Israel debate boils over in the United States

The Listening PostHow far have US politics – and media – really shifted on the topic of Israel?For US politicians, travelling to Israel has become a rite of passage and almost always involves going on an Israeli government-led PR tour of the country.US Congressman Ro Khanna departed from that pattern this past week when he joined Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.What happened next – a confrontation with Israeli soldiers and the media reaction that followed – revealed a lot about the reality for Palestinians that Israel and its supporters are determined to conceal.Contributors: Maya Rosen – Assistant editor, Jewish Currents Yumna Patel – Editor-in-chief, Mondoweiss Dalia Hatuqa – Multimedia journalist Omar Baddar – Political and media analystOn our radarDespite experiencing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, Sudan rarely receives the media coverage it deserves. Now, the United Nations is warning that another catastrophe is unfolding in the city of el-Obeid, which is on the verge of being cut off from the world and where there are barely any international journalists on the ground. Nicholas Muirhead speaks to Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, one of the few reporters who have repor...