Does The Tail Wag The Dog? How Both Sides Are Missing The Bigger Picture
Binary thinking in the argument over whether the US or Israel is driving the illegal war on Iran obscures far more than it illuminates. The truth is the dog and…
Israel Planned This War on Iran for 40 years. Everything Else is a Smoke Screen
Jonathan Cook Substack It is near impossible to make sense – at least from the justifications on offer – of what US President Donald Trump really hopes to achieve with…
In Iran, Israel’s Morbid Military Cult Now Has the US Fully in its Grip
Jonathan Cook Substack The admission this week by US secretary of state Marco Rubio, echoed by Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, that Israel forced Washington’s hand in…
Ch4 Doc Shows Starmer’s Ban on Palestine Action Was Done To Protect the Arms Industry
Why is it still ok to imply that Palestinians are collectively responsible for the actions of Hamas?
The BBC Pushes the Case for an Illegal War on Iran With Even Bigger Lies Than Trump’s
The UK state broadcaster streams disinformation into our living rooms – deceptions that not only leave us clueless about important international events but drive us ever closer to global conflagration.
Genocide Isn’t a Mistake. Which Is Why the Media Can’t Tell You the Truth About Gaza
A new film about Hind Rajab’s murder points to a deeply sick Israeli society, driven into the darkest of places by a racist ideology that says Jewish lives count, Palestinian…
Four Observations on the US Kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro
Difficult as it is for westerners to hear, we don’t need a stronger West, we need a weaker one. Harder still, Trump is teaching us that the very concept of…
How Reporting Facts Can Now Land You in Jail for 14 Years as a Terrorist
Starmer’s government has set the most dangerous of precedents: it can now outlaw any political group it chooses as a terrorist organisation – and thereby make it impossible to defend…
Western Elites Fear a ‘Globalised Intifada’ Because They Are Its Targets, Not Jews
While western publics are being demonised as racists, the technology and strategies used today against Palestinians will become the walls of tomorrow’s prisons for us all.
The Lobby Is Milking the Bondi Beach Attack To Silence Critics of Israel’s Genocide
It is years of dedicated work by the Israel lobby that has ensured the mass murder of Palestinians is viewed by governments, the media and parts of the Jewish community…
Review Judge Pulled From Palestine Action Hearing at Last Hour, in Patent Stitch-Up
Having a ruling from a panel of three judges is a desperate attempt to create a veneer of judicial authority in support of the actions of Keir Starmer’s outlaw government.
Jonathan Cook: Confronting The Media’s Gaza Group-Think
The western media’s failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this. Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about…
BBC News Has a Long Record of Disinformation. But This Time It Chose the Wrong Target
The BBC’s now in a death loop: it grows ever more craven to the billionaires, shifting the political centre of gravity further rightwards, even as the billionaire-owned media claim it’s…
Islam vs the West: The Four Biggest Fallacies About Islam Explained
Isn’t Islam inherently violent? What stopped the Islamic world having an Enlightenment? Why are some Muslims so into head-chopping? And isn’t Hamas the same as Islamic State?
A Tale of Two Chants: Why Starmer Now Casts Even the British Police As Antisemitic
Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting ‘Death to the IDF!’ Four months on, he’s bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant…