Posts tagged : "Israeli-Palestinian conflict"

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Materialism that sustains Western democracies is exhausting itself

Materialism that sustains Western democracies is exhausting itself

Kourosh Ziabari - Dr. Fredrick Toben is a German author and founder and former director of the Adelaide Institute. He has written numerous books on education, political science and history and is best known as a historical revisionist who has extensively argued the veracity of Holocaust accounts as narrated by the Jewish historians. Due to his holocaust denial, he has been imprisoned three times in Germany, United Kingdom and Australia. Fredrick Toben has traveled to Iran several times and delivered lectures in different Iranian universities. He has also given numerous interviews to Iranian media. This is an in-depth interview with Dr. Toben in which we've discussed his viewpoints regarding holocaust, the unconditional supports of the...

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The accusation of anti-Semitism has long passed its sell-by date

The accusation of anti-Semitism has long passed its sell-by date

  Kourosh Ziabari - Without any redundant exaggeration, Anthony Lawson is an inimitable, conscientious and unique man. What he does can be described as professional and committed video-journalism. Lawson is a retired international-prize-winning commercials director, cameraman, ad agency creative director and voice over. He calls himself as a "stickler for accuracy" and his record demonstrates the rightfulness of this description. His articles and videos on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 9/11 attacks and U.S. foreign policy have appeared on a number of media outlets and news websites including Sabbah Report, Veterans Today, Salem News, Intifada Palestine, Media With Conscience, Rense.com and Ramallah Online. "Suppressing free...

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U.S. support for dictators source of frustration in the Middle East

U.S. support for dictators source of frustration in the Middle East

Kourosh Ziabari - Anthony DiMaggio is a university professor, writer, political commentator and media expert. He is the author of numerous books, including Mass Media, Mass Propaganda (2008), When Media Goes to War (2010), and Crashing the Tea Party (2011). He has taught U.S. and Global Politics at Illinois State University, and published articles and commentaries in a number of publications, including Z Magazine, Counterpunch, Truthout, Common Dreams, Alternet, Monthly Review, and Black Agenda Report. Together with Paul Street, he co-edits the “Media-ocracy”, an online journal which describes itself as “committed to combating the entrenched media system.” Media-ocracy “caters to progressive intellectuals and activists, and is...

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U.S. Congress is in the hands of the Israeli lobby

U.S. Congress is in the hands of the Israeli lobby

  Kourosh Ziabari - Brian Cloughley is an Australian of British origin author, journalist and political commentator. Cloughley specializes in South Asian affairs. He mostly writes on military and political affairs and his articles are published on different newsletters and websites such as CounterPunch, Antiwar.com and Pakistani papers such as the Nation, Daily Times and Dawn. Cloughley is opposed to the U.S. militarism and its military expeditions around the world. With regards to Iran, he says that Israel is forcefully persuading the United States to launch a military strike against Iran, while the people at the White House know that Iran doesn't have any intention of producing nuclear weapons. He believes that Israel has...

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Zionism needs the Israeli Jews to feel frightened

Zionism needs the Israeli Jews to feel frightened

  Kourosh Ziabari - Alan Hart is an indispensable name in journalism. Unquestionably, he has been one of the most influential British journalists with an expertise in the Middle East affairs. A former BBC Panorama presenter, Hart was a close friend of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Hart has interviewed several prominent leaders including Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian Presidents Nasser and Sadat. He was a media correspondent for the Independent Television Network and has covered the Vietnam War and Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well. He is a vocal critic of Israel and its expansionistic policies and has repeatedly reprimanded the Arab leaders...

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Interview with Prof. Gilbert Achcar on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Interview with Prof. Gilbert Achcar on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Kourosh Ziabari - Prof. Gilbert Achcar is a renowned Lebanese academician, writer, socialist and anti-war activist. He left Lebanon in 1983 and taught international relations and politics at the University of Paris VII for several years. Since 2007, Achcar has been Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He is a frequent contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique, Dissident Voice, Fronpage Magazine, Jadaliyya and ZNet. Some of his prominent books include "The Clash of Barbarisms: The Making of the New World Disorder" and "The 33-Day War: Israel’s War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and its Consequences." Prof. Achcar joined me in an interview to discuss...

