 He is also active as a commentator on issues regarding Israel, Palestine, and the Arab–Israeli conflict.He has been a contributing editor to "Middle East Report" and has published articles in, among others, "The Nation" and "Le Monde diplomatique".In 2006 Beinin sued conservative writer David Horowitz for copyright infringement after Horowitz used Beinin's image on the cover of a booklet entitled "Campus Support for Terrorism."