Israel’s Middle East Allies Are Brutal Dictatorships That Regularly Violate Human Rights

Popularly known as the Middle East’s only democracy, Israel’s military might and occupation of Palestine depend on the support of two brutal, repressive allies in the region.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Both Saudi and Israel need to remain close in order to maintain their artificial desert fiefdoms.

JERUSALEM --- According to its supporters, Israel is the “only democracy” in the Middle East, and is often described as a Jewish nation surrounded by Arab enemies. Although this status is debatable, given its mistreatment and disenfranchisement of both occupied Palestinian and Israeli minority populations, it’s also worth noting that the country

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FBI Says ‘Australian ISIS Jihadist’ Who Encouraged 9/11 Anniversary Bombing Actually A Jewish American Named Joshua Ryne Goldberg

In online conversations, Goldberg said: “I wanna smear Amnesty and Mariam Veiszadeh…Amnesty is already in hot water over their links to CAGE, I wanna cement their jihadist connections and ruin their reputation. And Mariam is a Muslim whore, so smearing her as a jihadist should be easy.”

Sydney Morning Herald
By Sydney Morning Herald
20-year-old Joshua Ryne Goldberg of Orange Park, Florida whose online identity was 'Australi Witness' - an ISIS agent apparently living in Perth - has been arrested at his parents' place in Florida over plotting a bomb attack at a 9/11 memorial event.

A young Jewish American man has been charged with pretending to be an Australian-based Islamic State jihadist after a FBI joint investigation with the Australian Federal Police based on information provided by Fairfax Media. Joshua Ryne Goldberg, a 20-year old living at his parents' house in US state of Florida, is accused of posing online as

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Here’s What A Jewish Journalist Has To Say About Iran After Meeting With Ayotallahs

The Jewish Forward’s Larry Cohler-Esses recently traveled to Iran, where he learned that, despite the cries of the Israel lobby and Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranians are a lot like Israelis — they’ve got hopes and fears and they’re also critical of their government.

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
Image: Courtesy of Larry Cohler-Esses Larry Cohler Esses with Aghamir Miri and his wife, holding replicas of the bears they want to protect.

SEATTLE --- Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s recently elected president, traveled to the United Nations two years ago and made an impressive entrance on the international stage. The Jewish Forward’s assistant managing editor, Larry Cohler-Esses, took advantage of this amazing opportunity and called the Iranian U.N. mission to request an interview with Iran’s

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Ukrainian Nationalists Trash Jewish Tent City In Central City of Uman

Ukrainian nationalist groups remain embraced in large by Western nations, who were pleased at their violent rallies ousting the former pro-Russian government of Ukraine. However much Western governments try to shore up the image of these groups as “democratic,” they continue to engage in ethnic and religious violence, as evidenced over this weekend.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz

The Ukrainian city of Uman, in the Cherkasy Province, is an historical site of pilgrimage for Hasidic Jews, which often draws tens of thousands of pilgrims during Rosh Hashana. The pilgrimage centers around the burial site of an important religious leader of the late 18th century. This year, it’s going to be tough going for the Hasidim, however,

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Matisyahu Raps About World Peace While Supporting Israeli War Crimes

The Spanish Reggae Festival back-tracked and apologized for removing Matisyahu from the line up. Was it anti-Semitism that led them to ban the popular singer in the first place?

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By MintPress News Desk
Matisyahu attends TAO Sundance on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for TAO Group/AP Images)

Benicàssim, Spain --- The decision to drop Matisyahu from the line-up of an obscure Spanish reggae festival became so controversial that the U.S. government and even Time magazine weighed in on the debate, seemingly unusual decisions concerning a foreign event of which few Americans are aware. By Wednesday, just before Rototom Sunsplash issued

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Israel Arrests, Then Releases 9 Jewish Extremists In Settler Crackdown

The “anti-Jewish-terrorism” process began after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man named Yishai Schlissel, stabbed six people at Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride Parade, on July 30, accompanied by terrifying images of the attack, turning heads towards the growing extremism.

IMEMC News
By IMEMC News

Update: Israel has released all suspects detained in raids as part of a probe into the firebombing of a Palestinian home that killed an 18-month-old child and his father, authorities said on Monday. Two West Bank settlers were arrested at the Adei Ad outpost near Douma village where Sa’ad Dawabsha and his baby son Ali were burned to death by

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