Howard Berman

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An irrelevant House?

by Nadia Hijab January 7, 2011

Berman’s resolution reveals the glaring disconnect between what knee-jerk pro-Israel Representatives think is good for America and Israel, on the one hand, and reality on the other. They share this mental state with the State Department, whose meaningless mantra that only “direct negotiations can lead to comprehensive peace” is copiously quoted in the resolution.

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The War On Terror. What is it really all about?

by Paul Craig Roberts October 20, 2010

The bottom line answer is that the “war on terror” is about creating real terrorists. The US government desperately needs real terrorists in order to justify its expansion of its wars against Muslim countries and to keep the American people sufficiently fearful that they continue to accept the police state that provides “security from terrorists,” but not from the government that has discarded civil liberties.

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Berman, US Congressional Foreign Affairs Boss: “I’m on the foreign affairs committee for Israel”

by Haitham Sabbah February 23, 2008

Howard Berman, Congressional Foreign Affairs Boss, Cites Israel as a Prime Motivator in His Politics, Then Calls Israel Lobby a ‘Total Canard’ [Via: Mondoweiss] On February 20, Congressman Howard Berman, the soon-to-be-chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, visited the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association in his Los Angeles district. During the Q-and-A, a couple of [...]

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