Category Archives: Iran

Every year Israeli soldiers seize his house for 22 days & place the family under house arrest

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid & Occupation  Israeli Occupation Seizes House in Hebron On Tuesday 2nd October, Israeli occupation forces seized a house in al-Baqa’a area, east of Hebron and converted the … Continue reading →

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‘NPR’ airs Ken Pollack’s Iran war games and leaves out his last war

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Philip Weiss

You can’t be taken seriously in Washington unless you supported the Iraq disaster. The rule still holds: NPR lauds Ken Pollack

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Benjamin Netanyahu: Master of show-and-tell

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Nima Shirazi

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (really) likes using visual aids. He has brought to the podium Xeroxed copies of old letters, meeting minutes and, now, a dazzlingly crude drawing of a cartoon bomb to illustrate this fearsome inevitability. Here’s a quick look at years past

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‘New Yorker’ launches Netanyahu caption contest: ‘The ridiculous deserves ridicule’

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

The New Yorker, which runs a weekly cartoon caption contest, has branched out to photos. Inspired by Benjamin Netanyahu’s performance at the the UN yesterday, the magazine has started a caption contest for a photo of Netanyahu holding a chart of a bomb.

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Alsaafin: The Palestinian Authority is running Israel’s Guantanamo

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Palestinian Authority: Running Israel’s Guantanamo, Linah Alsaafin Scores of political detainees held in Israeli jails are released only to then be arrested by the Palestinian Authority, who is living up to its reputation of being Israel’s hired police force. http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/palestinian-authority-running-israels-guantanamo?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlAkhbarEnglish+%28Al+Akhbar+English%29 … Continue reading →

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In front of global audience, Netanyahu draws his red line (on his ridiculous bomb cartoon)

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Last year it was Netanyahu’s warning against the “Insatiable Crocodile of Militant Islam”, and this year it was a bomb torn from the pages of Spy v.s. Spy. Netanyahu’s seemingly homemade prop was the cause of much conversation.

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‘Crisis initiation is really tough’: WINEP Director of Research suggests a covert attack to get a war on with Iran

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Annie Robbins

Speaking at a Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) forum Patrick Clawson Director of Research at Institute suggests initiating a war with Iran thru implementation of a covert attack.

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

Iraq/Iran is ‘feverishly working to develop atomic weapons’ — Netanyahu 2012 echoes Netanyahu 2002

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Nima Shirazi

That was then, this is now, the Netanyahu edition: When it comes to trying to bully the United States into setting “red lines” or even perhaps initiating a war of aggression, Benjamin Netanyahu has stuck to the same script for a decade now.

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Some initial thoughts on the MEK being delisted

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Nima Shirazi

If the US doesn’t believe the allegations about Mossad’s backing of the MEK to murder Iranian scientists, that probably means that the US believes (read: knows) that Mossad itself is responsible for the attacks.

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State Department set to take violent Iranian group off terror list

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Alex Kane

CNN reports that the State Department will take a group violently opposed to the Iranian government off the U.S. terrorist list. The delisting of Mujahideen al-Khalq comes after a high-profile campaign waged by a host of Republicans, Democrats, U.S. officials and Israel advocates.

Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 28 Comments

Romney adopts Netanyahu’s ‘red line’ on Iran

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

From Josh Rogin on Foreign Policy‘s blog The Cable: On a conference call with American rabbis Thursday evening, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney altered his position on what “red lines” he would set for Iran before deciding military action was … Continue reading →

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Stoking fear of ‘genocide,’ an academic pushes Israel to war

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Allison Deger

An American academic who was one of the creators of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and later fired by the State Department is riling up fear claiming Iran is about to commit “genocide” against Israel.

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Palestine: the path toward Iranian de-escalation

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Nicholas Saidel

The sanctions against Iran are hurting ordinary citizens who, even if they wanted to, could not effectuate policy change within their country’s non-democratic government.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East | 19 Comments

Sabra and Shatila, 30 years later

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Sabra & Shatila massacre of Palestinians Eyewitness Robert Fisk & Odd Karsten Tveit Sabra and Shatila, 30 years later   Sabra and Shatila: Thirty Years On On the 30th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in which hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu once said ‘America is a thing you can move very easily’ — where does he want to move it with his latest Iran outbursts?

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Today analysts and pundits are wondering what is behind Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest roundhouse aimed at the Obama administration.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 15 Comments

Fatah youth chant against Fayyad, they’re met with chants against Abbas

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Protest in Ramallah on Monday, September 11 Some of the chants include: “The people demand fall of Oslo” “Palestine is not cheap, the president agreed to Paris, he is not one of us”  “People demand the downfall of the regime” … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu goes after Obama: ‘Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel’

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Haaretz reports: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday launched an unprecedented verbal attack on the U.S. government over its stance on the Iranian nuclear program.”

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 94 Comments

18-year-old Gazan sets self on fire, protesting conditions similar to those Mohammad Bouazizi took on

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Gaza man dies after he set himself ablaze GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A man from the Gaza Strip died on Sunday from burns he sustained three days ago when he set himself on fire, officials and his family said. Eyhab … Continue reading →

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Israeli soldiers attack 14-year-old Palestinian boy– he had no idea why he was beaten

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Israeli forces ‘attack East Jerusalem minor’ says soldiers beat and spat on him BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A young Palestinian’s errand for his mother took a drastic turn late Friday after he accidentally crossed into the middle of a violent clash … Continue reading →

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US scales back military exercise with Israel; Israeli official tells TIME, ‘Basically what the Americans are saying is, ‘We don’t trust you”

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Back in January, reports came out that the US was planning a massive joint military exercise with Israel that was viewed as a possible precursor to an attack on Iran. Later that month, the exercise was called off, although it was not exactly clear why. The exercise was rescheduled to take place in October, just weeks before the presidential election, but new reports indicate it will be drastically scaled down.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 60 Comments

Death by chocolate: Selling war with Iran to Israelis one ad at a time

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Marsha B. Cohen

In an Israeli commercial, a high level general takes a taste of a delectable chocolate spread and inadvertently sets in motion an Israeli military strike on an unnamed country — Iran by implication and context — a command that the Israelis have been waiting for and are eager to carry out.

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Muppet prepares Israeli families for war with Iran

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Allison Deger

Weeks after passing out gas masks, the Israeli government has started distributing emergency pamphlets that use a muppet character similar to Oscar the grouch to prepare families for an attack from Iran.

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Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb is latest target in anti-Obama campaign

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Phan Nguyen

Veteran peace activist and interfaith dialogue advocate Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb is the latest target in a campaign to attack Barack Obama in the run-up to the US presidential election.

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Israel’s secret Iran meeting between security officials and Rabbi who wants to ‘annihilate’ Arabs

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Joe Catron

Senior Israeli officials including National Security Advisor Ya’akov Amidror and Interior Minister Eli Yishai held a “secret meeting” with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, who is known for his desire to “annihilate” Arabs.

Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East | 141 Comments

Dennis Ross urges Iran war in deceptive ‘NYT’ op-ed

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Matthew Taylor

Under the misleading headline “How America Can Slow Israel’s March to War,” former White House official/former and current Israel lobbyist Dennis Ross delivers a prescription for the opposite: Second, America should begin discussions with the permanent members of the United … Continue reading →

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