Analysis: AIPAC demands that House Democratic members explicitly state that they “stand with Israel" on Iran. One member "received literally 100 phone calls from members of AIPAC & its allied pressure groups."
AIPAC Demands Democrats “Stand With Israel” on Iran
The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of...
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Analysis: "Netanyahu wants Trump to enter war as quickly as possible" ~Gideon Levy If Trump's stated two-week delay is "not a deception, the chances that the Americans will get involved in this war are decreasing." "Israelis will not feel any safer even if Israel succeeds in destroying Iran's nuclear program... Nothing will be solved because Iran can regain its capability."
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Iran says it’s ready for nuclear talks when ‘Israeli aggression stops’
These were the updates on Israel’s attack on Iran for Friday, June 20.
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Report: Judge orders release of Mahmoud Khalil The decision to grant Khalil bail came from a NJ federal court. Khalil’s lawyers are challenging his detention. A legal push against his deportation continues in immigration courts. “Today’s ruling underscores a vital First Amendment principle: The govt cannot abuse immigration law to punish speech it disfavors.” ~ACLU lawyer Noor Zafar
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US judge orders release of pro-Palestinian advocate Mahmoud Khalil
The wife of the jailed Columbia University graduate student says the family 'can finally breathe a sigh of relief'.
 #MahmoudKhalil #USPol #Racism #StudentProtest #GazaGenocide #FreeSpeech @palestine group .
Analysis: "Iran & the US: When friends fall out" "In 1953, a CIA coup powered by fake news deposed the government of Iran in the service of US & British geopolitical interests. Its resonance is still felt." "The coup triggers a suffocating regime of media censorship. It destroys the secular, non-Marxist, nationalist opposition, & ends the dream of oil nationalisation."
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Iran and the US: When friends fall out
In 1953, a CIA coup powered by fake news deposed the government of Iran in the service of US and British geopolitical interests. Its resonance is s...
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Interview: "How Far Can Israel Go?" Question: Why did Netanyahu attack Iran right now? Miko Peled: "With Netanyahu, it's always his own personal gain." He sensed he was threatened internally, & he wanted "to focus the the world's attention away from Gaza & from Palestine". "Of course he got the okay. There's a sitting president right now who's also a lunatic just like Netanyahu is and cares only for his own benefit." #Iran #Israel #USPol #EuroPol #MikoPeled .
Analysis: "Israel's criminal attack on Iran is based on lies" But western media just offers more cover for more crimes. Netanyahu "warned of an imminent Iranian nuclear bomb in 1992, 1995, 2002, 2009 & 2012." We recall the 2003 lie that Hussein’s Iraq could “deploy chemical or biological weapons within 45 minutes of an order to do so”. Now we get the lie that an Iranian nuclear bomb is imminent.
Israel's criminal attack on Iran is based on lies
But the Western media offers yet more cover for yet another obscene crime
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Best ad ever for Al Jazeera... "Anyone watching Al Jazeera should be reported to the police". ~Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Ben-Gvir "called for police action against those caught watching Al Jazeera in Israel" & reiterated the Israeli ban on the "security threat" that is Al Jazeera. The Palestinian Authority also banned Al Jazeera from the occupied West Bank.
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Updates: Trump to decide whether US to attack Iran ‘within two weeks’
These were the updates on Israel’s attack on Iran for Thursday, June 19.
 #Israel #USPol #Europol #Ben-Gvir #Censorship #AlJazeera .
Talk: "Can American democracy withstand the dark enlightenment?" "What happens when libraries, universities, cultural institutions, & a free & independent media are intimidated, dismantled or destroyed - as is happening in America right now?" This struggle is between Good-Faith vs Bad-Faith actors. ~Sarah Churchwell, 14 May 2025
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Will American democracy survive the Dark Enlightenment? Sarah Churchwell on Gone with the Wind and the roots of extremism - ABC listen
Sarah Churchwell takes you on a gripping and confronting journey into America's recent past to explain its extraordinary present, starting with dar...
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How America's national narratives have shaped the US - ABC listen
In the restoration of Donald Trump, many historians see echoes of ugly chapters in the American story. The 1830s, and the presidency of Andrew Jack...
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Global March to Gaza: Video footage of Egyptian police & thugs attacking aid convoy. Videos of attacks on march participants show Egypt is obstructing international efforts to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. The “thugs” are believed to be baltagiya, gangs previously used by the brutal Egyptian govt to attack its political opponents. #EgyptBlocksMarch #GazaGenocide #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #BDS @palestine group #GlobalMarchToGaza .