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Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War".

Author Archive | Stephen Lendman

Israel, United States, Zionism
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AIPAC Conference Promotes War – by Stephen Lendman

It’s contemptuous of fundamental human rights. It believes Jews are God’s chosen people. It thinks Arabs are subhumans. It favors eliminating them altogether. War is its instrument of choice.

Washington again was venue. A rogue’s gallery of participants attended. Warmongering speeches were featured. AIPAC does it annually. It disseminates disinformation, lies and hate.

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Israel, War Crimes

Whitewashing Israeli Murder by Torture – by Stephen Lendman

Torture is official Israeli policy. It’s longstanding. Palestinian suffering explains best. Thousands every year are subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment. Their physical and emotional scars bear witness.

Accountability is long overdue. Arafat Jaradat is Israel’s latest victim. Israel tortured him to death. His body bore clear signs. Autopsy evidence proved it.

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Failures, United States
hillary_clinton

Stephen Lendman: Hillary Clinton – Profile of Imperial Arrogance and Lawlessness

Hillary Clinton represents the worst of imperial arrogance. She supports the worst of Israeli lawlessness. She was one of the largest recipients of defense contractor cash. She backed war on Afghanistan and Iraq. She opposed a Democrat resolution. She supported restriction-free nuclear cooperation with Israel and other US allies violating NPT provisions. She endorsed nuclear weapons use in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She calls them deterrents that “keep the peace.

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Bleeding Edge, Egypt
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Stephen Lendman: Islamofascist Rule in Egypt

Doublespeak duplicity conceals tyranny. Democracy is verboten. It’s not tolerated. Hardline rule is policy. So are social injustice and anti-worker practices. Egypt’s new constitution establishes Islamofascist rule. Junta power heads it. Repression confronts resisters. Morsi claims dictatorial executive powers. Constitutional rights don’t matter. Nor does press freedom. Security forces can detain protesters indefinitely.

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Israel, Racism
Netanyahu

Stephen Lendman: Netanyahu’s Apartheid Government

Polls show they favor defense and settlement construction cuts. Netanyahu prioritizes increasing them. He dismisses public sentiment out of hand. He’s favored to remain prime minister anyway. Israelis will have themselves to blame. They’ll have to explain why they voted the wrong way. They repeat the same mistakes and expect change. They’re stuck in the rut they themselves dug. Nothing post-election looks promising.

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Human Rights, Israel, War Crimes
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Stephen Lendman: Medical Negligence Kill Palestinians in Israeli Prisons

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners suffer needlessly. Many are disabled. Some are paralyzed. Prison authorities don’t help. Israel is a serial abuser. Palestinians suffer most. Murder by medical neglect is policy. Gulag prison hell enforces it. Justice is systematically denied.

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Israel, Zionism
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Stephen Lendman: Fascism Wins Big in Israel

Israelis have themselves to blame. They elected Israel’s most extremist government in history. Militarism, belligerence, state-sponsored terrorism, occupation ruthlessness, settlement expansions, and neoliberal harshness reflect official policy.

Peace is a non-starter. A so-called process never existed and doesn’t now. Israel won’t tolerate it. Netanyahu scorns it. He calls it a waste of time.

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Corporate Media, War
Open Letter to New York Times Editors

Stephen Lendman: Open Letter to New York Times Editors

I agonize over why New York Times back wrong over right. Replicating what I and others like me do could improve millions of lives globally. You could deal warmongers a heavy body blow. Perhaps a fatal one. You back wrong over right. It’s never to late to change. Supporting what’s right is its own reward. Try it sometime and see. You may never look back.

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Israel, War Crimes
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Stephen Lendman: Washington Post Supports Israeli Settlements

Washington Post editors ignore the worst of imperial crimes. They endorse Israeli occupation harshness. Jewish rights alone matter, they believe. Settlement construction is legitimate, they suggest. It’s no obstacle to peace, they claim. Further construction won’t prevent a two-state solution. They endorse Jewish supremacy and specialness. They’re comfortable with belligerence, persecution and land theft.

