The Discourse Report: May 20, 2021

Is it time to rethink the U.S.-Israel relationship?, 35 House Republicans vs 175 House Republicans, how gun politics in America is changing, and more

Arguments

Israel-Palestine

• Just minutes ago, news reports came out that Israel has agreed to a cease-fire with Hamas.

• The most recent conflagration between them, which has lasted 11 days, has put the United States’s relationship with Israel into sharper focus. Zack Beauchamp writes in Vox:

  The US-Israel alliance, which has its origins in Cold War geopolitic…