Eric Cheyfitz
@echeyfitz
Eric Cheyfitz is a professor at Cornell University and author ofThe Colonial Construction of Indian Country: Native American Literatures & Federal Indian Law.
browser “Netanyahu is sabotaging talks, hoping Trump will blame Hamas if negotiations fail. He vows to renew the war after a cease-fire and insists on holding Gaza's Morag Corridor. Unless Trump forces his hand, there will be no deal, and that suits Netanyahu.” Amir Tibon in…
“According to the Palestinian Hydrology Group, Palestinians consume an average of 70 liters of water per person per day, while Israelis consume 300. For Israeli settlers in the West Bank, however, the average rises to 800 liters per person a day. According to the World Health…
“Adolf Eichmann began his Nazi career as the head of the Central Agency for Jewish Emigration at the security agency charged with protecting the Reich. Joseph Brunner, the father of Mossad chief David Barnea, was three years old when he fled Nazi Germany with his parents, before…
“According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 58,386 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since October 2023—most of them women and children. Multiple peer-reviewed studies have concluded that this figure is likely a vast undercount. More than 139,000 Palestinians…
Current state of Gaza peace negotiations:”The Trump-backed proposal is filled with terms and vague language that Israel could easily exploit. It would allow Israel to resume the military assault on Gaza after 60 days, would preserve Israel's total control over aid and its…
Baiting the trap for Palestinians: “The American security staff guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades against aid seekers. “ Haaretz
The US and Israeli war against children continues: MOSAB ABU TOHA, wrote "In the past three hours, Israel has savagely attacked over four school shelters in northern Gaza, resulting in a large number of casualties. As of this writing, hundreds of families are sitting or…
If you do the math on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, , you will find that the tax breaks for the working class result in an overall loss when you take into account the entitlement cuts in Medicaid, food stamps, home heating subsidies, etc. it’s a scam, folks. But you shouldn’t be…
The US has never been a country of laws broadly and equally applied. It has been and is a country of property rights. The more property, the more rights. The Trump presidency is simply the apotheosis of this fact that has been governing the country, more or less, since 1776. If…
The West Bank – like the Gaza Strip – functions as Israel's repressed, extraterritorial backyard. In the recent Haaretz exposé that sparked international outrage, IDF soldiers described receiving orders to shoot hungry, unarmed Gazans approaching aid trucks. One soldier summed it…
“On May 27, the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began distributing a trickle of aid through four militarized distribution hubs, three in remote parts of southern Gaza and one near Wadi Gaza. The project was condemned by the U.N. and international…
Either Zohran Mamdani and what he represents is the future of the US or the US has no future.
“The current war in the Middle East is part of a desperate effort to preserve the remnants of colonialism and Western superiority over the peoples of the Third World. The Palestinian people are paying a terrible, unbearable price for this. But the future will not be determined by…
The US national anthem should be “Sleep Walk,” the 50s hit by Santo and Johnny. Listen to it, dance to it, as the US dreams its way into endless wars.
Trump is putting your money in the pockets of arms dealers and billionaires. Is this what you voted for?
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is over 1000 pages long, which ensures that it will pass without many people having read it, including those in Congress are charged with creating and passing legislation that impacts the economy, such as this tax bill. This is a process that…