News Releases

  • Challenging Israel’s Impunity

    Jereski states that “the U.S. government has worked to subvert international law and we need to bring an end to Israel’s impunity.” He notes that while the U.S. is trying to legitimize Israeli control of more of Gaza, the UN Uniting for Peace resolution of Sept. 18, 2024 “Demands that Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory … and do so no later than 12 months from the adoption of the present resolution.”


  • The Washington Post vs. Social Spending

    Writing for FAIR, Conor Smyth argues that the Washington Post has erred in its recent coverage of European social spending. In an article this month titled “Europe’s High Quality of Life Is Getting Hard to Afford. Just Ask France,” the Post argues that Europe needs to embrace cuts. 


  • Record Israeli Attacks on West Bank: Palestinians “Need to be Protected”

    “On the first day of the olive harvest in Turmus’ayyer, the Israeli Defense Force leads a group of farmers directly into a brutal ambush by armed settlers. These people need to be in prison by tomorrow, and the people of this village, and all across Palestine, need to be protected. Enough is enough.”


  • “Shadow President” Larry Ellison: Targeting Media and Gaza

    Israeli media outlet N12 reports in Hebrew that Larry Ellison is ready to put $350 million into a plan backed by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, along with Palantir boss Peter Thiel, to turn Gaza into a haven for billionaires. See summary by The Canary. 


  • Flotilla Activists Abducted by Israel Demand Release of Mohammed Ibrahim

    “Here & Now” reports: “more than 10,000 Palestinians remain in Israeli custody, and most are held without charges. Among the imprisoned is 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim. His family has been tirelessly trying to secure his release since he was taken by Israeli soldiers eight months ago.”


  • “The Muslim World: A Requiem”

    “Let us be honest: most Muslim-majority governments today are client states, marionettes in a puppet theatre directed by Western powers, primarily the United States. Iran is the notable exception, though even it often walks the tightrope between pragmatism and defiance. The rest?“


  • Israel Still Occupies Most of Gaza; Still Holds Thousands without Charge

    Nesrine Malik writes in the Guardian: “Devastation’s perpetrators disqualified themselves long ago from any mandate over the people they have aided in killing and shattering. … The crimes that have been committed cannot be redressed, or even prevented from recurring, if the conditions that enabled their perpetrators continue.”


  • Trump at Knesset Credits Big Funder Adelson for Shifting Policy

    “I actually asked [Miriam Adelson], I’m going to get her in trouble with this, but I actually asked her once. I said, ‘So Miriam, I know you love Israel, what do you love more, the United States or Israel?’ She refused to answer. That means, that might mean Israel.”


  • Public Health Association Bars Leader After Peaceful Protest for Gaza Ceasefire

    The American Public Health Association (APHA) has barred public health leader Amy Hagopian from APHA meetings and removed her from her elected position after she engaged in a silent, peaceful protest against the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in 2024. The protest occurred at APHA’s annual meeting, after the organization’s governing council declined to consider a statement promoting a ceasefire in the war on Gaza.


  • Using “Counterterrorism” Policy Against the Left

    Chip Gibbons writes that in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, the Trump administration has seized the opportunity to attack the left through reinvigorated “counterterrorism” policy. 


  • * Kay * Kerry * Public Opinion

    JIM NAURECKAS David Kay testified today in Congress about his inability to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Naureckas is editor of Extra!, the magazine of FAIR, which has published numerous pieces on the “missing” weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Naureckas said today: “Media are puzzling over how the intelligence could have been…

  • The Buying of the President 2004

    The Center for Public Integrity has released The Buying of the President 2004: Who’s Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers –and What They Expect in Return. Among the findings: GEORGE W. BUSH: The top career donor for Bush is the scandal-ridden Enron Corp. The President’s campaign has already raised more money than any other…

  • The Democrats and Weapons of Mass Destruction

    While many have called on President Bush to offer an explanation for his false claims about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction, several Democratic presidential candidates have made similar claims. Here are candidate statements made before the occupation of Iraq: JOHN KERRY: “Why is Saddam Hussein attempting to develop nuclear weapons when most nations don’t…

  • State of the Union — Interviews Available: *Iraq * Marriage * Health Care * Jobs

    NANCY LESSIN A founding member of Military Families Speak Out, Lessin organized a protest last night outside the Capitol as President Bush gave his State of the Union address. She said today: “Bush says ‘No one can now doubt the word of America.’ But from his distortions about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, to his…

  • New York Times Column Today Shines Light on British Whistleblower;

    Breaking a silence shared with almost all major U.S. media outlets, the New York Times on Monday (Jan. 19) for the first time informed its readers about Katharine Gun — thanks to a column on its op-ed page. As the British press began reporting two months ago, Gun is a former UK intelligence agency employee…

  • Bush’s Space Program: A Future Armada?

    President Bush is expected to make a statement Wednesday regarding U.S. government plans for space. The following analysts are available for interviews: BRUCE GAGNON Director of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and author of the recent article “Bush Plays with Fire: Launching a Dangerous Space Policy,” Gagnon said today: “The…

  • * Perspectives on a “Southern Strategy” * The First Primary: D.C. * Reparations Lawsuit Filed

    KEVIN GRAY A contributing editor to Black News in Columbia, S.C., Gray is author of the forthcoming book The Death of Black Politics. He said today: “The Democratic Party needs to consider a different ‘Southern strategy.’ In South Carolina, there are 800,000 eligible black voters and 575,175 registered black voters; only 282,000 voted in 2002.…

  • What’s Behind Bush’s Immigration Move?

    With a meeting scheduled next week between President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox in Mexico, the following analysts are available for interviews about Bush’s new proposal on immigration: RAUL YZAGUIRRE, [via Lisa Navarrete] Yzaguirre is president of the National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights organization. He said: “The president’s…

  • Mideast Nukes: Interviews Available

    Syrian President Bashar Assad told the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph this week that elimination of weapons of mass destruction in the Mideast should include Israel’s nuclear arsenal. [Information on Israel’s arsenal is available at: www.msnbc.com/news/wld/graphics/strategic_israel_dw.htm.] The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, has recently urged Israel to follow the example of…

  • Mad Cow Disease: Who’s Being Protected?

    JOHN STAUBER Coauthor of the book Mad Cow USA (now available in PDF at http://www.prwatch.org/books/madcow.html), Stauber is executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy. He said today: “The USDA’s latest steps on mad cow disease are pathetic. The U.S. government is repeating the mistakes Britain made 15 years ago. The British have since…

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