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Talking with Antony Loewenstein on Iran, Israel and the U.S.

Talking with Antony Loewenstein on Iran, Israel and the U.S.

Kourosh Ziabari - Middle East is witness to continuous developments these days. Iran's active diplomacy to convince the indispensable 118-member bloc of non-aligned countries to support its nuclear program, the growing isolation of Israel in the European countries and within the academic circles of the U.S., Arabs' fear of losing the power game in the Persian Gulf region, the expansion of illegal settlements of Israel in the West Bank and its unremitting disobedience to UNSC resolutions have turned Middle East into the center of international attentions. Iran as the Persian Gulf region's only non-Arab nation, Israel as the world's sole Jewish state and a host of fragile Arab countries who are being immersed in the waves of West's economic...

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Media took place of the Church in the godless society

Media took place of the Church in the godless society

  Kourosh Ziabari - “Media took place of the Church in the godless society. If once, the Pope would send Crusaders upon a crusade, now it is done by Mr. Sulzberger of the New York Times,” Israel Shamir, a Swedish author and journalist says. Shamir made the remarks in a recent interview with the Tehran Times. “We should build alternative news stream, including news agencies and analytic papers; it will speed up freeing us from the clutches of the Matrix,” he added. Shamir is an expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is opposed to the occupation of Palestinian territories by the Israeli regime and has published a number of books on the subject. His articles and books have been translated into French, German,...

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When the U.S. ridicules the principles of free speech

When the U.S. ridicules the principles of free speech

  Kourosh Ziabari - Prof. Terri Ginsberg is an American university professor, film scholar and cultural critic. She made the headlines in 2008 when she was dismissed from her post at the North Carolina State University as a professor of film studies for criticizing the apartheid policies of the Israeli regime and its mistreatment of the Palestinian citizens. She was “punished with partial removal from — and interference in — duty, non-renewal of contract and rejection from a tenure-track position” and then realized that the whole universities across the United States had boycotted her after she applied for 150 jobs but was denied even interviews, which she says was something very unusual for someone with her publishing...

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Israel’s Gaza offensive ‘disqualifies the retaliatory alibi’

Israel’s Gaza offensive ‘disqualifies the retaliatory alibi’

  Kourosh Ziabari -  American journalist and author Belen Fernandez said in an interview with Tehran Times that Israel’s deadly offensive into the Gaza Strip from November 14-21 was not a retaliatory operation as claimed by the majority of Western media, but a violation of the truce that had been brokered between Hamas and the Israeli regime by Egypt on the side of Israel and an unjustifiable killing of the Palestinian civilians. “It is literally impossible to categorize Israel’s assault as “retaliation” given that November 10 obviously falls after November 4, when the IDF murdered a mentally unfit Palestinian man, as well as November 8, when the IDF murdered a teenager playing soccer. The fact that there was an...

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Palestine’s UN membership: the beginning of a long way

Palestine’s UN membership: the beginning of a long way

Kourosh Ziabari - On Thursday evening, the United Nations general assembly firmly endorsed Palestine’s bid for non-permanent observer membership in the 193-member body, recognizing the old aspiration of the Palestinians who have been yearning for regaining their occupied and stolen homeland for more than 64 years and looking forward to the realization of their inalienable rights throughout the course of these breathtaking years. 138 countries voted in favor of the resolution for Palestine’s observer membership to the UN while only 9 states voted against, showing an increased international solidarity with the cause of the Palestinian nation, especially after the deadly Operation Pillar of Defense which claimed the lives of dozens of...

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The maximal Zionist project is to have a minimal Palestine

The maximal Zionist project is to have a minimal Palestine

  Kourosh Ziabari - American journalist and scholar Gregory Harms believes that the recent 8-day Israeli war on the Gaza Strip might have been waged to distract public attention from the internal socioeconomic crises and problems the Israeli regime faces, especially ahead of the January 2013 legislative elections. He believes that launching airstrikes on Gaza may serve to give Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party a secure vote in the upcoming elections. “ushing the Gaza button focuses Israelis on matters of security. The population in Israel is highly manipulated and taught to be fearful… Israel’s isolation is bad for the country and its people; it cultivates a very unhealthy national psychology. As a result - and quite...

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