Alex Kane

Alex Kane is an assistant editor for the news website Mondoweiss, which covers the Israel–Palestine conflict, and the World section editor at AlterNet. His work has also appeared in Salon, The Daily Beast’s “Open Zion” blog, Vice, BBC Persian, +972 magazine, the Electronic Intifada, Extra!, and Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter @alexbkane.

Raking the Coals: Islamophobia, Surveillance-Targeting and the NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit

An NYPD program to spy on Muslims implemented with the help of CIA officials — a consequence of America’s post-9/11, Islamophobic security apparatus....

ALEX KANE

Israel Unmoored: The Fault Lines of the Jewish State

THE RECENT ROUND OF ISRAELI ELECTIONS in January 2013 revealed a society with deep divides. The diverse electorate faced questions that concerned strictly Israeli Jewish society: should the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredim, be forced to enlist in the Israeli army? How generous ...

ALEX KANE

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