The White House is widely seen as being caught between a rock and a hard place, as it continues to attract harsh and widespread criticism internationally, from the domestic public, and from the powerful Israeli lobby in the US for its unjust unilateral indulgence of Israel in its bloodbath against the Palestinians of Gaza.

Washington has sent billions of dollars in aid to the Israeli regime since October 7, has unilaterally supported Israel in the UN Security Council at the cost of its isolation, and is trying to stifle dissent in American universities by unleashing brutal and unprecedented violence against students opposed to Israel.

But in this case, the US seems to be losing on both sides. Joe Biden’s occasional and purely symbolic criticisms of Bibi Netanyahu have angered Israel’s donors, while his unfettered support for Netanyahu’s war is actually causing him to lose votes from the younger sections of the electorate. Things are not going well for Biden, and are expected to get worse as Israel has brazenly violated his only stated red line—attacking Rafah, resulting in more Palestinian civilian deaths—while suffering no evident consequences.

Jeffrey Sachs on student unrest

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, a globally renowned economist and professor at Columbia University, has assessed the state of the Biden administration and reached the unequivocal conclusion that current US policy is tragic, destructive, unjust and contrary to international law. He also elaborates on the current situation in American universities and on Washington’s policy toward Israel.

In his opinion students are widely........

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