Video: Declassified – Massive Israeli Manipulation of US Media Exposed

(RussiaToday) – Files declassified in America have revealed covert public relations and lobbying activities of Israel in the U.S. The National Archive made the documents public following a Senate investigation. They suggest Israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important. You can download the files from the web-site of the Institute for Research on Middle Eastern policy. And we can cross to Washington now and talk to Grant F. Smith who is a director at that Institute.

The Power of Community

By Katherine Smith

In September 2006, the world experienced a paradigm shift when a strong lobbying effort by grassroots organizations effectively derailed an initiative: A move that was tantamount to a declaration of war on Iran.

U.S.: Iran Resolution Shelved in Rare Defeat for Israel Lobby

In a significant and highly unusual defeat for the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives has decided to shelve a long-pending, albeit non-binding, resolution that called for President George W. Bush to launch what critics called a blockade against Iran.

But an unexpectedly strong lobbying effort by a number of grassroots Iranian-American, Jewish-American, peace, and church groups effectively derailed the initiative.

The decision by the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Howard Berman, to shelve HR 362 marked an unusual defeat for AIPAC, according to its critics who charged that the resolution was designed to lay the groundwork for the Bush administration or any successor administration to take military action against Iran.

Video: Ray McGovern – Israel to Start War with Iran Maybe in August 2010 – Alex Jones Tv

Alex welcomes back to the show Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern presented morning intelligence briefings at the White House for a number of presidents.

Video: Paul Craig Roberts – ‘AIPAC purchases US elections’

(RussiaToday) – The deadly Israeli assault on a Flotilla aid ship has caused an outcry in the international community. In the United States the Obama Administration has been quiet about their official stance on what transpired. Paul Craig Roberts says that there will be nothing that is going to be done by the United States to change the relationship with Israel.

Delusions and illusions of press freedom: The Israel lobby’s control of Western media

(Redress) – Paul J. Balles compares China’s open control of the press with the “lies under pretence of freedom” of the Western media under the control of special interests, especially the Israel lobby.

Freedom of the press in the West means freedom for those who control the press to lie.

The Lobby v. America

(CoutnerPunch) – As I listened to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address an animated crowed of supporters on March 22, I felt physically sick. The man has already displayed time and again a complete lack of moral sense or ethical framework in his words and actions. In his recent arguments, he once again twisted history, manipulated facts and fabricated his own selective, self-interested and highly questionable narrative. Netanyahu, a colonialist from a faraway land, also had the audacity to convince himself and a few others that he had legal, moral and historic rights over my land. While I am the son of a Palestinian family rooted in Palestine since time immemorial, Netanyahu is the son of an immigrant from Lithuania. While he giddily robs more Palestinian land in Jerusalem, I live in exile.

Video: Norman Finkelstein Responds to Clinton, Netanyahu AIPAC Comments

(DemocracyNow) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told attendees at the AIPAC conference on Monday that the US commitment to Israel is “rock-solid,” but Clinton did criticize Israel for continuing to build settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. In a defiant speech hours after Clinton’s address, Netanyahu rejected US criticism and vowed to continue building settlements. We speak with Norman Finkelstein, author of the new book, This Time We Went Too Far

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(Salon) – A stark truth: Israeli arms, U.S. dollars

One does not normally see this truth stated so starkly in places like Time Magazine — from Michael Scherer’s interesting article on AIPAC’s current strategy to “storm Congress”: Read More Here

(MotherJones) – Sen. Lindsey Graham: Any Attack on Iran Must Be Full-Scale

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) laid it on thick at AIPAC’s annual gala banquet on Monday. Referring to the pro-Israel lobby, Graham declared, “The Congress has your back.” (What other lobby would he say that to?) He declared that Israel is “our best friend in the world.” (Does that tick off Canadians?) But Graham went especially far when he endorsed the idea of a military strike against Iran. Read More Here

(AntiWar) – Iran forcing us to impose sanctions: Kouchner

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday there was “no other choice” but to impose fresh sanctions on Iran as its nuclear programme is suspect. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – U.S. Interceptors Will Target Russian Nuclear Capability: Commander

