Have the Palestinians ever faced a worse American electoral season? A sociopathic, New York “strong-man” narcissist versus a neo-liberal Zionist: whoever succeeds – and anything can happen this time – we know it won’t be good for Palestine. Both candidates gave almost identic
The temptation is to think Republican Donald Trump – with his love for authoritarian “winners” like Israel, and his vow to “bomb to hell” out of every problem – makes a better friend to Israeli aggression. Yet the record reminds us, with Hillary Clinton’s long history of defending Zionism, the Palestinians are between the proverbial rock and a hard place.