Michael F. Brown’s blog

People stand with a banner calling for a ceasefire

Politicians ignore American support for a ceasefire

Michael F. Brown 21 November 2023

AIPAC plans massive campaign against progressive legislators of color. Read more about Politicians ignore American support for a ceasefire

Three Palestinian women and a child comforting a woman

Palestinian civilian deaths now passing reported total in Ukraine

Michael F. Brown 9 November 2023

Most Republicans and 22 anti-Palestinian Democrats vote to censure Rashida Tlaib, the sole Palestinian American in Congress. Read more about Palestinian civilian deaths now passing reported total in Ukraine

President Joe Biden with a flag behind him

Biden will lose due to support for Israeli war crimes

Michael F. Brown 7 November 2023

Arab American support crashes as frustration rises with anti-Palestinian president. Read more about Biden will lose due to support for Israeli war crimes

Palestinians amidst rubble in Khan Younis

Preemptive stenography at CNN

Michael F. Brown 29 October 2023

Erin Burnett tells Israeli military spokesperson that apartheid army’s attacks are “precision.” Read more about Preemptive stenography at CNN

Abby Phillip on the red carpet at the TIME100 Gala

CNN fails to challenge US politicians supporting ethnic cleansing of Gaza

Michael F. Brown 18 October 2023

Journalist Abby Phillip asks ceasefire supporter AOC if Israel is “supposed to just do nothing” even as horrors mount in Gaza. Read more about CNN fails to challenge US politicians supporting ethnic cleansing of Gaza

A bulldozer and a number of people can be seen in the rubble of a building attacked by Israel

More children killed in Gaza than Ukraine

Michael F. Brown 17 October 2023

American media fails to properly inform viewers about Israeli violence. Read more about More children killed in Gaza than Ukraine

The neighborhood of al-Rimal in Gaza has been heavily bombed and damaged

Newsweek’s Josh Hammer wants much of Gaza reduced to a parking lot

Michael F. Brown 12 October 2023

Rabbi Ben Packer wants to throw Palestinians to the sharks. Read more about Newsweek’s Josh Hammer wants much of Gaza reduced to a parking lot

Dome of the Rock and other buildings

The New York Times, a cheerleader for Israel and its crimes

Michael F. Brown 28 September 2023

Newspaper of record helps launder the theft of Palestinian land and rights. Read more about The New York Times, a cheerleader for Israel and its crimes

Benjamin Netanyahu holds a map and a red sharpie while standing at the UN General Assembly podium

Netanyahu erases Palestine in maps new and old

Michael F. Brown 23 September 2023

Timid MBS seeks to “ease the life of the Palestinians.” Read more about Netanyahu erases Palestine in maps new and old

Senator Jim Risch at bottom of escalator with drink in hand

Blinken indulges Republican senator toying with Palestinian hunger

Michael F. Brown 7 September 2023

Democrats push back for “economic peace” but ignore underlying issues of apartheid, dispossession and occupation. Read more about Blinken indulges Republican senator toying with Palestinian hunger

Michael F. Brown is an independent journalist. His work and views have appeared in The International Herald Tribune, TheNation.com, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The News & Observer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post and elsewhere.