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Trump Says New Iran Deal Must Allow US To ‘Blow Up Whatever We Want’
A senior Iranian adviser said the proposal would amount to “submission and surrender.”
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Senior Hamas leader says movement isn’t interested in ruling Gaza, but laying down arms remains a ‘red line’
Hamas leaders in Gaza say that although they will accept a “national consensus” on who governs Gaza, the movement will not lay down its arms. But Israel intends to tank the ceasefire through its violations of the deal, a senior Hamas leader tells Mondoweiss.
REVEALED: The Israeli Lobbyists Writing America’s News
A MintPress News investigation has found hundreds of former employees of Israel lobbying groups such as AIPAC, StandWithUs and CAMERA working in top newsrooms across the country, writing and producing America’s news – including on Israel-Palestine. These outlets include MSNBC, The New York Times, CNN and Fox News.
Blair wanted Assad to work with MI6 against Jolani
Syrian dictator was seen by Tony Blair as a potential bulwark against terrorists entering Iraq, newly declassified files confirm.
Israeli Spies Are Writing the News (w/ Alan MacLeod) [VIDEO]
Senior Staff Writer at Mint Press News, Alan MacLeod, joins Bad Faith to discuss this explosive report on the sheer number of former Israeli intelligence officers who work in US media & tech, and how they influence US news coverage of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
Israel kills Hezbollah media chief – AP
Mohammed Afif was killed in an Israeli airstrike on central Beirut, a member of the militant group has said.
Jury awards $42 million to 3 Iraqis tortured in Abu Ghraib prison 20 years ago, holding US military contractor responsible
Last Tuesday, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, awarded $42 million in damages against US military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc., for its role in the torture of three Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison during the US imperialist occupation.
492 killed, 1645 wounded in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon
The Israeli regime’s warplanes have conducted extensive airstrikes against towns and villages across Lebanon, killing at least 492 people.
Brand Behind Walkie-Talkie Devices Transformed into Bombs Supplies the U.S. Military
Today’s second round of exploding devices in Lebanon were linked to ICOM, a Japanese manufacturer that supplies the Pentagon. ICOM insists devices were counterfeit.
Mainstream Media Is Ignoring Israel’s Sexual Torture
For the past two weeks, a sickening scandal around Israeli torture of Palestinians has roiled the country’s politics. Many Americans likely have no idea about it, because mainstream media is all but ignoring it.
EXPOSED: Israel has been FORCING Palestinian civilians to be its human shields
By James Wright Israel’s army routinely forces detained and innocent Palestinian civilians to be human shields, an investigation from Israeli outlet Haaretz has found. Several sources testified that this was Read More…
Mass Graves In Gaza Show Victims’ Hands Were Tied, Says UN Rights Office
Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
62,000 Israeli Settlers Flee Northern Palestine Amid Hezbollah Strikes
Some 62,000 Israeli settlers have fled areas in the northern sector of the 1948 Israeli-occupied lands amid fear of strikes by Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement in retaliation for the bloody onslaught on Gaza, latest reports have revealed.
Starbucks Is Exploiting the Violence in Gaza and Israel to Attack Its Union
The president of Workers United writes that Starbucks is endangering its own employees and appears to even endorse a boycott of its own stores. “I am afraid,” said one worker. “My mom doesn’t want me to go to work.”
The Mounting Onslaught of Censorship and Suppression
“A failure to stop this new McCarthyism would be to surrender to the forces of reaction that tragically are carrying the day.”