Former top CIA analyst Paul Pilar deconstructs the false statements made by Israel and its American supporters in their attempts to kill the Iran agreement.
Fake Arguments for Killing Iran-Nuke Deal
Mondoweiss: ‘Regime instability’ in Iran is aim of leading Israel advocate’s memo to White House
Phil Weiss reports in Mondoweiss that Richard Goldberg, an Israel lobby operative, has produced an influential confidential memo calling for Trump to undertake policies that would lead to regime change in Iran…
JJ Goldberg: A Major Jewish Philanthropist Just Published A Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians
JJ Goldberg writes in The Forward that a plan endorsing a form of ethnic cleansing was published by “one of the most distinguished philanthropies in Diaspora Jewry,” which includes neocons Elliott Abrams & Bill Kristol on its board of directors…
Rand Paul: Unconstitutional Saudi War in Yemen Is Not in Our Interest
Sen. Rand Paul: US participation in Saudi Arabia’s war with Yemen violates the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution; is not in the interests of Americans; is in fact harmful to the interests of Americans.
Philip Giraldi says Jewish groups & “deep pocket” individuals drive America’s Middle East wars
Giraldi describes the “six-hundred-pound gorilla in the room” that people try to ignore: who is pushing for Middle East wars. He names the names and observes: ‘AIPAC lies are picked up and replayed by an obliging media…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In The West Bank
Palestinian Prisoners’ Society: Israeli soldiers invaded and searched homes throughout the West bank and abducted at least sixteen Palestinians.
3,000 Israeli Settlers Storm Ibrahimi Mosque for New Year Festivities
IDF entered Hebron to protect 3,000 Israeli settlers as they entered the courtyards of the Ibrahimi Mosque, under pretext of celebrating Jewish holidays and marking the Jewish New Year, which starts on Thursday.
Palestinian Primary Schools Defy Demolition Orders
Palestinian activists have begun rebuilding the school that was demolished by Israel on August 22. 54 other schools have also been threatened with demolition.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians During A Wedding
Saturday night, Israeli soldiers attacked many Palestinians participating in a wedding ceremony in the town of al-‘Ezariyya, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted four young men.
Israel continues burying Palestinian bodies in cemeteries of numbers
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi denounced the Israeli government’s decision this week to bury the bodies of four Palestinians in so-called cemeteries of numbers in Israel.
Israeli Army Invades Homes In Hebron, Confiscates Cash
Israeli soldiers invaded several villages and towns in the district of Hebron, broke into and searched homes, and illegally confiscated a large sum of cash from one home.
On the 35th Anniversary of Sabra and Shatila: the forgotten refugees
The people of Sabra & Shatila returned to live in the homes where their families and neighbors were massacred in 1982. Today, the Palestinian refugees are denied work permits in 30 professions and 40 trades outside the camps. Denied by Israel the right of return to their homes, they have no passports and are prohibited from owning and inheriting property.
The first day of school in Palestine is unlike any other
Israeli forces destroyed a newly-built Palestinian elementary school on the first day of classes with no warning, leaving students to learn in tents and outside in the blistering heat. This is a situation that many American children would never imagine, but in the West Bank, it is a reminder of a hostile and violent occupation.
ADL Campus guide describes how to block events about Palestine
A new ADL campus initiative conflates criticism of Israel with “anti-Semitism,” tells students how to block events that support Palestinian rights, & recommends joining student governments to block “anti-Israel” activism. Its head endorses legislation that would make supporting boycotts of Israel punishable by a million dollar fine and 20 years in prison…
Soldiers Invade Agricultural Lands In Khan Younis
At least three armored Israeli bulldozers and three tanks entered Palestinian land near Khan Younis, fired live rounds, destroyed crops, and installed sand hills.