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Archives for April 2023

Israel Protests and UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees, with Asa Winstanley

Asa Winstanley joins Lowkey to discuss the ongoing protests in Israel, UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees and his new book, “Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Took Down Jeremy Corbyn.”

Lowkey
By Lowkey
Asa Winstanley The Watchdog

Israel is currently engulfed in strife, as hundreds of thousands have come out to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial power grab. Netanyahu is attempting to overhaul the judicial system and has dismissed defense minister Yoav Gallant, a move that ignited a storm of indignation. But as returning “Watchdog” guest Asa

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Itamar Ben-Gvir: The Worst of a Terrible Bunch of Israeli Politicians

Not only does the racist thug Ben-Gvir walk around with an entourage of armed guards, but now he has an entire “National Guard” made of armed settler gangs.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Itamar Ben-Gvir Feature photo

Jerusalem, Palestine -- There is much debate in the Israeli press regarding Itamar Ben-Gvir and his visits to al-Aqsa. Will he go, when will he go, or should he not go? Ben-Gvir is proving himself to be a shrewd politician and knows how to manipulate the press. The press, for their part, is obsessed with him. He can be placed in the same category

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TikTok: Chinese “Trojan Horse” Is Run by State Department Officials

A MintPress News investigation has found that dozens of former officials from the State Department, CIA and FBI are working in key positions at TikTok and affecting the content that over one billion users see.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
TikTok Feature photo

Amid a national hysteria claiming the popular video-sharing app is a Chinese Trojan Horse, a MintPress News investigation has found dozens of ex-U.S. State Department officials working in key positions at TikTok. Many more individuals with backgrounds in the FBI, CIA and other departments of the national security state also hold influential posts

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Quest for Religious War: How Israel is Unifying Arabs and Muslims around Palestine

What is currently taking place in Palestine is not yet a religious war, but some Israeli officials and political parties are keen on turning it into one. 

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Al-Aqsa Feature photo

By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate. Netanyahu's motive should be clear. He wanted to generate a distraction from the mass protests that have rocked

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Why the Media Don’t Want to Know the Truth About the Nord Stream Blasts 

First, journalists lapped up Russian culpability. Then, interest wilted. Now they peddle a preposterous James Bond-style story. Anything to ignore the US’s role.

Jonathan Cook
By Jonathan Cook
Nord Stream Feature photo

No one but the terminally naïve should be surprised that security services lie – and that they are all but certain to cover their tracks when they carry out operations that either violate domestic or international law or that would be near-universally rejected by their own populations. Which is reason enough why anyone following the fallout from

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By Refusing To Host Israel, Indonesia Shows Us How to Defeat Apartheid

FIFA recently punished Indonesia for boycotting Israel, a country that consistently shoots soccer players in the knees so that they are unable to play in international sporting events

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Indonesia Israel FIFA Feature photo

Palestinians are being killed in record numbers. Racist, hate-filled fanatic Zionists are invading the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Palestinian worshipers are being terrorized by Israeli forces. Yet it is Indonesia that is being penalized internationally merely for engaging in discussions about not allowing an Israeli soccer team to play on its soil. The

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