AronT on July 15th, 2009

Most who from the beginning oppossed the so-called “security fence”  argued it was a sham and had nothing to do with security. The Shin Bet itself admitted as much a couple years ago. It’s main intent, like the settlements, is to annex as much of the West Bank as possible before an agreement with the Palestinians. [...]

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AronT on June 23rd, 2009

Yesterday’s post cited an article from the WSJ entitled Iran’s Web Spying Aided by Western Technology. I added some commentary which I decided to pull out since the article has broad implications about government use of the Internet to spy on its citizenry.

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AronT on June 7th, 2009

The NY Times headline reads:  “Obama Pins Mideast Hope on Limiting Settlements.” They label it “News Analysis” but it’s really a propaganda opinion piece. More below.

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AronT on June 3rd, 2009

Israeli right wing group (Hazit) plans on plastering the country with the poster shown below. If I didn’t know better I would assume its a joke. Bad Photoshop job plus he looks so kind.

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In my previous post I talked a bit about the disinformation propagated by the mainstream media, specifically in regards to the Roxana Saberi story . Disinformation is the deliberate propagation of  false information (as opposed to misinformation which is unintentionally false). The disinformation in this case is not the reported fact that Saberi was treated [...]

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AronT on May 13th, 2009

While I am glad for Roxana Saberi and her parents that she was released from Iranian prison, Glen Greenwald hits the nail on the wall: Right now — as the American press corps celebrates itself for demanding Saberi’s release in Iran — the U.S. continues to imprison Ibrahim Jassam, a freelance photographer for Reuters, even [...]

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AronT on May 11th, 2009

In Ha’aretz the other day they had this article which had me laughing out loud: “Obama’s people brief their Israeli counterparts in advance much less about security and Middle East policy activities than the Bush administration used to,” the officials said.  In addition, when they do brief Israeli officials, they don’t consult with them or [...]

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AronT on April 28th, 2009

In his op-ed piece calling for investigations of the Bush & Co torture crimes and prosecutions related to same, Dr. Paul Krugman (a man I greatly admire) says: Sorry, but what we really should do for the sake of the country is have investigations both of torture and of the march to war. These investigations [...]

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AronT on April 26th, 2009

Already there are those (including former VP and war criminal “Dick” Cheney) who are trying to push the debate on torture to “is it effective or not.” There is nothing to debate here. It is ineffective. The Bush & Co authorized torture for one and only one purpose: to coerce people to provide false information [...]

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AronT on April 9th, 2009

It is rare indeed to see such blunt and direct deconstruction of Israeli policy in the New York Times. Richard Cohen does a great job. His recent time spent in Iran has apparently opened his eyes and he can now see Israeli propaganda for what it is: This “messianic apocalyptic cult” in Tehran is, of [...]

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