A good editorial in Haaretz: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the official ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday to warn about the Iranian threat. “The world gradually accepts Iran’s statements of destruction against Israel and we still do not see the necessary international determination to stop Iran from arming,” Netanyahu said, calling on “all…
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How the US military kills civilians in Afghanistan
The recent complete comments by General Stanley McChrystal to American troops in Afghanistan. Imagine if, say, an Iranian general said this to his men. Sure, we kill countless innocents but they know it’s for their own good. The moral bankruptcy of the mission in Afghanistan: We really ask a lot of our young service people…
Help overthrow Saddam, love Iran and thrive in today’s Iraq
The ever-widening influence of Iraqi Ahmed Chalabi.
When Israel locks up a journalist and throws away the key, feel like causing a storm?
A story that should shock us all and yet has received virtually no coverage across the world. If this kind of thing happens in Iran, it’s the sign of a brutal dictatorship. But in Israel? Israel has held a journalist under secret house arrest since last December based on allegations that during her military service…
How the Israel lobby plants hysterical stories in the Aussie media
One of the few Australian academics to actually publicly challenge Australia’s deep relationship with Israel and America is Scott Burchill. Here’s his latest missive: This mysterious story appeared on AM (ABC Radio) on Friday. Just dropped out of the blue. Nothing newsworthy about it. In fact the story is mostly nonsense – including accusations that…
When Americans and Iranians meet, sort of
A fascinating debate on Press TV about Iran’s role in the world and its image in the West. Although many of the Iranian speakers claim that their country is a “democracy”, the official American position is equally absurd and shows the almost desperate need of both sides to talk past each other. Neither society is…
The Zionist lobby, an honest look on Al-Jazeera
The kind of debate that only really happens on Al-Jazeera. A discussion on the Israel lobby, Iran, settlements and Palestine between Israel Lobby co-author John Mearsheimer, Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah and Israel lobbyist Meagan Buren: Now, after the AIPAC conference, Benjamin Netanyahu has returned from Israel and finds a problem. Poor lad. Here’s Akiva…
Zionist Republican can only talk about incinerating Iran
Good lord. Here’s Republican Senator Lindsey Graham speaking at AIPAC with his vision for the Middle East (war against Iran, killing Persians and loving Israel). Don’t tell me that Zionism hasn’t deformed public debate in America (via Mother Jones): Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) laid it on thick at AIPAC’s annual gala banquet on Monday. Referring…
A little, almost token effort, to slap Israel over murdering people
Trouble in paradise: Britain has expelled Mossad’s most senior official in London after concluding there was compelling evidence that UK passports used by a hit squad in Dubai were cloned by Israel. The Independent has learnt that the documents were cloned at Ben Gurion airport, and officials then made follow-up calls to check surreptitiously that…
Water wars in the Mid-East are on the horizon
An editorial in the latest edition of Middle East Report on the issue of dwindling water resources in the region: The Middle East is running out of water. It is a statement that may seem both banal and unduly apocalyptic. Most of the land in this arid region is desert. Large oil-exporting states like Saudi…