This is the full version of an article published by Middle East Eye. It examines Israel's social media crackdown not just inside Israel, but its attempt to police speech on social media platforms around the world. It also incorporates my personal bout of censorship at the hands of Twitter last month. Over the past week, I also published another article … [Read more...]
U.S. Official Calls Netanyahu Report of Secret Iran Atomic Warehouse “Misleading”
Bibi Netanyahu's annual dog-and-pony show ambled into UN General Assembly today as he made yet another bombastic, hectoring speech assaulting Iran for its alleged sins of omission and commission. Like the shambling history professor his father was, he trots out audio-visual aids to reinforce his major argument and they invariably resemble the cartoon … [Read more...]
Twitter Relents
My thanks to the hundreds of Twitter supporters who tweeted in protest of the company blocking my account for the past five days. My special thanks to Ali Abunimah, who contacted the Twitter's media team inquiring about my situation. This morning the company restored my account and I'm back in business. Ali sprang me from Twitter jail! This proves what … [Read more...]
MSNBC Confirms Trump Officials Hired ‘Dirty Ops’ Firm, Black Cube to Sabotage Iran Nuclear Deal
Note: I have taken down the video of Engel's MSNBC program since the embed code doesn't serve the video. But follow the link below to watch it on the MSNBC site. Richard Engel produced several eye-opening stories from a reporting trip to Israel. The most shocking one exposes the machinations (video and article here)behind the Trump administration's … [Read more...]
