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Archives for January 2025

The Burning Questions: LA Fire Cuts vs. Billions for Israel and Ukraine

Amid devastating wildfires, Many Angelenos are questioning the wisdom of slashing local emergency budgets while billions are allocated to Israel and Ukraine.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
LA Fires foreign Aid Feature photo

As Los Angeles battles historic wildfires, residents are demanding accountability for why the city's fire department faced budget cuts while greater disaster preparedness measures were overlooked. These frustrations have fueled questions about the prioritization of aid to Israel and Ukraine. Just months before the wildfires ravaged the city, LA

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Sarah Adams and the Return of the Iraq War Playbook

Former spooks are back on the airwaves, using old tactics to justify new conflicts in the Middle East .

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Sarah Adams Feature photo

A network of former intelligence operatives has woven itself into the fabric of right-wing alternative media, amplifying anti-Muslim scare narratives that appear aimed at countering a noted decline in conservative support for Israel since October 7, 2023. Central to this effort is Sarah Adams, a figure promoting conspiracies about a supposed

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Pro-ISIS Accounts Surge on Meta After Assad’s Ouster

Following years of aggressive content removal, Meta’s platforms now host a growing wave of ISIS-linked posts in the aftermath of Assad’s overthrow.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Meta Facebook ISIS Content Feature photo

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria, fears of a renewed ISIS insurgency have intensified. MintPress News has uncovered that, despite Meta’s previously strict policies on banning terrorism-related content, ISIS-linked accounts have been posting freely on its platforms. Although Meta previously removed 26 million pieces of

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From Genocide Joe to Trump’s Israel First: What’s Next for Palestine?”

Pro-Palestine activists brace for an onslaught of anti-BDS policies, escalating military support for Israel, and a repressive domestic crackdown as Donald Trump returns to power.

Medea Benjamin
By Medea Benjamin
Trump Israel second term Feature photo

As President Biden greenlights another $8 billion in weapons to Israel in his last days in office and Secretary Blinken gives a parting New York Times interview in which he denies that a genocide is taking place in Gaza, many pro-Palestine activists are anxiously counting down the days until “Genocide Joe” and his crew exit the White House. But

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Raffi Berg: BBC Middle East Editor Exposed as CIA, Mossad Collaborator

Raffi Berg, now at the center of a media scandal over the BBC’s Israel coverage, once worked for a known CIA front and collaborated with Mossad officials.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Raffi Berg Feature photo

A senior BBC editor at the center of an ongoing scandal into the network’s systematic pro-Israel bias is, in fact, a former member of a CIA propaganda outfit, MintPress News can reveal. Raffi Berg, an Englishman who heads the BBC’s Middle East desk, formerly worked for the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a unit that,

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Peace with Israel Tops the Agenda for Syria’s New Leaders

The HTS-led government in Damascus is making normalization with Israel a cornerstone of its agenda and conflict with Iran a strategic priority.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh
Syria Israel Peace Feature photo

It is not just isolated voices advocating for normalization; the new Syrian government and its backers appear determined to establish ties with Israel, even as Israel continues its occupation of Syrian territory and the bombardment of what remains of its infrastructure. While apologists attempt to justify Damascus’s Israel-friendly comments, the

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