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While many more Palestinians have been killed than Israelis, AP focuses only on Israelis

By Alison Weir, Associated Press Deconstructed As is typical, AP’s story is written by an individual with strong connections to Israel. Aron Heller grew up in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University, and may be an Israeli citizen. It is likely that he or members of his family have served in the Israeli military. None […]

Don’t Get Berned Again. Bernie’s Bribes.

There is a substantial peace base in the Democratic Party, and virtually every one of his supporters would welcome an anti-Empire position…. It is most odd for a candidate to eschew a winning strategy.  The conclusion is that interventionism is Bernie’s heartfelt conviction. By John V. Walsh, LewRockwell 9-23-15 – By now we have heard […]

US Caught Faking It in Syria – fufilling the Yinon and Clean Break plans

The strategic goal in Syria is not what your faithful mainstream media servants have you believe… it is to  heighten the level of internecine conflict in that country to the point where Syria will not be able to serve as a bulwark against Israeli regional hegemony for at least another generation. How do we know? […]

The CIA’s Torture Defenders

The seven men who contributed to the book (George Tenet, Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, John McLaughlin, Michael Morell, Jose Rodriguez, John Rizzo, and Philip Mudd) are, with the exception of Mudd, quite likely guilty of war crimes By Philip Giraldi Back in the days when I was a spy there were certain things that one […]

Israel’s Agent of Influence: Senator Ben Cardin shows how it’s done

So who does Cardin actually represent? I would suggest that he fits the mold of the classic agent of influence in that his allegiance to the United States is constrained by his greater loyalty to a foreign nation. By Philip Giraldi – “An agent of influence is an agent of some stature who uses his […]

How AIPAC May Win by Losing the Iran Deal

A Foreign Policy investigation shows the lengths to which the powerful pro-Israel lobby goes to avoid disclosing its influence. Bill Allison, Foreign Policy –The numbers are eye-opening: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee saw its annual budget skyrocket in just 13 years from $15.8 million to $64.3 million in 2013 — the most recent year […]

A Refugee Crisis Made in America

In 2008, on the front page, was a color photo of a two year old Iraqi boy being pulled from the rubble of a house that had been destroyed by American missiles. The little boy was wearing shorts and a t-shirt and had on his feet flip-flops. His head was hanging back at an angle […]

Shooting Children Becomes Israeli Policy: Netanyahu’s response to kids throwing rocks

By Philip Giraldi – I have become weary of the dancing around by politicians and denial by Jewish organizations over what Israel has been doing to the Palestinians. That anyone can with a straight face deny that there is anything wrong with a nearly fifty year occupation and strangling of the Palestinians because they have […]

JTA: A tally of how Jewish lawmakers are voting on the Iran deal

Identity politics is a fact of American life. There is a Congressional Black Caucus, a Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Jewish lawmakers meet, they consult, their staffs check in with one another. Every four years, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee assembles a “Breakfast with Mishpocha” at political conventions. But there is […]

The Attack on the Nuclear Deal, the Israel Factor, and the Iran Peace Scare

“…for the Israeli government and Israel’s American lobby, Iran’s alleged nuclear threat has served the same purpose as Saddam’s non-existent WMD—it generates public support against a target that is designated for other reasons… ”   By Stephen J. Sniegoski American critics are going all out to derail President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which also […]

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