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Israel, Terrorism, Zionism
Exposing Israel’s Dark Side

Stephen Lendman: The Gatekeepers: Exposing Israel’s Dark Side

The Gatekeepers: A documentary featuring interviews with all surviving former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency. All have blood on their hands. They revealed snippets of Israel’s dark history. They stopped well short of telling all. What’s most important was omitted. At the same time, they support Palestinian self-determination. They expressed disdain for Israeli opposition. They said Palestinian resistance is justified. Israeli leaders don’t address it. Confronting it violently reflects state terrorism.

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Israel, Palestine
Hardening Israeli Fascism

Stephen Lendman: Hardening Israeli Fascism

Moshe Feiglin advocates bribing Arabs to leave the country. Yuli Edelstein, Zeev Elkin and Yariv Levin are promising annexation of the West Bank. Naftali Bennett is promising to ‘deal with’ the media and the Supreme Court. air Shamir is promising that no new state will be established ‘for a million people.’

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Israel, Palestine

Stephen Lendman: Netanyahu Threat New War On Gaza

Netanyahu threat, “we destroyed almost all of their long-range rockets. But I’m telling you that the IDF is preparing to strike a still-heavier blow. Our account with Hamas is not closed.”

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United States, Zionism
John_kerry_netanyahu

Stephen Lendman: John Kerry is Israel’s Man at State

“John Kerry will never do anything to compromise (Israel’s) security.” He’s committed to a “special relationship.” His support for Israel is “unwavering.” He always believed that America “must stand solidly behind Israel at the UN and other international organizations.” He favors moving America’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He’s “Israel’s Man at State.”

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Bleeding Edge, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes

Stephen Lendman: Palestinian Hunger Striking Steadfastness

Imprisoned or free, Palestinians have no rights. Racism is policy. So is institutionalized persecution and violence. Arabs are despised. Israel calls them sub-human.

Israel persecutes them for not being Jews. Praying to the wrong God is criminalized. Hunger strikers defy Israeli lawlessness. Abstinence is their only weapon.

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Israel, Palestine

Stephen Lendman: Netanyahu’s Rage to Judaize Palestine

Israel presses on with plans for 6,000 new settler homes. They won’t stop until virtually all Palestine is colonized. Israel planned it long ago. Netanyahu’s expediting what most Knesset members approve.

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Human Rights, Israel
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Stephen Lendman: Tortured in Sinai, Imprisoned in Israel

Palestinians wanting to live free are called terrorists. Non-Jewish refugees, asylum seekers, and those suffering from captivity and torture aren’t wanted. In Israel they’re imprisoned. They’re treated harshly with no rights. Most are deported.

Israel matches the most unjust, repressive societies. Netanyahu exceeded the worst of his predecessors. Victimization before entry into Israel continues while there. Like America, it’s no fit place to live in.

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Israel, Zionism

Stephen Lendman: Israel’s Lieberman Resigns

Lieberman and Netanyahu represent the worst of extremist governance. They’re hardcore racists. They’re ideologically anti-democratic. They believe Israel has a divine right to persecute, torture, commit naked aggression, and dominate the region unchallenged.

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Palestine, War Crimes
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Stephen Lendman: Holding Israel Accountable for War Crimes

Israel operated unaccountably for decades. How much more indiscriminate slaughter and mass destruction is tolerable. How many more years of Palestinian suffering will world leaders permit? How much longer can the ICC spurn its mandate? It’s time for all relevant stakeholders to step up to the plate and act responsibly.

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Israel, Palestine
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Stephen Lendman: Netanyahu Mocks Legitimate Governance

Netanyahu calls terrorism. His notion of peace is none at all. His idea of truth is avoid it. His governing style is hardline. His type security is naked aggression. Palestine’s liberation has miles to go. It’s well worth struggling for.

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Defence, Israel, United States

Site 911: Secret US Construction in Israel

Mystery surrounds Site 911. Pentagon and Israeli Defense Ministry spokesmen said little. What’s planned for Site 911 “is far less clear.” What’s ongoing nearer-term matters most. Iran’s in focus. Washington and Israel want regime change.

