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Category Archives: Iran
Netanyahu gets special audience on nuclear talks
How much trust can the Iranians have in European negotiations if Catherine Ashton is visiting Israel to brief Netanyahu?
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Akiva Tor: Arab Spring at fault for blocking a future Palestinian state
Israeli consul general Akiva Tor (above) addressed the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Monday to explain how the Arab Spring hurts hopes for a Palestinian state, settlements don’t hinder the peace process and why BDS is the answer . . . for Iran.
A portrait of a former Zionist (Part 1)
Bill grew up in New York in love with Israel. Then in his 20s he became disaffected. He stayed away but he didn’t ever stop thinking about it. Then at 35 he decided to go back. Here’s the first part of a trip diary (Above: entering the Qalandiya checkpoint).
Biden gives Israel the green light on Iran in speech to rabbinical convention
Speaking to an international assembly of 1,600 conservative rabbis in Atlanta today, Joe Biden said that Israel still had time to attack Iran if it so chooses.
Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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‘Battle of the Empty Stomachs’: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab surpass 70 days on hunger strike
Addameer: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab’s petitions to the Israeli High Court regarding their administrative detention orders were rejected yesterday, four days following their High Court hearing on 3 May. Thaer and Bilal are on their 71st day of hunger strike and at immediate risk of death.
It’s Good to be the King: Netanyahu scraps elections, buys off opposition and cements power with new unity gov’t
In a surprise move, Benjamin Netanyahu has cut a deal with Shaul Mofaz’s Kadima Party to join his coalition government, effectively canceling the Israeli elections he had just announced. Paul Mutter breaks down the deal and what it means for Israeli politics and a possible attack on Iran.
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Secrecy pact over Israel’s nukes, reached by Nixon and Meir, serves policy of ‘nuclear coercion’ to avoid peace deal
Israel diverted hundreds of pounds of highly enriched uranium from plant in Pennsylvania in 60s with help of American Israel supporters
Settlers poison grapevines belonging to occupied village, Beit Ummar
Beit Ummar is also attacked by soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets after a funeral
‘Holocaust-obsessed fantasist’ rides high in the polls
Netanyahu has used the Iran annihilationist fantasy to take attention away from Palestinian issue
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Bin Laden docs show that alleged Iran-Al Qaeda alliance is neocon hype
‘Al Qaeda has a substantial network inside Iran’ is a common assertion heard in neoconservative circles. New documents show why that assertion is wrong.
Situation for Palestinian Hunger Strikers grows more and more dire– 2 at death’s door
Hunger Strike & Prisoner News Gravely ill Palestinian hunger striker faints in court as Israeli judges sentence him to slow death, Ali Abunimah Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk … Continue reading
Israeli official tours Europe in attempt to influence Iran talks
Israelis belittle European negotiations with Iran, but try to get a foot in the door
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine
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Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab in serious condition after 63 days on hunger strike
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – Israel Branch, warned that the health condition of Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab, who entered their 63rd day of hunger strike is causing grave concern, adding that both detainees suffer from an acute decrease of muscle tone and are bedridden, which puts them under dual threat; muscle atrophy and Thrombophilia, which can lead to a fatal blood clot.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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When Netanyahu described Iran as Amalek — read, Hitler– NYT passed this along as rational thinking
In ’09, NYT gave platform to Jeffrey Goldberg to rationalize Netanyahu’s messianism
Tail has stopped wagging, so dog can stop talking about war with Iran
The New York Times and Atlantic fell for sensationalist cries for attacking Iran
A weekend of violence against Palestinian activists that the UN will never get around to condemning
and other news from Today in Palestine: Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Palestinian History Jordan Valley Resident Forcibly Removed from Home JORDAN VALLEY, April 27, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers forcibly removed on Friday a Palestinian … Continue reading
‘When Netanyahu and I look up we see nothing but the sky’ — Deputy Messiah Barak
Ehud Barak has expressed messianism; it’s not just Yuval Diskin diagnosing it
Posted in Iran, Middle East
Tagged Barka, Bibi, Bomb Iran, featured, Messiah, Yuval Diskin
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Obama high-fives Jimmy Kimmel after he calls Netanyahu a warmongering ‘yahoo’
Jimmy Kimmel slams ‘bomb-em’ Netanyahu at White House Correspondents dinner
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, US Politics
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‘Messianic’ rap on Netanyahu frees Obama, thaws discourse (and exposes ‘No Return’ Goldberg)
Who’s the messianic threat in the Middle East, Iran or Netanyahu? Netanyahu, says former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin
Palestinian prisoner hunger strike grows to 2,000 inmates despite punitive measures to stop it
Guardian: Human rights groups say 2,000 are now on hunger strike against indefinite detention without charge and alleged ill-treatment. The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has grown to 2,000 with more preparing to join the protest next week, according to human rights groups in the West Bank.
Rubio’s audition for VP slot features full-throated support for neoconservative agenda, with Iran front and center
Marco Rubio’s speech at the Brookings Institute is an indication that the neoconservative wing of the GOP still commands immense influence.
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged Brookings Institute, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney
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Fighting Jews– then and now
My dad and his brothers were desperate to get into uniform and fight the Nazis. If Iran is really threatening a second Holocaust, how come Jewish groups aren’t urging young Jews to join the military?
Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Israel Lobby, US Politics
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Video: Israeli soldiers arrest three children in West Bank raid
A video shows heavily-armed Israeli soldiers seizing three children from their home in the middle of the night in the West Bank village of Beit Ommar
Joe Lieberman, and liberal hero Elizabeth Warren, peddle propaganda on Iran
Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Senate candidate, and Joe Lieberman both push the lie that Iran is working on a nuclear weapon.
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Israel doesn’t seem to want peace with Iran. “We want to caution from falling into the trap of a good atmosphere,” its deputy foreign minister warns the world
