Ian Berman

Ian Berman is an entrepreneur and former corporate banker at leading global banks in New York City. He now focuses on financial advisory services and writing about representative government, equitable public policies and ending American militarism and Israel’s continuing colonization of Palestine. He is the Co-Founder of Palestine 365, the Ongoing Oppression and its predecessor, Palestine 365, on Facebook.

The Intercept and Reality Winner: When a Conflicted News Organization Should Pass the Baton

While The Intercept skillfully shows the audacious federal government’s attack on whistleblower Winner is a threat to our democracy, it woefully obfuscates its own multiple failings to protect sources.

June 08th, 2018

By Ian Berman

The Intercept and Reality Winner: When a Conflicted News Organization Should Pass the Baton

On Jeremy Scahill’s June 6, 2018 Intercepted podcast, The Persecution of Reality Winner, his guests, colleagues and he skillfully showed how Reality Winner’s prosecution is a shameless act of the federal government’s prosecutorial overreach to shut down

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Rex Tillerson Rewrites Syria, Ultimately Blames Iran, Essentially Declares War

Without telling you explicitly, and with no authority from Congress as required by the Constitution, the U.S. has invaded and occupied Syria with no intention to leave.

January 18th, 2018

By Ian Berman

Rex Tillerson Rewrites Syria, Ultimately Blames Iran, Essentially Declares War

WASHINGTON (Opinion) -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson presented remarks on The Way Forward for the United States Regarding Syria to the Hoover Institute at Stanford on January 17. To start, Tillerson proved his mettle in lying for the

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A Questionable Allegation and the WaPo Smear That Followed

The Washington Post concluded that Sen. Al Franken believes those accused of sexual harassment are guilty until proven innocent. That is quite an extreme bias in reporting.

November 21st, 2017

By Ian Berman

A Questionable Allegation and the WaPo Smear That Followed

Opinion -- Leeann Tweeden has alleged that Senator Al Franken forcibly kissed her under the guise of rehearsing for their USO tour show in 2006. Sen. Franken was a comedian at the time and headlined the show. If the story was correctly recounted, and Sen. Franken has not contradicted it, then Tweeden's story about the forced

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Israel’s Latest Act Of War: Another Attempt To Stop A “Peace Offensive”

“One nation openly attacking another on the latter’s territory would create a crisis anywhere else in the world. Not in Gaza though.” Perhaps the bigger questions are was this necessary and why now?

November 04th, 2017

By Ian Berman

Israel’s Latest Act Of War: Another Attempt To Stop A “Peace Offensive”

GAZA (Analysis) -- On Monday, October 30, Israel fired five missiles at a tunnel under construction in Gazan territory east of Khan Younis. Seven Palestinians were killed and nine wounded during the

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NY Times Publishes Disingenuous Conflation Of Anti-Semitism And Anti-Zionism

Howard Jacobson’s entire op-ed invokes “anti-Semitism primarily to silence critics of Israel.”

October 10th, 2017

By Ian Berman

NY Times Publishes Disingenuous Conflation Of Anti-Semitism And Anti-Zionism

(Opinion) -- The New York Times recently published an op-ed titled “The Phony Peace Between the Labour Party and Jews” by Howard Jacobson. A novelist and op-ed contributor to the Independent in the UK, Jacobson is relatively unknown. Yet the Times

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Pat Boone, Why Do You Hate America’s Freedom?

The statements of an aging symbol of White America in its heyday exemplify American blindness to white privilege.

September 28th, 2017

By Ian Berman

Pat Boone, Why Do You Hate America’s Freedom?

Many Americans have become polarized by players protesting during the National Anthem. Apparently, those opposing the protest believe respect for the flag comes before the exercise of Free Speech. Their logic is simple - professional athletes have no right to make political statements at their place of employment. Yet that same

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Bill Maher And Muslim Terrorists – What Americans Miss In Their Mindset Of Fear

Given the destructiveness of the wars throughout the Middle East, can one honestly say some blowback was not inevitable?

May 31st, 2017

By Ian Berman

Bill Maher And Muslim Terrorists – What Americans Miss In Their Mindset Of Fear

The bombing in Manchester was a horrific event by any measure. There’s no justification for the senseless loss of lives. Yet given the destructiveness of the wars throughout the Middle East, can one honestly say some blowback was not inevitable? As recently revealed, the British

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