How Israeli Arms Fuel Genocide, Civil Strife Around The World

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh pulls back the curtain on Israel’s dark, not-so-secret history of fomenting civil strife and enabling genocide by arming pariah regimes around the world.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
An Israeli soldier demonstrates the Israeli made anti-tank missile launcher, the Spike LR ATGM. Photo: Natan Flayer/cc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1CuGh-c1zc MINNEAPOLIS --- When talking about the Middle East, Israel is often touted as the only democracy in the region and a beacon of human rights surrounded by hostile neighbors. It’s a dubious notion, to say the least, considering Israel’s inhumane treatment of Palestinians, its illegal occupation

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Clinton Tops List Of Arms Company Campaign Contributions

U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was also a favorite of the arms producing giants during her 2006 senate campaign.

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By teleSUR
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton waves to supporter as she arrives at a town hall meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Coralville, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Hillary Clinton has received more money from arms and military service companies than any other candidate during the 2016 presidential campaign, data from Open Secrets shows. All but one of the world’s 10 biggest arms producers have contributed to Clinton’s previous campaigns, giving her — along with the top Republican receiver Ted Cruz — a

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Amnesty Tells The US To Stop Selling Arms To Saudi Arabia

The group cites “damning evidence” of war crimes involving American-made weapons in Yemen.

Mother Jones
By Mother Jones
Houthi rebels pose with a US-made cluster bomb shell in northern Yemen.

Citing "damning evidence of war crimes," Amnesty International has condemned America's continued support of Saudi Arabia's air war in Yemen. In a report released yesterday, the human-rights organization called on the United States to stop selling bombs, fighter jets, and combat helicopters to the Saudis The nearly seven-month-old conflict, which

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Obama’s Solution For Europe Is More Guns And US Fracked Gas

While visiting Poland on Tuesday, President Barack Obama promoted a classically American solution for the tension that Ukrainian upheaval has brought to Europe’s eastern border: more guns and more gas. During a joint press conference with Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, Obama announced a $1 billion initiative to bolster U.S. troops in central and eastern Europe […]

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
Komorowski

While visiting Poland on Tuesday, President Barack Obama promoted a classically American solution for the tension that Ukrainian upheaval has brought to Europe's eastern border: more guns and more gas. During a joint press conference with Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, Obama announced a $1 billion initiative to bolster U.S. troops in

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Israel and Saudi Arabia’s Priorities In Syria

Current developments both inside and outside of Syria have shown that the primary sponsors of the extremist-dominated insurgency aren’t quite ready to throw in the towel.

Phil Greaves
By Phil Greaves

Current developments both inside and outside of Syria have shown that the primary sponsors of the extremist-dominated insurgency – namely, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Israel and Turkey – aren’t quite ready to throw in the towel. One may be forgiven for thinking the Obama administration

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Washington Leading The Way In The New Nuclear Arms Race

Plans call for five nuclear submarines, 72 bombers and 240 land-based missile systems.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
nuclear weapon ban

Despite more than 40 years of progress in disarmament talks, the U.S. has proposed a new wave of spending that threatens to restock and restart the nation’s nuclear arms program at a time that the Congress is considering renewing sanctions against Iran for its alleged nuclear development, and shortly after President Barack Obama announced his

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