Category Archives: Iran

Bibi throws in with GOP, Democratic base turns critical, and Israel finally becomes partisan wedge issue like abortion — Blumenthal

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Philip Weiss

US TV producers are “terrified” of talking about Israel lobby, but it may become politicized in this presidential election

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 97 Comments

Iran accuses CIA & Israel, US warns Israel to back off

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Annie Robbins

The repercussions from the  assassination of Iranian nuclear expert Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan are rippling thru diplomatic circles even as thousands of Iranians mourn. With tensions high and the US denying any involvement in the slaying, the U.S. has– are you sitting … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Israeli Government, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | Tagged | 27 Comments

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

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Alex Kane
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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

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Alex Kane

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

Obama speaks to Netanyahu– but White House refuses to say if another country was behind scientist’s murder

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Obama’s phone call with Netanyahu yesterday could feed the conspiratorial, a questioner says to Obama spox Carney

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 1 Comment

Rick Santorum says murder of Iranian scientist was ‘wonderful thing’

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Santorum is on the case: “On occasion scientists working on the nuclear program in Iran turn up dead. I think that’s a wonderful thing, candidly.- Rick Santorum Got this from Mark Wauck, from Mark Shea’s Catholic site: “Murderers for Jesus.”  … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, US Politics | 33 Comments

Israel is trying to hook us into a war with Iran– Matthews and Baer speculate

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Philip Weiss

On Hardball, Rob’t Baer says Israel is trying to provoke war between US and Iran; and Chris Matthews says US election politics is part of problem

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 160 Comments

WINEP official says U.S. strategy is aimed at provoking ‘Pearl Harbor’ that justifies war with Iran

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Oh hidey, hidey, hidey, hi / Oh hidey, hidey ho / To war we’re going to go! –WINEP’s Patrick Clawson

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East | 36 Comments

13 year old Palestinian girl in wheelchair victim of hit and run by Israeli settlers

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Hiba Abdul Ghaffar, 13, was heading to school Thursday when she was hit by a settler car near the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron,

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Politics, War on Terror | 2 Comments

Incitement: Washington Institute for Near East Policy applauds covert war on Iran

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Israeli analyst predicts “unavoidable showdown” between west and Iran. WINEP seems to agree. Is that really what we want?

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 36 Comments

Israel likely killed Iranian scientist to kill US/global diplomatic effort to resolve nuclear issue — Lobe

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Fear of confrontation in Iran had led world leaders to begin active negotiations. Israel likely killed Iranian scientist to stop this process

Posted in Iran, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 42 Comments

Killing of nuclear scientist in Tehran heightens threat to American’s life — says ‘Washington Post’ Iran bureau chief

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Israel has hinted that it killed an Iranian nuclear scientist. The killing endangers an imprisoned American’s life. Is Israel a strategic liability to the U.S.?

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 74 Comments

Throwaway line in ‘NYT’ story suggests that Israel is pressuring U.S. on war with Iran

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Unsourced article in NYT says Israeli officials are relieved that Panetta has set ‘red lines’ on military action against Iran.

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 27 Comments

A Year of Foreboding: What next for the Arab Spring?

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Deepak Tripathi

From Libya in North Africa to Pakistan on the edge of South Asia, the region has seldom been so explosive. Human aspirations for liberty and freedom from oppression defined the year 2011 — where is the region headed in 2012?

Posted in Arab Spring, Egypt, Iran, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 2 Comments

Loury says Iran attack talk is ‘anti-Islamic hyper-pro-Israeli genuflection’

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Scott McConnell

John McWhorter and Glenn Loury are more interested in Ron Paul’s opposition to Iran saber-rattling than his racist newsletters

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 48 Comments

Even ‘SNL’ is talking about Israel firsters….

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Fake Rick Santorum ad on Saturday Night Live says campaign is about starting a war with Iran as a favor to Israel

Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 18 Comments

Under pressure from smear campaign, Center for American Progress abandoned assertion that Israel lobby is pushing war with Iran

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Democratic thinktank said that Israel lobby was pushing militant action against Iran. Now it has retracted the idea under pressure from rightwing Israel lobbyist

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Media, Neocons, US Politics | 11 Comments

Mixed messages from Syrian National Council on U.S., Israel

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Paul Mutter

This article first appeared on the Arabist. According to Reuters, the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria – the two largest opposition coalitions in Syria – signed on the last Friday of 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab Spring, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Media, Middle East, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 14 Comments

Poof, Dome of the Rock, gone: IDF rabbinate edits Dome of the Rock out of picture of the Temple Mount

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Today in Palestine

  IDF rabbinate edits out Dome of the Rock from picture of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Photo appears in army packet on Hanukkah describing the Jewish revolt against Hellenistic rule; IDF spokesman: Image meant to illustrate a period in which holy … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Egypt, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 10 Comments

Several thousand US troops headed to Israel for ‘unprecedented’ joint missile defense exercise

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Annie Robbins

US Lieutenant General Frank Gorenc (above) on a trip to Israel last month to plan for the US role in “the largest-ever missile defense exercise” in Israel’s history. A warning to Iran?

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 145 Comments

Uniformed corporal’s criticism of Iran attack breaks off on CNN mid-sentence

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Uniformed supporter of Ron Paul criticizes Iran attack idea. Video is cut off. Anderson Cooper jokes it is a “conspiracy”

Posted in Iran, Media, Neocons, US Politics | 57 Comments

Parsi: Israeli pressure helped scuttle Obama overtures to Iran

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Alex Kane

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

383 Palestinian children arrested in 2011, 15 in the last week alone

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

According to the Ansar organization for prisoners, Israel arrested 3,232 Palestinians in 2011. 383 of those arrested were children, and 250 of them remain in Israeli jails.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East | 6 Comments

Mossad Chief: Stop calling Iran an ‘existential threat’

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Paul Mutter

Wouldn’t it be nice if the heads of our own national security agencies spoke truth to power like this? Tamir Pardo, head of Mossad, had this to say to a roomful of Israeli ambassadors last week: “What is the significance … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 14 Comments

The ‘special relationship’ and the arms race

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Max Ajl

The Obama administration just sealed a $29.4 billion deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Boeing F-15s. A region-wide arms race in the Middle East is being paid for by American taxpayers and consumers for the benefit of US arms companies.

Posted in Egypt, Iran, Israel Lobby, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 26 Comments