Russia says no arms reduction deal without missile defense clause Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Obama the Cold Warrior? Hostile Relations with Russia and China

After observing recent pronouncements from Hillary Clinton that Venezuela start ‘playing by the rules’ and revert to free market capitalism, it’s starting to look like we might be heading into an era of deja vu once more. Provocations from Obama against China and Russia, are making the current climate look a lot like the recent past. One would have thought in a world where the United States only has the courage to attack much lesser third world ‘powers’, that Obama wouldn’t be ginning up a great deal of antagonism with much more evenly matched states; but that’s precisely what seems to be occurring under team Obama’s charge. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Iran: US ‘works on’ China to Isolate Iran

Among the many inadvertent insights into the twisted US logic and policy towards the Middle East revealed in Hillary Clinton’s barnstorming speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee this week was her fatwa of “biting sanctions” on Iran. Read More Here

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(ExpressIndia) – ‘Iran has inalienable right to nuclear energy’ Press Trust of India

Declaring that it has an ‘inalienable’ right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, Iran has firmly rejected the US-EU demand to stop enriching uranium and offered to engage public and private sectors of other nations in its programme. Read More Here

(Guardian) – Worldwide arms trade flourishing despite recession, report warns

Average volume of sales increased by 22%, with South America and south-east Asia seeing the biggest rises Read More Here

(WRH) – Who is Sending Your Children Off to Die in War? – More Links Here

(Pravda) – Israel says US will attack Iraq in May
(GlobalPolicy) – Israel Says War on Iraq Would Benefit the Region
(NYDailyNews) – Attack Iraq soon, Sharon aide says
(TheTruthSeeker) – Israel Urges US to Attack Iraq: “Sooner, Rather than Later”
(CBSNews) – Israel To U.S.: Don’t Delay Iraq Attack
(MiddleEast) – Cheney Admits US will attack Iraq ‘for Israel’s sake’
(Aipac) –AIPAC is pushing for the USA to attack Iran for Israel
(Haaretz) – AIPAC spurring Congress to pass sanctions bill against Iran
(BigNewsNetwork) – Israel says Iran close to having a nuclear bomb
(SwissInfo) – Israel warns on Iranian “nightmare”
(WSWS) – Iran the next nuclear threat
(WSWS) – Sharon stirs up conflict with Syria and Iran
(WorldNetDaily) – Iran, Libya, Syria are next?
(MiddleEast) – Israel instructs America to attack Iran and Syria
(MiddleEast) – ISRAEL DEMANDS IRAN BE ATTACKED NEXT AFTER IRAQ
(ArutzSheva) – Syria’s Next
(SoftPedia) –US Assures Israel That Syria And Iran Are Next
(USAToday) – War is not in U.S. interest
(CounterPunch) – Sharon Recruits US Mercenaries Against Syria
(NewsMax) – Sharon Wants U.S. Action Against Syria
(News24) – Iraqi WMD ‘possibly in Syria’
(CoastalPost) – Sharon Says US Should Also Disarm Iran, Libya and Syria