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Palestine

UN Vote on Palestine: Israel Suffered a Humiliating Defeat

Palestine fully qualifies on all counts. It did so many years ago. It long ago should have become a full de jure UN member. PA leaders must explain why not. Why not now? Why partial, not full status?

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Palestine

Arafat’s Body Exhumed

We have evidence and indications that (Arafat) was killed, including remarks by Israeli leaders that they must get rid of Arafat, but we need evidence to submit to the International Criminal Court.

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Opinion, Palestine

Abbas Submits Weak Palestine UN Bid

Israel and Washington conspire like they always do. At issue is neutralizing Palestine’s un bid. “Softening” means neutering or castrating. Tactics changed. Focus now is on making it meaningless.

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Israel, Palestine, Peace

Palestinian peace, reconciliation and unity advocates are murdered or arrested

Observers thinking Palestinians gained from Pillar of Cloud might think again. Nothing changed. Hardline Netanyahu policies continue. Expect worse ahead. Palestinian peace, reconciliation and unity advocates are murdered or arrested.

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Israel, Palestine

Stephen Lendman: Netanyahu Plans More War

Netanyahu will ignore memorandum of understanding ceasefire terms, maintain Gaza’s siege, manufacture pretexts to eliminate Israeli enemies, and kill Palestinian civilians he calls threats.

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Gaza, Innovation

Stephen Lendman: Gaza Still Boils

Gaza boils daily. Life reflects brutalizing occupation harshness. Isolation is suffocating. West Bank Palestinians understand. No one’s safe anywhere in Palestine. State terror makes everyone vulnerable. No one knows from one day to the next who’ll live, die, be arrested, beaten, tortured, or dehumanized for not being Jewish.

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Corporate Media, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, War, War Crimes

Media Cover for Israeli Crimes in Gaza

Blame Gaza victims always. Israeli aggression is called self-defense. Legitimate defense is called terrorism. Media scoundrels support Israel in lockstep.

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Gaza, Israel, Palestine, War, War Crimes
Hanan Tafesh, 10 months old, killed by Israeli assaults on Gaza

Targeting Gaza Civilians: Israel’s Specialty

“Brave” Israeli airmen, soldiers, sailors, and other security force personnel are cowards. They’ve acted lawlessly for decades. Look at Gaza!

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Israel, Palestine, Syria, War

Israel Shells Syria and Gaza

It’s elections time! What better campaign can Netanyahu have more than Palestinian blood on his hands? He’s preparing public opinion perhaps for Cast Lead 2.

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Israel, War

Uzi Arad: Israel’s Dr. Strangelove

Uniting Netanyahu and Lieberman is bad enough. Combined with Uzi Arad’s influence makes it combustible. They deplore peace. They spurn democratic values. Why Israelis tolerate them they’ll have to explain. They should vote them out of office instead.

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Corporate Media, Palestine, United States

New York Times Opposes Palestinian Self-Determination

The NYT rejects Palestinian statehood. It does so by ignoring what’s existed for 24 years. Dismissiveness defines longstanding editorial policy. Palestinians have no friend in Times Square.

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Palestine

Abbas Ill-Serves and Insults Palestinians

Abbas surrenders rights he should fight for. Why Palestinians put up with him, they’ll have to explain. Israel values collaborationist Palestinians. Abbas sold his soul long ago.

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Terrorism, United States, War

Camp Lemonnier US Drone Base – Murder, Inc.

From America’s Djibouti-based Camp Lemonnier, controlled from Nevada and New Mexico, drones target to kill anyone anywhere for any reason or none at all.

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Palestine

ABBAS: Why not Uniting for Peace Resolution 377 – A Full UN Membership?

Palestinians can petition the General Assembly through the 1950 Uniting for Peace Resolution 377 and get a full UN membership, overriding America’s veto.

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Opinion

Tepid Palestinian Authority UN Upgrade Bid

Palestinian Authority UN upgrade bid day approaches. Soon we’ll know if Abbas follows through. If so, General Assembly approval should be rubber stamp.

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