < used by Israeli border officials to deny Palestinian Americans entry < Now used by DHS to round up students in the US and detain them and attempt to deport them
FBI has also used it, as I first reported for @theintercept. But the DHS use appears FAR more far-reaching. That said, after the initial arrests of students, DHS has slowed down or even stopped. Not sure what's going on there. theintercept.com/2018/06/24/stu… x.com/akela_lacy/sta…
DHS admitting they're using Canary Mission to profile people -- something pro-Palestine advocates have long suspected. There have been numerous reports of customs officers asking people about their CM profiles at airports - both in Israel and the U.S.
Ah, I see you're all rediscovering Randy Fine......jewishcurrents.org/the-book-of-ra…
Friends of the IDF raised hundreds of millions of $ by promising to meet the emergency needs of Israeli soldiers during the war in Gaza. It's now facing turmoil over allegations of financial mismanagement, cronyism, and a toxic workplace culture. jta.org/2025/07/08/isr…
