Iranian Intelligence Operatives in the West Bank? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Aiming to further demonize Iran and stoke greater turbulence in the country, Israel’s Shin Bet claimed it foiled an undercover Iranian military intelligence cell in the West Bank, plotting terror attacks. Israel pulled this stunt numerous times before, accusing […]

A Duplicitous Note from the NYT’s New Publisher by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Arthur Gregg (AG) Sulzberger (AGS below) succeeds his father Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. as NYT publisher – control kept all in the family, AOS serving as chairman of the New York Times Company. The self-styled newspaper of record […]

US and Israel Want Iran’s Government Toppled by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Washington, Israel and their rogue allies want pro-Western puppet rule replacing Iranian sovereign independence. It’s been their goal since Iran’s 1979 revolution, ending a generation of US/UK-installed fascist dictatorship. The vast majority of Iranians strongly oppose returning the country […]

US-Supported Terrorists Remain Active in Syria by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Conflict in Syria is far from over because Washington, Israel and their rogue allies want war and regime change, not peace and stability restored to the country. On December 31, the Russian Kommersant broadsheet reported  terrorists attacked the Khmeimim airbase […]

Iranians Rally Supportively for Their Government by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) For the second time since foreign-orchestrated anti-government protests began last week, Iranians took to the streets en masse, supporting their government. Huge crowds participated in Tehran and elsewhere in the country, far larger than numbers of anti-government protesters, their ranks […]

Will Trump Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal? Prelude to War? by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Since taking office last January, Trump’s geopolitical agenda has been recklessly out-of-control and dangerous. Breaching international, constitutional and US statute laws, he escalated Bush/Cheney/Obama wars, rejects conflict resolution in Syria, intends permanent occupation of the […]

Trumpeting Hostility Toward Pakistan by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Post-9/11, Bush/Cheney deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage warned then-Pakistani president Musharraf his country would be “bombed back to the stone age” if he didn’t ally with Washington’s imperial agenda – its war OF terror, not on it. It was an offer […]

Trump Threatens to Cut US Funding for Palestinian Refugees by Stephen Lendman On Tuesday, US neocon UN envoy Nikki Haley said Trump “doesn’t want to give any additional funding until the Palestinians agree to come back to the negotiation table…” She lied claiming “(w)e’re trying to move for a peace process, but if that doesn’t […]

Trump to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem This Year by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) His December 6 Jerusalem declaration included illegally recognizing the city as Israel’s exclusive capital, along with moving America’s embassy there at an unspecified future date. On December 1, the self-styled newspaper of record NYT got it wrong, […]

Indicting Ahed Tamimi Boosts Her Freedom Fighting Stature by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Aged-16 Ahed is remarkable by any standard. Arresting and indicting her for slapping Israeli soldiers in response to being slapped on her family’s front lawn gained her international recognition – a teenager courageously confronting belligerently intrusive soldiers representing […]