Israel Lobbies

By William Beeman | (Informed Comment) | – – There are so many lies in Dick Cheney’s address to the AEI that one hardly knows where to begin in refuting them. He claims that the “international community” has called for the complete cessation of uranium enrichment by Iran. The “international community” apparently consists of Israel […]

Democratic Party

Obama 1, Netanyahu 0, as Dems & Public rally to Iran Deal

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Israel lobbies don’t win every fight on Capitol Hill, but over time they have tended to win the big ones in recent decades. This time, they are going down. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, a notorious narcissist, appears to have completely over-estimated his ability to […]

Barack Obama

They’re Baaack! Neoconservatives, Netanyahu, and the GOP set up US-Iran War of 2017

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By David Bromwich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) “We’re going to push and push until some larger force makes us stop.” David Addington, the legal adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, made that declaration to Jack Goldsmith of the Office of Legal Counsel in the months after September 11, 2001. Goldsmith would later recall that Cheney […]

BDS Occupied Territories

Israel and the BDS debate: two scholars respectfully agree to differ

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By Ingrid Matthews and James Arvanitakis | (The Conversation) | – – From Australia, we watch Israel at a great distance, safe in the knowledge that the regular and horrific levels of violence in the region are far from our shores. But we still find ourselves, like most of the world, asking: what can we […]

Barack Obama

No, AP, Iran doesn’t get to Inspect its own Nuclear Facilities under Deal

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Eminent Iran and security expert Gary Sick pointed out in an email late Wednesday that the Associated Press just ran a shamefully inaccurate story alleging that under the UN Security Council deal with Iran, Iran would carry out some of the inspections of their own “sensitive […]

Christians

Huckabee’s virtual Genocide: erases Palestinians from West Bank, declares it “Israel”

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IMEMC | – – US presidential contender Mike Huckabee said during a visit to Jerusalem, on Wednesday, that he did not consider the West Bank occupied by Israel. The Republican and Baptist minister, a regular visitor to Israel, attended a fundraiser for his campaign on Tuesday at an illegal Jewish settlement in the occupied Palestinian […]

Censors

How the Israel Lobbies hurt U of Illinois-UC & 1st Amendment (Salaita Case)

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There is no honor among thieves or ideologues, and it is sad to see a great university’s leadership descend into petty squabbling and vicious infighting over the illegal firing of Professor Steven Salaita. In recent days new revelations and developments have emerged that make clearer the […]

Barack Obama

Straws in the Wind: Obama has likely already won re: Iran Deal

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By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | – – Republicans have derided President Obama as weak and incompetent for years. Summer 2015 is shaping up to be pay-back time. As President Obama played the Iran issue with his usual cool, he managed to tie an iron noose around the GOP’s neck. Hawks are losing the […]

Barack Obama

Why is the GOP listening to Netanyahu on Iran? They just hate Obama & anything he does

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Hamid Zangeneh | (Informed Comment) | – – We have been bombarded with a great deal of punch and counterpunch with regard to the nuclear deal reached between Iran and 5+1 countries. It is somewhat difficult to separate facts from fictions, especially when it comes from fear-mongers/warmongers who oppose the deal. Here are some general […]