Download Episode. Scott interviews Ramzy Baroud about some articles he wrote recently. The first is about the birth of settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. That leads to a broader discussion about the dynamic within the occupied territories. The second article...
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The Family Will Never Get Over It – Anti-War Blog
The Middle East Eye reports of desperate screams as Muhammad Bhar, a 24-year old Palestinian man with down syndrome was attacked by Israelil military dogs. The IDF soldiers watched on as the animals mauled the helpless Muhammad. He was then left to die from his...
Israel’s Secret War Against the International Criminal Court Ep. 274
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF4xuYDEQT0 Patrick dives into the fight between Israel/US and the UN International Criminal Court over the ongoing conflicts between the Israeli state and Palestinians. Vital Dissent website Join my email list and become a premium...
Netanyahu Avoids Europe Stopover En Route to US, Over ICC Arrest Concerns
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided against stopping over in Europe prior to his coming address to the US Congress over concerns regarding his arrest warrant application with the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli media reports. The ICC’s chief...
Interview: Julian Assange Freed + Palestine’s Ancient History
Mike Leavitt and I discuss the US government’s criminalization of journalism and the pre-Israel history of Palestine.
Israel Approves Largest West Bank Settlement Expansion in Over Three Decades
As violence and ethnic cleansing surges throughout the occupied West Bank, the Israeli NGO Peace Now says Tel Aviv has approved the largest illegal settlement expansion in over three decades. Israel’s Supreme Planning Council will also review plans to advance the...
IDF Raids West Bank Town, Kills Palestinian Woman and Child
A Palestinian woman and 15-year-old boy were murdered during an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) raid in the northern West Bank town of Tulkarm on Monday, the Palestine Chronicle reported. This follows a series of Israeli attacks on the town’s Nur Shams refugee camp...
High Court Rules Ultra-Orthodox Men Are Subject to Draft, Threatening Netanyahu’s Coalition
Israel’s high court ruled that men in the ultra-Orthodox community are subject to conscription on Tuesday. The community, known as the Haredim, is politically powerful, subsidized by the citizenry, and until now had been unaffected by the mass mandatory enlistment....
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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War
From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...
Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism
Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...
Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...