It’s common knowledge that Israel is one of the world’s largest arms exporters. As I reported in Jacobin Magazine, it exports to the most genocidal regimes on the planet, and fuels ethnic conflicts from South Sudan to the Phillipines. Less known is the role Israel is playing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In […]
Was the Mossad Chief David Albright’s Source on Natanz Attack?
The Jerusalem Post published a new report on Israel’s attack on an Iranian advanced uranium enrichment site at Natanz. Though Iran has announced that it knows what caused the attack, it has not attributed it publicly to Israel. Many news outlets have speculated that the Israelis were responsible. They have the motive, means and opportunity. […]
Israeli Anti-Netanyahu Protests Heat Up, But Real Change is Unlikely
UPCOMING: I’ve organized a Zoom webinar on increasing tensions between Iran, Israel and the U.S. Paul Pillar, Gareth Porter, Muhammad Sahimi and I will discuss the trajectory of U.S.-Iran relations with looming U.S. presidential elections. The program will be this Thursday, August 6th 7pm UK time, 11am Pacific and 2pm Eastern. Visit the Facebook Event […]
As Covid19 Rears Ugly Head Once Again in Israel, Massive Violent Protests Call for Netanyahu Resignation
As cities throughout America are roiled by massive Black Lives Matter protests (including my hometown, Seattle, and more notably, neighboring Portland facing its 53rd night of protests), Israel faces equally powerful unrest of a different sort. A few months ago, I wrote extensively about the problematic nature of Israel’s response to Covid19. It turns out […]
