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Global Research – by Marjorie Cohn

On March 3^rd, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an impassioned plea to the US Congress to protect Israel by opposing diplomacy with Iran. Referring to “the remarkable alliance between Israel and the United States” which includes “generous military assistance and missile defense,” Netanyahu failed to mention that Israel has an arsenal of 100 or 200 nuclear weapons.  

The Six-Day War 

The day before he delivered that controversial address, Netanyahu expressed similar sentiments to AIPAC, Israel’s powerful U.S. lobby. He reiterated the claim that Israel acted in the 1967 Six-Day War “to defend itself.” The narrative that Israel attacked Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in self-defense, seizing the Palestinian territories in the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula in 1967, has remained largely unquestioned in the public discourse. Israel relies on that narrative to continue occupying those Palestinian lands. And the powerful film “Censored Voices,” which premiered at Sundance in February, does not challenge that narrative.   Continue reading “Netanyahu, ‘Censored Voices,’ and the False Narrative of Self-Defense”

SANA

Damascus, SANA-President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Portuguese State Television, RTP, following is the full text:

Question 1: In a few days, it will be 4 years since the protests began in Syria against the government of Bashar al-Assad. From then on it has been a massacre. More than 220 thousand people have died, and there are 4 million displaced people. The arrival of Daesh (Islamic State) has made the situation more grim. For this reasons, it’s important to speak to a key figure in all this process. Today, he gives his first interview ever to a Portuguese media outlet. The Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad.   Continue reading “Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad: “The West has no Desire to Combat Terrorism”. West Channels “Money and Armaments” to ISIS”

Global Research – by Jim Naureckas

Reading the lead stories on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress about Iran in five prominent US papers–the New York Times, Washington Post,LA Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today(all 3/3/15)–what was most striking was what was left out of these articles.

None of them mentioned, for example, that Israel possesses nuclear weapons. Surely this is relevant when a foreign leader says that it needs the United States’ help to stop a rival state from obtaining nuclear weapons: The omission of the obvious phrase “of its own” changes the story entirely.   Continue reading “What Was Missing From the US Mainstream Coverage of Netanyahu’s Speech”

Newsmax – by Todd Beaman

The U.S. is facing an “unprecedented” array of threats around the world — from growing Islamic jihadism to increased aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin to sophisticated technological advances that once were the domain of this country, according to a top Pentagon intelligence official.

“We’re sitting on top of the most powerful military arsenal … ever assembled,” said Garry Reid, a top deputy to Michael Vickers, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, but most “conventional forces and strategic forces are barely applicable to any of these problems.   Continue reading “Top Intel Official: US Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Worldwide Threats”

Silver Doctors – by Jim Willie, GoldenJackass.com

In the closing months of 2014, on numerous occasions the position was put forth that as the days of January stacked up, toward the end of the month and going into February, that the global financial structures would show severe strain, widespread disruptions, and possible signs of cracks in breakdown. The forecasts were clearly stated and repeated. Even the present flow of events has been shocking, despite the expectation.

The forecast certainly has proven correct.   Continue reading “Jim Willie: US Dollar Will Not Survive 2015!”

ABC News 7 – by Dave Evans

NEW YORK (WABC) — Snow has started piling up in the New York area with the worst of it expected overnight. Meteorologist Lee Goldberg said the storm would build into a blizzard and dump up to two feet of snow on parts of the area. Here are the latest headlines:

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency and instituted a travel ban beginning at 11 p.m. in all 13 affected counties. Mayor Bill de Blasio also announced a local emergency and barred all non-emergency traffic from New York City roads starting at 11 p.m. He also announced that all New York City public schools will be CLOSED on Tuesday.   Continue reading “‘Historic’ Blizzard Pounds New York Area; Ny, Nj And Ct Declare States Of Emergency”

Independent – by Andrew Buncombe

What, precisely, does Senator Roger Wicker know about the climate that everyone else has missed?

Why, when even his Republican colleague James Inhoffe – a man who once dismissed climate climate as a “hoax” – vote that it is real, does Mr Wicker continue to insist it is not.   Continue reading “Roger Wicker: Meet the one (and only) US senator who still thinks climate change is a hoax”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Having noted that voter angst has been riled, propagandized, and fear-mongered to the point at which the most pressing priority for Congress is to ‘fix’ terrorism, it is perhaps not entirely surprising that we discover – deep down in the archives – that giving the public someone to ‘hate’ as opposed to somethingmay have been an entire fiction. As The New York Times exposed in 2007, Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, the titular head of the Islamic State, according to Brigadier General Kevin Bergner – the chief American military spokesman at the time – never existed (and was actually a fictional character whose audio-taped declarations were provided by an elderly actor named Abu Adullah al-Naima).   Continue reading “The US Military’s Stunning Conspiracy Theory Emerges From The Archives: “ISIS Leader Does Not Exist””

The commie devils who have orchestrated this are sure working hard and together, to further their diabolical plans. As I continue to learn, things get clearer.

The Straits Times

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Friday urged European governments to try to better assimilate their Muslim minority populations as they respond to extremist attacks like last week’s shootings in Paris.   Continue reading “Obama: Europe should better integrate Muslims”

CNN – by Jose Pagliery

19,000 French civilian websites are under attack by hackers, according to France’s head of cyberdefense.

The scope of attacks is unprecedented, Rear Admiral Arnaud Coustillière said at a press conference Thursday.

The French Defense Ministry and ANSSI, that country’s version of the NSA, confirmed to CNNMoney that they have monitored a large wave of cyberattacks on all sorts of French websites.   Continue reading “19,000 French websites under attack”

ABC News – by JULIE PACE and NANCY BENAC

The State of the Union just isn’t what it used to be.

Sure, the pageantry and theatrics of the annual presidential address will all be there. The stem-winder of a speech from President Barack Obama. The standing ovations from his supporters, and strategic smirks and scowls from his opponents. The wall-to-wall media coverage and cable news countdown clocks.

But viewership is falling, with 20 million fewer people watching last year’s State of the Union compared to Bill Clinton’s address at the same point in his presidency. Congress rarely follows through on the policy proposals the president unveils. And this year, the battle lines between Obama and the new Republican-led Congress will have already been set before the president arrives on Capitol Hill for the annual address to a joint session of Congress and a television audience of millions.   Continue reading “Rethinking the Big Speech That Isn’t So Big Anymore”

The Hill – by Sarah Ferris

The leader of the agency charged with the ObamaCare rollout is stepping down after five years on the job.

Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), announced her departure Friday, which will take effect next month.

“It is with sadness and mixed emotions that I write to tell you that February will be my last month serving as the administrator for CMS,” Tavenner wrote in an email to staff.   Continue reading “Top ObamaCare official stepping down”

RT

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote in February to decide whether municipalities can bypass state laws to provide their own internet service – a policy that President Barack Obama threw his weight behind earlier this week.

The vote is controversial but has support from the Obama administration, and proponents say it would give the public more options and faster service. Many Republicans and opponents argue that permitting such behavior exceeds the FCC’s authority.   Continue reading “FCC to vote on Obama’s call for government-run internet next month”