Alexander Rubinstein

Alexander Rubinstein is a former staff writer for MintPress News based in Washington, DC. He writes about police, prisons, and protests in the United States. He previously reported for RT and Sputnik News.

Few Good Men in Post-NATO Libyan Quagmire as Jihadists Battle Former CIA Asset’s Forces

It is likely that Saudi Arabia sees Libya’s Khalifa Haftar as a means of beating down the Muslim Brotherhood, which has a notoriously hostile relationship with the Wahhabi kingdom.

Alexander Rubinstein
By Alexander Rubinstein
Khalifa Hifter | Libya

TRIPOLI, LIBYA -- Libyan strongman and former CIA asset Khalifa Haftar’s blitzkrieg on the capital, Tripoli, has stalled for now as forces loyal to the internationally-recognized government have hamstrung his offensive in the suburbs. But the consequences of the operation are already unfolding, as Haftar’s international backers are being revealed

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Protesters Call on UK to #FreeAssange Outside British Embassy in DC

“It’s totally backwards and we’re calling for him to be freed. And I would like the people who got us into the wars to be the ones behind bars.” – Codepink co-founder Medea Benjamin

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By Alexander Rubinstein
Julian Assange Protest | DC

Demonstrators gathered on Thursday - just hours after the arrest of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange by UK authorities - outside of the British Embassy in Washington D.C. to denounce the unprecedented affront to freedom of the press. Protesters also took the opportunity to highlight the injustice of the jailing of Chelsea Manning over her refusal

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Venezuela Walks from OAS as Body Violates Charter in Support of US-Backed Coup

“You have converted the OAS into an empty shell that has violated its own principles and you’re now proving that our decision to resign was the correct one. We are leaving the OAS and we will never come back. — Venezuela representative Asbina Marin

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By Alexander Rubinstein
Asbina Marin | OAS

WASHINGTON -- In a bid to legitimize Washington’s flailing coup attempt in Venezuela, the Organization of American States (OAS) has recognized faux-President Juan Guaido’s lackey Gustave Tarre as the new representative from Venezuela. Reporter Anya Parampil, who was at the meeting in Washington on Tuesday, noted that “Five of the 18 countries

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The Trump-Netanyahu Ticket Wins the Israeli Election

Under Trump, the U.S. is no longer playing good-cop-bad-cop with Israel in the Middle East. Now, it’s just two bad cops.

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By Alexander Rubinstein
Israel Elections | Trump

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who secured his fifth premiership in Tuesday’s elections, colluded with U.S. President Donald Trump, Netanyahu’s own tweets reveal. The U.S. and Israel, both founded as settler-colonial states, have a symbiotic relationship. And just as Israeli spies have meddled in American

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To Complete Her Profile in Courage, Rep. Ilhan Omar Should Embrace the One-State Solution

“Ilhan Omar went to Washington to shake up the status quo, not to parrot it. So why is she trying to prove her bona fides by adopting the discredited ‘two-state solution,’ which is a fancy way of saying racial segregation and apartheid?” — Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah

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By Alexander Rubinstein
A student wrapped in a Palestinian flag walks over Israel's apartheid wall between the West Bank and Israel in Abu Dis during a protest Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

WASHINGTON (Opinion) -- Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) -- Congress’ fiercest critic of the Zionist lobby and the apartheid policies of Israel -- has come out in support of a two-state solution, a weak and outdated proposition that has long been doomed. Increasingly, Palestinians are recognizing that a single secular democratic state with equal

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Are Death Threats the New Norm for Zionists and the Rampaging Right?

Ilhan Omar is not the first prominent politician to challenge Zionism or its methods of shoring up support in the U.S. She is, however, the first Hijabi in Congress.

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By Alexander Rubinstein
Ilhan Omar

As death threats against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) continue to mount, President Racism continues to fan the flames of hate. On Saturday, President Donald Trump spoke to an audience of staunch, right-wing Zionists with the Republican Jewish Coalition. It had all the elements one would come to expect of such an event: casino magnate and political

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Libya Risks Being Torn to Shreds — Again — by Former CIA Asset Turned Warlord

Already, the usual suspects are clamoring for U.S. intervention as Haftar’s forces advance on the capital. With not just al-Qaeda, but now ISIS, a threat to stability in the country, the New York Times is calling on the Trump administration to “act fast.”

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By Alexander Rubinstein

TRIPOLI, LIBYA -- Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, a 40-year veteran of Libyan politics and longtime CIA asset, on Thursday ordered his self-styled Libyan National Army (NLA) to advance on the densely populated capital, Tripoli, where the United Nations-backed government is seated. In the aftermath of the “humanitarian intervention” led by NATO

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