Netanyahu and the Israel lobbyists are leading Trump (over the advice of his generals) into a war with Iran – they are manufacturing Holocaust-level predictions that a non-nuclear Iran is preparing to ‘vaporize’ Israel, the most powerful, nuclear-armed state in the Middle East. See 10 examples of Israeli-authored policies, and 10 reasons why U.S. military officers support the Iran deal…
The Israel lobby has pushed through more anti-Iran legislation. Iran has long been targeted by Israel because of Iran’s support for Palestinians. This report details the legislation and provides information about those who sponsored it…
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.
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…
Both AIPAC and J Street lauded the passage, by 98-2, of a Senate bill to impose new sanctions on Iran. Voting against it were Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders… all the others did what the Israel lobby told them to do.
Pro-Israel neocons from the Weekly Standard; Project for the New American Century (PNAC); its replacement, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; and the Jewish Institute for Strategic Affairs (JINSA) – who pushed for war against Iraq and cheered Trump’s attacks on Syria – continue to promote attacks on Iran…
The Tablet reports: The Trump White House is handing over key foreign-policy positions to Obama administration re-treads who handled the very same portfolios under the previous president. Trump’s foreign policy is starting to look like Obama Lite—the exact same policies, implemented by the exact same people…
Stephen Sniegoski reports in Unz Review: Trump’s appointees indicate his efforts for peace with Russia have ended, while bellicosity against Iran has continued. While while mainstream media anathematizes almost everything else Trump proposes, it sees little wrong with his Iran policy – even though it is counter to US interests and ignores history…
Journalist Hafsa Kara-Mustapha attended an international conference on Palestine in the Iranian capital Tehran last week. She argues that despite all the demonization against Iran , the country stands out from all others as a supporter of the Palestinian cause. This article was originally published by 5Pillars…
The former Constitution Party presidential candidate writes that “Netanyahu is one of the most corrupt political leaders on the planet” and one of the most heavily financed. Netanyahu’s plummet in popularity at home is one of the reasons “why he is pressuring Trump to ratchet up a war against Iran and why he is mobilizing accelerated (illegal) Israeli settlements on private land owned by Palestinian people… War and military conflict has always been a favored tactic of embattled politicians to increase their popularity and deflect negativity…”