Category Archives: Iran

Dog-bites-man story in NYT leads readers to say, tail wags dog

Republicans want to railroad us into a war that serves Israel, NYT readers write

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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.

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Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death

A Palestinian prisoner on his 61st day of hunger strike while shackled to a bed in an Israeli hospital is in immediate danger of death, according to a medical report submitted to the supreme court in an effort to secure his release.

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News roundup on the 59th day of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike

As Khader Adnan entered his 59th day on hunger strike, his wife Randa appealed for the international community to end his isolation and save his life.

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Two new videos take on The Dersh and introduce his toughest client yet – Claus Von Bibi!

Two new videos look at Alan Dershowitz’s extensive record of intellectual dishonesty and career of making “the case for Israel.”

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Reports/Video | 15 Comments

Israeli military escalating arrests in Hebron of boys aged 12-15 years old; at least 10 children arrested last week

Hebron: At least 10 children arrested by Israeli military in one week The extreme Golani Unit of the Israeli military is escalating its arrests of Palestinian children in Al Khalil (Hebron), targeting boys between the ages of 12 to15 years … Continue reading

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Husband of ‘NYT’ Jerusalem correspondent calls for attack on Iran

When does the Caesar’s wife standard kick in? When do warlike statements from Israeli Hirsh Goodman, who is married to Isabel Kershner, a New York Times Jerusalem correspondent, become too much for the Times to bear? When do those pronouncements … Continue reading

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‘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.

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MSNBC: Israel trains Iranian terror group to kill nuclear scientists

Yesterday, MSNBC reported an Iranian terror group responsible for assassinating nuclear scientists was trained and financed by the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence unit.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East | Tagged | 44 Comments

As Khader Adnan struggles through his 55th day on a hunger strike, a reminder that he has not been charged with a crime

Khader Adnan enters the 55th day of his hungry strike in Israeli detention, he has not been charged with anything Palestinian hunger striker nearing death A Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike for 55 days to protest against his detention … Continue reading

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Settlers spray ‘Death to Christians’ on a monastery, ‘Death to Arabs’ on a school and ‘Mohammad is a pig’ on village entrance

More “pricetag” attacks by Israeli settlers

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Leading Zionist historian was first to say ‘Israel Firster’– in 1960

‘Israel Firster’ is no anti-Semitic trope. Zionist historian Abram Sachar used it against Ben-Gurion in 1960

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Bruising Judt, Fukuyama says Arabs aren’t ready for liberalism

Francis Fukuyama suggests Tony Judt’s idea of one state was “monstrous” because Arabs aren’t ready for liberalism

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Would you buy a used metaphor from this warmonger? (Niall Ferguson’s ‘creative destruction’ echoes Rice’s ‘birth-pangs’)

In Jerusalem, Niall Ferguson says that attacking Iran would be “some creative destruction”

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Settlers attempt to burn another mosque in Nabi Saleh and graffiti ‘death to Arabs’ near Ramallah

Land Theft / Ethnic Cleansing  Zionist plans to build a shopping centre on Armenian Church land The Jerusalem occupation municipality announced a plan to build a new shopping centre with a car park on a piece of land that is … Continue reading

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Praying while Shi’a: the NYPD’s latest religious profiling scandal

In May 2006, as tensions flared between the US and Iran, the NYPD “recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists.”

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Israeli officials say Iran’s ‘existential threat’ is– braindrain of 200,000 ‘best and brightest’

Israeli officials admit true fear: If Iran gets the bomb, 200,000 of Israel’s “best and brightest” will leave for US and Europe

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New Knesset bill, ‘Regulation of the Bedouin settlement in the Negev’ seeks to turn Bedouin dispossession into law

A new bill seeks to turn the controversial Prawer Plan into Israeli law. If the Knesset passes the legislation, it will pave the way for Israel to step up its efforts to disposess the Negev’s Bedouin and relocate them to impoverished townships.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Politics | 1 Comment

The Iraq war coverup: What did AIPAC do and when did it do it?

Center for American Progress helps AIPAC cover up its support for the Iraq war

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | Tagged | 49 Comments

So the U.S. military doesn’t want to attack Iran and neither does Israel. Who does?

Who wants war with Iran?

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 114 Comments

Mossad chief held secret talks in DC with top U.S. officials

The Senate’s Worldwide Threat Assessment– excuse me, but there are too many If’s here for anyone to endorse a preemptive attack on Iran

Posted in Arab Spring, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | 27 Comments

Romney’s battle in FL was to show Adelson he is OK on Israel –TNR

Romney tailored his ideas on Israel to impress Adelson and win him away from Gingrich

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Rosenberg gets Trita Parsi call for Iran diplomacy into ‘LA Jewish Journal’

MJ Rosenberg is holding firm on “Israel Firster”

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 31 Comments

AIPAC met quietly with Dem thinktank to deplore writings critical of Israel, and took its leaders to Israel

Center for American Progress says that its reporter’s account of Israel lobby’s push for war against Iran was “problematic”

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 38 Comments

Tadamun: Israel detained student because of computer engineering graduate project

Tadamun: Israel detained student because of his graduate project The international Tadamun society for human rights said the Israeli occupation forces detained about one month ago a university student from Tulkarem city because of his graduate research project. link to … Continue reading

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