Author Archives: Alex Kane

About Alex Kane

Alex Kane is a staff reporter for Mondoweiss. Follow him on Twitter @alexbkane.

Mark Perry: Israel and Iran’s ‘low-level war’ is ‘dangerous stuff’

Acclaimed author and journalist Mark Perry speaks with Mondoweiss on the escalating situation between Israel and Iran, and the implications for the U.S.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | Tagged , , , , , | 55 Comments

‘A level of racist violence I have never seen’: UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley on Palestine and the BDS movement

UCLA professor Robin D.G. Kelley just returned from a delegation to Israel/Palestine with the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and speaks to Mondoweiss about Palestine, BDS, black Zionism and much more.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 99 Comments

New ‘NYT’ bureau chief Jodi Rudoren faces outcry from Israel advocates over Twitter messages

The fast and furious reaction to Jodi Rudoren’s Twitter messages, and what it says about ardent advocates for Israel.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 37 Comments

‘Free Beacon’ reporter attacks Center for American Progress in misleading articles that push for Iran war

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Adam Kredo, a reporter with the Washington Free Beacon, distorts the existing evidence on Iran in articles taking aim at the Center for American Progress.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Neocons, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

David Wildman at PennBDS: Motorola and Caterpillar profited off apartheid South Africa before occupation (updated)

Motorola profited from apartheid, just as it now profits from occupation

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New York’s Muslim community fights back against NYPD Islamophobia

Muslim community leaders say Islamophobia is deep-seated in the New York Police Department. And they’re not taking it anymore.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Middle East, Neocons, US Politics, War on Terror | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Organizers say pro-Israel filmmaker with controversial past deceives, disrupts Penn BDS conference (UPDATED)

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Organizers of the University of Pennsylvania’s BDS conference acted to prevent Martin Himel (above), a rightwing pro-Israel filmmaker, from interviewing participants at the conference because he misrepresented himself and disrupted the event Saturday, they said.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine | Tagged , , , | 74 Comments

Dershowitz justifies war on Iran (and Iraq? again?)– and Mort Zuckerman rides shotgun– in fresh attacks on BDS conference

The usual suspects are trying to tar the BDS movement as anti-Semitic.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | Tagged , , , , | 36 Comments

Who’s the moderate? Romney teams up with anti-Muslim speakers, Greater Israel advocates

Mitt Romney will be joined by a slew of anti-Muslim speakers at this year’s CPAC.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Anti-Defamation League reprises debunked quote in attempt to discredit Helena Cobban and Penn BDS conference

The Anti-Defamation League uses a fabricated quote in an attempt to discredit Helena Cobban and the upcoming BDS conference in Philadelphia.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | Tagged , , , | 20 Comments

The agenda behind the anti-Muslim film screened to NYPD: protecting Greater Israel

The backers of an anti-Muslim film shown to the NYPD are major financial backers of Israel’s settlement project.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics, War on Terror | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Adelson’s millions come tipped with missiles aimed at Iran

Newt Gingrich once encouraged diplomacy for dealing with Iran. Today he’s a leading hawk. What changed? Beginning in 2006, Sheldon Adelson began pouring millions into a Gingrich PAC.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , | 35 Comments

Group responsible for Muslim grave desecration gives advice on bigotry to the White House

The Simon Wiesenthal Center consults with the Obama administration on issues of anti-Semitism. The center has no business policing discourse on bigotry when its actions and discourse are anti-Muslim.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

What was your major? AIPAC!

A report in Colorlines illuminates how AIPAC works.

Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | Tagged , , , | 17 Comments

Reports of Mossad role in assasination shine light on Israeli hypocrisy

Evidence that the Mossad assassinated an Iran scientist undermines Israel’s anti-Iran narrative.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East | Tagged , , | 23 Comments

Bombshell: Israeli intelligence posed as CIA to recruit terror group for covert war on Iran

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Mark Perry writes in Foreign Policy that the Mossad recruited known Pakistani terrorists to wage covert war on Iran by disguising themselves as CIA agents. Mondoweiss looks at what the story means.

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , , | 247 Comments

The headline you aren’t seeing: Iran wants talks, Israel pushing for war

Israel is seeking to provoke a war between US and Iran with murder of nuclear scientist

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East | Tagged | 47 Comments

Europe gets it: Israel ‘forcibly transfers’ Palestinians

An internal European Union (EU) report states the plain truth: Israel ‘forcibly transfers’ Palestinians

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Talks continue in Jordan as Israeli building binge rolls on in the occupied territories

Today’s headlines predictably focus on the Jordanian-brokered talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Meanwhile, Peace Now has declared that the year 2011 saw Israel break “all its settlement-building records.”

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US millionaire Kenneth Abramowitz funds settlers linked to attacks on IDF

A Haaretz investigation reveals that Kenneth Abramowitz (center), an American millionaire with close ties to the Likud Party, founded a group linked to recent attacks on the IDF.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Christian group dedicated to derailing divestment bankrolled by settler-funding philanthropy

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Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East markets itself as a liberal group working for peace in Israel/Palestine. But its budget is bankrolled by philanthropy that funds settlements and Islamophobia.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments

Parsi: Israeli pressure helped scuttle Obama overtures to Iran

A new book out on the Obama administration’s Iran policy reports that Israeli pressure helped scuttle the possibility of diplomacy with Iran.

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged , , | 20 Comments

AIPAC-championed amendment pushes Obama into a corner on Iran

The Obama administration is caught between election year concerns about the economy, the Israel lobby and Iran’s forceful response to harsh U.S. sanctions.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 51 Comments

Israeli construction in E1 is slap in the face to US

Israel’s resumption of construction in the controversial “E1″ area in Jerusalem is in defiance of US wishes. But in an election year, nothing will be done.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 12 Comments

Gingrich’s backer Adelson outdoes ‘invented people’ smear in address to ‘Birthright’ youth

Sheldon Adelson told Birthright participants that the Palestinians are an “invented” people and urged students not to let Muslim student organizations “take over” campus.

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | Tagged | 22 Comments