By Max Blumenthal. Mondoweiss – On March 7, members of Northeastern University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) were informed by the school’s Center for Student Involvement that their chapter had been suspended for at least a year. In a letter sent to the SJP chapter and provided to me by Max Geller, a second […]
By Glenn Greenwald. Salon – Cass Sunstein has long been one of Barack Obama’s closest confidants. Often mentioned as a likely Obama nominee to the Supreme Court, Sunstein is currently Obama’s head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs where, among other things, he is responsible for “overseeing policies relating to privacy, information quality, and statistical programs.” In 2008, while […]
By Richard Falk. Richard Falk blog – As someone who is both Jewish and supportive of the Palestinian struggle for a just and sustainable peace, I am often asked about my identity. The harshest critics of my understanding of the Israel/Palestine conflict contend that I am a self-hating Jew, which implies that sharp criticism of Israel and Zionism are […]
By Richard Silverstein. Tikun Olam, 2/26/14 – Today, I spoke to the Seattle Metropolitan Democratic Club with Dick Blakney about U.S. policy toward Iran. My talk dealt with the latest developments in the Israel Lobby’s attempt to sabotage the administration’s diplomatic initiative to resolve the nuclear impasse. I also took the advantage to speak in broader historical […]
By Jonathan Cook. The National, 2/26/14 – The 24-hour visit by German chancellor Angela Merkel to Israel this week came as relations between the two countries hit rock bottom. According to a report in Der Spiegel magazine last week, Merkel and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been drawn into shouting matches when discussing by phone […]
By Phil Giraldi. AntiWar.com, 3/18/14 – On March 6th President Barack Obama signed an executive order “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine” which permits Washington to seize the assets of any “United States person” who opposes current US policies vis-à-vis that country. The order claims absurdly that the status quo in Ukraine and the Crimean […]
Following is a report prepared by The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies’ “Study Group on a New Israeli Strategy Toward 2000.” The main substantive ideas in this paper emerge from a discussion in which prominent opinion makers, including Richard Perle, James Colbert, Charles Fairbanks, Jr., Douglas Feith, Robert Loewenberg, David Wurmser, and Meyrav […]
Library of Congress, 3/29/1990 – The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Savage] is recognized for 60 minutes. Mr. SAVAGE. Madam Speaker, I rise tonight to deal with the problem that occurred in my recent primary election, the one in which–let me just say that I was successful, […]
An array of top experts testified at the National Summit to Reassess the US-Israel Special Relationship, an all-day event on March 7th at the National Press Club. Among the speakers were high level national security experts, Congressional representatives, and diverse authors and analysts on this subject. The Summit can be viewed in its entirety at […]
Under the Radar, 3/3/14 – And the winner is … Arnon Milchan! Anyone watching the Oscars on Sunday – or reading/watching news Monday morning – knows that 12 Years a Slave earned the Academy Award for Best Picture. But when the star-studded cast and director crowded the stage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre to accept their trophies, it […]
