Lev Leviev, the Russian-Israeli oligarch who rose from humble beginnings in Tashkent to become one Israel's most powerful diamond merchants and real estate developers, in allegedly under investigation in both Israel and the UK for smuggling blood diamonds from his African mines to Russia and subsequently to Israel. According to Israeli media reports, … [Read more...]
Palestine: Welcome to My Bantustan
There was an old Alice Cooper album called, Welcome to My Nightmare. I thought of that when I titled this post. Last week, Saeb Erekat published a long report recounting the contents of the Trump "deal of the century," his Israel-Palestine peace plan. The New Arab published the Arabic-language original and an English summary of the plan. For some strange … [Read more...]
Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying About Trump Sabotage of Security Council Resolution Against Israel Settlements
This morning, former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his efforts with Jared Kushner to torpedo a United Nations Security Council resolution criticizing Israeli settlements. These included lobbying the Russian ambassador to help in this campaign by delaying or cancelling a vote on the matter. Earlier … [Read more...]
Putin Calls Out Netanyahu for Exploiting Purim Story to Disparage Iran
This video is a PressTV interview I did critiquing Netanyahu's abuse of the Book of Esther to gin up hysteria against Iran. Bibi Netanyahu is trying his best to get out from under the cloud of three different corruption investigations. During his last police interrogation he conveniently managed to have Pres. Trump call him during his meeting with them, … [Read more...]