(XinhuaNet) – Israel urges harder int’l line towards Iran
(MailGate) – Israeli foreign minister calls for international action against Iran in light of elections
(WashTimes) – Israelis urge U.S. to stop Iran’s nuke goals
(JTA) – It would be a “catastrophe” for the United States to pull out of Iraq, a leading Israeli legislator warned.
(PTINews) – ‘Israel will take out Iran’s nuke facilities if US does not’
(YNet) – According to al-Watan, Israel made it clear that it would only be able to wait until a certain date next year and would strike at Iran if no progress is made by that time.
(Yahoo) – Israel says Syria regime change in world’s interest
(Haaretz) – Israeli officials call for changes in Syrian rule
(IsraelInsider) – Israeli leaders call for regime change in Syria after assassination report
(ABC) – Sharon blasts Syria-Iran ‘axis of evil’
(Yahoo) – Israeli Says Rockets Shipped to Hezbollah
(IsraelNationalNews) – Israeli Says Iran Nuclear Race Reaches Point of No Return
YNetNews) – Sharon: Israel will not accept nuclear Iran
WPHerald) – Sharon: Iran nukes may require military response
(Haaretz) – IDF chief: Diplomatic pressure on Iran unlikely to succeed
(SignOnSanDiego) – Israel expands war arsenal to deal with Iranian nuclear threat
(Forward) – Israeli Aides Warn U.S. Not To Drop Ball on Iran
(IRNA) – Zionists pressures Bush Administration to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities
(Haaretz) – MK: Iran to have nuclear capability within 2 years
(NYTimes) – Israel Wants West to Deal More Urgently With Iran
(Aipac) – Iran must be stopped before it develops nuclear weapons
(Pravda) – Israel tries to make Russia approve sanctions against Iran
(JPost) – ISRAEL: Iran is world’s most serious threat since WWII
(JPost) – ISRAEL: US not doing enough to stop Iran
(GlobalSecurity) – Israel Says US Should Take Lead in Dealing With Iran’s Nuclear Program
(Baltimore) – Kevin Zeese: “Hawkish Israeli Lobby Wants War with Iran!”
(baltimore) – Netanyahu Beats Drum for U.S. War with Iran
(DailyStar) – Pressures mount on Bush to bomb Iran
(Haaretz) – Israel: Back to the preemptive strike
(IHT) – Olmert says Israel will not accept a nuclear Iran
(Yahoo) – Iran must be intimidated, says Israeli leader
(AlertNet) – Israel’s Olmert calls for dramatic measures against Iran
(Haaretz) – Olmert declines to rule out military action against Iran
(AntiWar) – In other news reports Israeli General Oded Tira is quoted as follows: “President Bush lacks the political power to attack Iran. As an American strike in Iran is essential for our existence, we must help him pave the way by lobbying the Democratic Party (which is conducting itself foolishly) and US newspaper editors. We need to do this in order to turn the Iranian issue to a bipartisan one and unrelated to the Iraq failure.”
(AntiWar) – Israel’s war, says Bibi, must be sold as America’s war.
(JPost) – Peres urges world to unite against Iran
(Yahoo) – Israel wants more pressure on Iran
(Haaretz) – Olmert to U.S.: Impose naval blockade on Iran
(YNet) – Report: Olmert to urge U.S. attack on Iran
(YNet) – Barak to Gates: Keep military option on table with Iran

