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An undercover Al Jazeera investigation informs the conversation about the Israel lobby’s influence in Washington kicked off by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s tweets.

Omar’s tweets kicked off a massive debate on anti-Semitism, but the pile on against her, a young, black, Muslim refugee woman, was disproportionate.

If Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic nomination, expect Benjamin Netanyahu to act more like Donald Trump's running mate than an impartial observer.

For decades, AIPAC has sponsored trips to Israel for new members of Congress. Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, is planning an alternative.

“We just want him to meet us halfway and act like a normal Democrat who believes in the party.”

The backlash against Ilhan Omar, a black Muslim woman, must be understood through the lens of what is known as the “afterlife of slavery.”

“The Israelis are kind of like cowboys,” said Texas’ agriculture commissioner. “They’re tough and gritty and they don’t take any shit from anybody.”

Attacks on the free speech rights of Americans in the name of defending Israel seem to have no end in sight.

Journalists Naomi Klein, Matt Taibbi, Ali Abunimah, Jon Schwarz, and filmmaker Alison Klayman are this week’s guests.

Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign will be based in El Paso, putting the U.S.-Mexico border at the center of his challenge to Donald Trump.