Behind Israel’s Bombing in Iraq’s Heartland
It is difficult to imagine how the Trump administration could have not given Israel the green light to carry out these attacks as part of the U.S. maximum pressure campaign against Iran, writes Giorgio Cafiero. By Giorgio CafieroSpecial to Consortium NewsIraq has felt the heat from escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran this summer…
Israel’s Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires
Trump and Netanyahu thought they were pulling a fast one on two U.S. congresswomen, but it has blown up in their faces, as Marjorie Cohn explains. During Congress’s August recess, a group of 41 Democratic and 31 Republican congressmembers traveled to Israel on a delegation sponsored by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). AIPAC subsidizes…
EXCLUSIVE: Tlaib and Omar Planned Secret Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas Before Israel Banned Them
On Thursday August 8, 2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a refugee settlement near the West Bank Beit El and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas visited the neighboring camp of Jalazone. His arrival to the refugee camp was to pose for pictures and meet with the residents of this fairly autonomous camp. It…
Tlaib and Omar Secret Meeting Set With Mahmoud Abbas
On Thursday August 8, 2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a refugee settlement near the West Bank Beit El and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas visited the neighboring camp of Jalazone. His arrival to the refugee camp was to pose for pictures and meet with the residents of this fairly autonomous camp. It…
Tlaib & Omar aren’t really helping the Palestinian cause
In this Duran article, Seraphim Hanisch writes: […] many Palestinians may see a light of hope in rhetoric from Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar. And to be sure, sometimes what they say is very accurate. To give these two ladies credit, especially Ilhan Omar, never has the nature of what is going on in Israel with regard to Palestine been as…
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar try to crack US’ Israel policy
As most readers of The Duran are painfully aware of, the United States has executed a policy toward Israel that has been painted as “a great relationship with our closest Middle East ally”, but which often in reality exposes the US as something of a proxy to the wishes of the Israeli leadership. The actions of…
Talk of Moving UK’s Embassy in Israel
As things stand, the EU prohibition on relocating embassies to Jerusalem will fall on Nov. 1, writes Craig Murray. Brexit could open the way for a U.K. embassy in Jerusalem. (Christoph Scholz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons) By Craig MurrayCraigMurray.org.uk Following U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton’s talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his…
CNN Panel Gets Heated Over Israel: ‘Like Killing Innocent People?’
August 19, 2019 5:54 PM ET A CNN panel Monday afternoon got seriously heated as The Atlantic’s Peter Beinart and National Review’s Rich Lowry clashed over Israel and Palestine following a press conference from Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who were recently denied access to the Jewish state. The debate began as Beinart…
Rashida Tlaib’s Grandmother Fires Back at Trump: ‘May God Ruin Him’
Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) grandmother hit back at President Trump this week for calling her the “real winner” after Tlaib chose not to visit her in Israel. “Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming,” Muftia Tlaib reportedly said. “May God ruin him.” On Friday, President Trump tweeted about Tlaib’s request asking…
Rashida Tlaib And Ilhan Omar’s Botched Israel Trip Was Sponsored By Terror-Linked Organization
August 15, 2019 5:25 PM ET Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, two major critics of Israel, planned to visit Palestinian territories, but their trip was cancelled after Israel announced they would not be allowed to enter the country. The trip was partially sponsored by Miftah, a Ramallah-based organization that has expressed sympathy for…
