More people may want to read this intriguing article from 2011: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs October 1996, pg. 11, Special Report, by Neve Gordon Congress received him with great fanfare. President Clinton, who during the recent election campaign had backed his rival, Shimon Peres, appears to have had…
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We had just completed a CNI press briefing at the National Press Club, when the next group scheduled to use the room, “Israel Is Not Alone,” began to enter. One of their members saw our signs and began a discussion with a member of the CNI group. The conversation was…
I had not been planning to write about the controversy inside the Move Over AIPAC coalition that occurred awhile ago, but I’ve discovered that an inaccurate statement was published by Mondoweiss about this. I’m surprised this statement was sent to Weiss, since most people had sought to keep this discussion…
The Associated Press is the world’s oldest and largest wire service and is the major source of international news for news media all over the U.S. It is also blatantly pro-Israel. Its “control bureau” for the region is staffed almost exclusively by Israeli and/or Jewish editors, who write the reports…
See Action Items below! Former undersecretary of State for political affairs Marc Grossman has just been named as the new U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are serious problems with this: (1) A federal court approved a subpoena for Grossman to learn to what degree he had shared classified…
I subscribe to Brasscheck TV and have just viewed the following clip of Chicago mainstream “reporters” trying to block a radio reporter from asking Rahm Emanuel hardball questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sce0TLA5UYE UPDATE May 2012: The above video was apparently taken down by Youtube. However, I’ve now found it at another location. (I…
My article about Palestinian children and others shot in the head by Israeli forces came out yesterday in CounterPunch. The first email response was the usual Zionist diatribe, but since then I’ve received many positive, supportive messages. Below is an especially moving one: “…The reason I’m writing you is to…
CounterPunch has just published my article about Helen Thomas, and we’ve also posted an annotated version with links, photos and videos on our news site as well. It’s interesting to see the misreporting on Thomas’s words. For example, nowhere did she say the word “Jews.” Another point also tells more…
On April 4th we posted a report on our news site about how the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) targets student leaders from around the country, bringing over 1,000 students to its annual national convention in Washington D.C. In a chilling JTA video from this convention, longtime AIPAC operative…
The battle with Michigan Radio, the powerful NPR affiliate in southern Michigan, the most listened to public radio service in Michigan, continues. After months of official stone-walling, public pressure finally forced Michigan Radio and University of Michigan officials (the U of M holds Michigan Radio’s licenses) to participate in a…