The data shows that 66 percent of voters—and 80 percent of Democrats—want the president to call for a cease-fire. The longer he waits, the more voters will stay home next November.
Unlike the visions of unbounded freedom found in traditional westerns, Martin Scorsese’s new film is a study of a West bounded by the vertical geometry of oil rigs and the violent conspiracies of powerful men.
JORGE COTTE
For Ahmed
Last month, Nation contributor Ahmed Abu Artema lost his son and four relatives in an Israeli strike on his Gaza home. Senior editor Lizzy Ratner recalls the first time she met the writer and peace activist, and his experience of life under siege in the Gaza Strip. His contributions “at once poetic and urgent… bore witness to Israel’s strangulation of Gaza.” Read her reflection here.
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