(AlJazeera) – US ‘used plague bomb’ in Korea War

It is a crime the US has always denied – dropping germ bombs on North Korea. Read More Here

(SwissInfo) – North Korea has 1,000 missiles, South says

North Korea has increased its missile arsenal by 25 percent in the past two years to about 1,000, expanding the threat the state poses to the region, the South’s defence chief said on Wednesday. Read More Here

(PressTV) – Saudis may allow Israel’s use of air space in Iran attack

Western security sources believe Saudi Arabia will readily let Israel use the country’s airspace to strike neighboring Iran if a war breaks out between the archenemies. Read More Here

AIPAC of Raving Lunatics

(Infowars) – Without regard for the severe economic devastation and loss of life that a war with Iran would create, Israel’s agents in the United States continue to aggressively stoke the fires of anti-Iranian rhetoric and mobilize their minions on the floor of the House.  The Brzezinski-Soros machine failed in their attempt to effect regime change in Iran by way of a “color revolution” in the summer of 2009.  This has only emboldened the Israeli lobby to pursue more drastic measures. There is only one card left for them to play before provoking conflicts that will most certainly catapult the United States into direct military action against the Islamic State.

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(Examiner) – US sponsors terrorists to overthrow Iran’s government again? Evidence suggests it’s true

Abdolmalek Rigi, leader of the assassination/terrorist group, Jundallah, was announced as captured by Iran’s government on February 23, 2010. Iran televised Mr. Rigi making a statement that the US government funds Jundallah, provides weapons, and assists with logistical management. Read More Here

(Rense) – US Steps Deeper Into Afghan Quagmire – Joul Skousen

With the ongoing attack on Marjah, the US military began its first major assault on a Taliban controlled town in Afghanistan and simultaneously entered a new and expanded phase of the war. Read More Here

(AntiWar) – Israeli DM: No Need to Coordinate With US on Attacking Iran

At his visit to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), an AIPAC founded think tank, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak reiterated his calls for Western nations to keep “all options” open in moving against Iran. But more importantly, he suggested Israel might attack Iran even beyond American objections. Read More Here

(HuffingtonPost) – Russia Angered By US Missile Defense Plan

Russia has serious concerns about U.S. plans to deploy missile interceptors in Romania, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Read More Here

Video: James Traficant on Alex Jones TV – AIPAC Runs America’s Foreign Policy

(Infowars) – February 20, 2010

Video: Congressman Jim Traficant on Current Issues TV with Hesham Tillawi

Congressman Jim Traficant speaks about AIPAC and the control of American political Parties.

MSM: Declassified FBI File Alleges an Israeli Intelligence Agent Worked at AIPAC

(Reuters) – An agent of the Israeli intelligence service worked on the staff of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) according to a newly declassified FBI file.

Obama’s Do Nothing Presidency Heading For Disaster / Despite Nobel Prize

As Obama continues to equivocate and lose the political capital he gained with his election and mandate of change on January 20th ~ I am struck by the sheer audacity of his do nothing presidency as well as his cavalier approach to an illegal Afghanistan occupation which is destined for a humiliating defeat, despite winning a now tainted Nobel Peace prize:

Steve Rosen Accuses AIPAC of Espionage

Steven J. Rosen’s defamation lawsuit against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is now entering a critical phase. A series of cross-filings stakes out the critical court terrain. Rosen intends to show that obtaining and leveraging classified U.S. government information in the service of Israel is common practice at AIPAC.

The Israel Lobby’s Global Propaganda Manual

More than 50 years ago, Vance Packard shook the commercial world with the publication of his book The Hidden Persuaders. It was, as the book jacket claims, “A revealing, often shocking explanation of new techniques of research and methods of persuasion.”

The Truthseeker’s Imprisoned in Rothschild Castle

I’ve been patient. Each day I go to The Truthseeker web site and find that it’s gone- or still gone- as the case may be. It seemed that What Really Happened went down at the same time. This proved to be the result of a clerical error and then… very soon after, What Really Happened has come under persistent attack. Jeff Rense is also under attack. The forces behind the attacks are not a secret.

Video: AIPAC’s Number One Target Gets Out of Jail

Europe’s Complicity in Evil – Paul Craig Roberts

Address to Mut zur Ethik Conference, “Sovereignty or Imperialism,” Feldkirch, Austria, September 5, 2009

Afghanistan: Back Door to War on Iran

The Obama administration has made Afghanistan the focus of its foreign policy, significantly escalating the war effort there. (Though there is division within the administration regarding the degree of escalation sought. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/us/politics/04military.html)

Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs – Paul Craig Roberts

“In a little time [there will be] no middling sort. We shall have a few, and but a very few Lords, and all the rest beggars.” R.L. Bushman
“Rapidly you are dividing into two classes–extreme rich and extreme poor.” “Brutus”
Americans think that they have “freedom and democracy” and that politicians are held accountable by elections. The fact of the matter is that the US is ruled by powerful interest groups who control politicians with campaign contributions. Our real rulers are an oligarchy of financial and military/security interests and AIPAC, which influences US foreign policy for the benefit of Israel.

How Israel Lobby Took Control Of US Foreign Policy

In the early 1960s, Senator William J. Fulbright fought to force the American Zionist Council to register as agents of a foreign government. The Council eluded registration by reorganizing as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC has since become what Fulbright most feared: a foreign agent dominating American foreign policy while disguised as a domestic lobby.

Video: Jewish Rabbi – Zionists are Godless Criminal Thugs

If the impact of AIPAC & Zionists’ damage to U.S. Interests in the Middle East & Muslim World could be measured, the number would be in zillions of dollars. Through manipulating U.S. national elections & forcing the U.S. foreign policy towards fanatic (faith-based) objectives in blindly supporting even the most reactionary & fascist-oriented policies of apartheid Israel, AIPAC, Zionists & their traitor agents operating within the U.S.

