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US Media outraged by Russia, won’t Notice Israeli plot on UK Parliament

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)- - Washington is obsessed by the story put out by US intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the US presidential election. But for reasons…

Why EU Labeling of Israeli Squatter Goods could Affect Israeli Economy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The European Union will probably issue a ruling today that goods produced in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank by Israeli squatters must be…

‘Bibi in Bible Land’: The Likud Party Miscalculates and loses on Iran Deal

By Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | - - Now that the Democratic senators have blocked a challenge to the Iran deal, pundits are looking at what the most persuasive arguments…

Israel’s Netanyahu & Iran: Even former Intel Officials think he’s Unhinged

By Jeffrey Rudolph | (Detailed Political Quizzes) | Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot be taken seriously when he talks about Iran. While Netanyahu is a master at exploiting fear in a…

What is terrorism? The Charleston massacre and Palestinian resistance

By Heike Schotten | (Ma'an News Agency) | - Well before the advent of the US “War on Terror,” Edward Said wrote: “As a word and concept, ‘terrorism’ has acquired an extraordinary…

Selling the Gaza Assault: Israel’s Self-Inquiry is Self-Serving

John Hickman | (Informed Comment) | - - The document titled "The 2014 Gaza Conflict, 7 July – 26 August 2014: Factual and Legal Aspects" released by the Israeli government on May…

PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | - - Continuing his assault on transparency and independent voices in the media, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied investigative journalist Raviv Drucker’s Freedom of Information Law…

As new Gaza Aid Effort sets Sail, Activists mark 5 years since Israeli attack

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Activists in Gaza City on Sunday marked five years since Israel's deadly attack on the first Freedom Flotilla in 2010, a day after the ship leading Freedom Flotilla…

Israeli Supreme Court Upholds ‘Anti-Boycott Law’

By Sarah Saadoun | (Human Rights Watch) - On Wednesday, Israel’s Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the country’s “anti-boycott law,” which makes it a civil offense for people or groups to advocate…

Obama-Netanyahu Tiff worsens: US won’t rule out using UN to create Palestine

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - President Obama put some further hints out there on Tuesday about how he might proceed on Israeli-Paletinian relations in his final two years. Asked if…

Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories ‘must end’ – White House chief of staff

RT | - US officials continue to maintain that American policy towards Israel will undergo changes in the wake of pre-election comments made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he stated…

Obama might stop vetoing UNSC Resolutions re: Israel after Netanyahu rejected Palestinian state

RT | - The US is “evaluating” its policy towards Israel in the wake of Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election and campaign statements. This could involve passing a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements. President…

Contrary to Israeli PM, alternative to realistic Iran Nuclear Deal is no Deal

By Thomas Graham, Jr. | (Informed Comment) A possible agreement on the nuclear issue with Iran has been much in the news these days. The United States has been trying to restrain…

British University SOAS Votes to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions

By Alternative Information Center | - A historic victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was achieved Friday in the referendum on the academic boycott of Israel, at the School…

When you’ve Lost Bernie Sanders: How Netanyahu destroyed the Israel Lobby

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Senator Bernie Sanders, the most consistent and prominent progressive in the US Senate, has decided to skip the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…

Netanyahu & Boehner: How Israel went from being a Democratic to a Republican Project

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country to undermine a sitting president is, I…

Sen. Lindsey Graham pledges allegiance to Israel’s Netanyahu vs. Obama

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) -- ""During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Sunday, incoming chair of the Senate Foreign Appropriations Committee Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told…

Americans ask Pres. Obama to show Thanksgiving Mercy to Gaza

PressTV | -- "President Obama pardoned two turkeys at the White House today, a tradition meant to illustrate the generosity and compassion of the Thanksgiving holiday. But for some, this time of…

Israel’s Ban on Norwegian Humanitarian Dr. in Gaza spells ‘trouble for gov’t’

RT | -- "Israel has permanently banned Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert from entering Gaza. He told RT that he has become “a great problem for the Israeli government” because he documents the…

Israeli PM Netanyahu Is a National Security Risk—And Washington Knows It

An anonymous U.S. official caused a dustup when he called the Israeli prime minister "chickenshit." Others might have said worse. By Adil E. Shamoo and Peter Certo, November 6, 2014. Print (Photo:…