Netanyahu Wants an Arab-Free Knesset  by Stephen Lendman An organization representing Palestinian victims of Israeli state-terror invited Joint (Arab) List MKs to meet with surviving family members - a responsible thing to do, deserving praise, not shameless criticism. Hanin Zoabi, Jamal Zahalka and Basel Ghattas paid their respects to fallen martyrs. The meeting focused on... Continue Reading →

Ukraine: A US-Installed Nazi-Infested Failed State by Stephen Lendman In February 2014, Washington replaced Ukrainian democracy with fascism in Europe’s heartland - illegitimately installed officials waging war on their own people. Fundamental human and civil rights were abolished. Police state viciousness replaced them. Regime critics risk prosecution, sentencing, imprisonment or assassination. Two years after fascists... Continue Reading →

Dubious Pledged Aid for Beleaguered Syrians by Stephen Lendman Pledging aid is one thing, delivering it another. Past experience shows suffering people in conflict theaters and natural disaster areas treated dismissively, given short shrift - most or all so-called aid diverted for profit-making purposes. Months after Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, a donor’s conference pledged... Continue Reading →

Western Double Standards on North Korea by Stephen Lendman North Korean military related activities are solely for self-defense - given longstanding US-led Western hostility and forced isolation. Provocative US-led NATO military activities are far more extensive and menacing, preparing for premeditated wars alliance members frequently wage. Throughout its history, North Korea never attacked another nation.... Continue Reading →

Syrian Forces Winning the Strategically Important Battle of Aleppo by Stephen Lendman Winning the battle of Aleppo (Syria’s commercial hub before Obama launched naked aggression in 2011) is key to controlling the country’s northwest along with strategic areas bordering Turkey - severing key supply routes, providing ISIS and other terrorist groups with weapons, munitions and... Continue Reading →

Poll Shows Sanders and Clinton Nearly Tied Nationwide by Stephen Lendman Clinton is a Wall Street favorite. War profiteers love her. Dirty deep-pocketed corporate money funds her campaign. Binding strings are attached, donors expecting and getting multifold benefits for every dollar contributed, investments earning surefire huge returns. Corporate America shuns Sanders. His support is largely... Continue Reading →

Something Rotten in Iowa by Stephen Lendman When establishment candidate A defeats upstart candidate B by six coin toss wins, a 1.6% likelihood or virtual impossibility, red lights flash fraud. A February 5 Des Moines Register editorial highlighted it, saying “the world is laughing at Iowa. Late-night comedians and social media mavens are having a... Continue Reading →

Russian Rules of Engagement in Syria by Stephen Lendman Russia’s intervention last year changed the dynamic on the ground. It holds key trump cards, waging real war on terrorism effectively. It determined rules of engagement - turning the tide in a protracted conflict government forces were losing, now with the upper hand. Fort Russ quoted... Continue Reading →

Obama’s War on Syria: A Potential Catastrophic Flashpoint  by Stephen Lendman America’s rage for unchallenged global dominance risks the unthinkable. Bipartisan neocons infesting Washington let nothing interfere with their reckless agenda - pure evil by any standard, risking humanity’s survival. Democrat Hillary Clinton is as ruthless, dangerous and over-the-top as the most extremist Republican, a... Continue Reading →

Wall Street Journal Russia Bashing by Stephen Lendman Journal opinion pages represent US peudo-journalism’s far-right - in the forefront of anti-Russian hostility, relentlessly bashing Putin irresponsibly, supporting US-led Western high crimes. On February 3, its editors headlined “A NATO Message for Mr. Putin,” repeating the same tired old Big Lies about nonexistent “Russian aggression…little green... Continue Reading →