$2.775 billion in US aid supports Israeli nuclear weapons program

President Barak Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel is proceeding smoothly through the Congress.

We’re all Anti-Semites Now

By Henry Makow Ph.D.

Anti-Semitism used to refer to a racial prejudice against Jews. Now “hate” is a codeword for something else: Opposition to Zionism, a political program that many Jews find repugnant.

By equating “hate” with opposition to Zionism, organized Jewry has given everyone permission to be an anti-Semite.

Flashback: CIA Discovered Planning “Soft Revolution” in Early 2009

Iran has broken up a CIA-backed network that sought to carry out a “soft revolution” in Iran through people-to-people contacts.

Zionist Lobby Holds “Human Rights” Hostage

“Human rights” have become dirty words in Canada because Zionists determine who has them. Welcome to the future.

Armageddon Now?

Of all the analysis generated by the Obama-Netanyahu meeting Robert Satloff’s is the most significant. Satloff is executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, which serves as AIPAC’s think tank. His piece, circulated Thursday, provides insights into what the lobby — and Israel — might do next. And it should ring alarm bells.

Congressional leaders inadvertently expose Israeli lobbyists behind letter to Obama

update: In response to an email query, Katie Grant, a spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said, “The letter was discussed with AIPAC, and a staffer named it that.”

MSM: Aipac’s hidden persuaders

The Israel lobby is aiming to soften up US public opinion for an attack on Iran. Americans should resist its propaganda

Who Rules America? – Paul Craig Roberts

What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to the service of powerful interest groups?

The Bomb Iran Faction – An Existential Question for the Power Elite?

There is clearly a faction of the power elite that is, and has for some years been pressing, for a U.S. military attack on Iran. It is not advocating a war, at least openly, or an occupation of that vast nation; rather, it is advocating an operation similar in concept to the Israeli attack on Iraq’s French-built Osiraq nuclear reactor in 1981. In a word, it is both advocating an Israeli-like action and justifying it explicitly as one on behalf of Israel.

Law’s Unintended Consequences – Paul Craig Roberts

Anti-semitic speech can be interpreted as inciting hatred. Inciting hatred can be interpreted to be a violent act. “Excessive” criticism of Israel is a subjective, undefinable concept that can be used to determine anti-semitic speech. It is easy to conflate “excessive” with “strong.” Thus, demands that Israel be held accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, or elsewhere become acts of the hate crime of anti-semitism.

America’s Shame – Paul Craig Roberts

For sixty years Israelis have been stealing Palestine from Palestinians. There are maps available on the Internet and in Israeli publications showing the shrinkage over time of what was once Palestine into what Palestine is today–a small number of unconnected ghettos or bantustans.

Have Americans Lost All Control Over the Federal Government?

Over the last sixteen months, many Americans have watched with despair as the Federal government has wrested virtually despotic control over the American economy away from both individual Americans and private enterprise. They have observed the Federal government’s frantic (and totally unsuccessful) attempts to prop up banks that have revealed themselves to be completely incompetent and bankrupt.

MSM: Gingrich – Remove Iranian regime

WASHINGTON(JTA) – Newt Gingrich at the AIPAC policy conference called for ousting the regime in Iran and bombing its missile sites.

US Hides Behind Iran Sanctions Threat

Whereas United States President Barack Obama promised in his new year message to Iran that he was committed to a new diplomacy that “will not be advanced by threats”, a month later this is precisely what is happening. This is in light of new White House-backed legislation in the US Congress that aims to impose “crippling sanctions” on Iran by targeting its energy imports.

Wiretap reveals reach of US pro-Israel lobby

Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat with longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on a National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap telling “a suspected Israeli agent” that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington, according to a report released Sunday night in Congressional Quarterly (CQ).

Bombshell: Rep. Jane Harman Caught on Tape Agreeing to Lobby for Alleged AIPAC/Israel Spies?

Harman was allegedly heard saying she’d ‘waddle into’ the AIPAC case in return for support for her bid to become chair of the Intelligence Committee.