Iran

Prospect Of War With Iran Sees Salon Reporter Do Battle With NBC

David Taintor | February 29, 2012, 3:48PM

The tone in reporting on a potential military conflict with Iran has entered a new phase in recent weeks, with the saber rattling seemingly reaching a fever pitch.

From the New York Times recently reporting on how Israel would carry out a strike against Iran, to pundits casually throwing around the words "bomb Iran," to presidential candidates trying to out-tough each other on a daily basis, the prospect of a potential military conflict with Iran is increasingly discussed less in terms of "if" but of "when."

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Israel

Charges Of Occupy Wall Street Anti-Semitism Find Audience On The Right

Jillian Rayfield | October 19, 2011, 6:10AM

Is Occupy Wall Street anti-Semitic? Some groups on the political right really want you to think so.

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Pamela Geller

Pamela Geller Planning Lawsuit Over Rejected Subway Ad Calling Israel's Enemies 'Savages'

Jillian Rayfield | September 27, 2011, 10:44AM

Conservative activist Pamela Geller

Atlas Shrugs blogger and noted Islamophobe Pamela Geller says she will file a lawsuit against New York City's MTA, after they rejected her subway ad calling Israel's enemies "savages."

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Stephen Colbert

Colbert: Israeli Vulture Spy Proves 'Jews Control The Animal Kingdom' (VIDEO)

David Taintor | January 14, 2011, 11:20AM

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert last night said the Israeli vulture captured in Saudi Arabia on spying allegations proves that "Jews control the animal kingdom."

"Sure it may sound farfetched, but we already know Jews can fly," Colbert said. "How did that fiddler get on the roof?"

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Israel

Saudi Prince Clears Israeli Vulture Of Spying Allegations

Jillian Rayfield | January 11, 2011, 1:37PM

A Saudi Arabian prince has announced that a tagged Israeli vulture captured last week and accused of being a Mossad agent will be released, according to ABC News.

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Israel

Israeli Scientist To Saudi Arabia: Can We Have Our Vulture Back?

Jillian Rayfield | January 7, 2011, 1:21PM

"Cap de Bonne-Espérance" (Cape of Good Hope) by Roland Topor.

An Israeli scientist is calling for Saudi Arabia to return a tagged vulture that Saudi officials reportedly arrested this week on suspicion of being a Mossad spy.

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Israel

Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture For Being Mossad Spy

Jillian Rayfield | January 4, 2011, 12:04PM

"Cap de Bonne-Espérance" (Cape of Good Hope) by Roland Topor.

Saudi Arabian officials have reportedly arrested a vulture suspected of being a Mossad spy, after the bird, tagged by Israeli scientists, flew into Saudi territory today.

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Israel

The Gaza Flotilla Raid: What Happened On The Ship? (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | June 4, 2010, 6:19PM

Injured being evacuated after Israeli raid on flotilla

Monday's raid by Israeli naval commandos on a ship bearing medical, construction, and other supplies for the Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of at least nine civilians. Many aspects of the episode -- the blockade, the run-up to the confrontation, the law governing international waters, etc. -- are being fiercely contested. But what about what actually happened when Israeli commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara?

The Gaza-bound boat was 80 miles from the Israeli coast with nearly 600 passengers on board when Israel soldiers from the naval special forces unit Shayetet 13 boarded the vessel in the dark early Monday morning.

The basic competing narratives are: the passengers mobbed the soldiers with crude but effective weapons, prompting the soldiers to fire bullets in self defense vs. the soldiers fired live weapons indiscriminately, starting from the helicopter above before they even boarded the ship.

But let's take a closer look at the various written and video accounts.

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Furkan Dogan

Reports: Young U.S. Citizen Killed By IDF In Gaza Flotilla Raid

Justin Elliott | June 3, 2010, 9:06AM

Injured being evacuated after Israeli raid on flotilla

A U.S. citizen was killed by Israeli commandos Monday during the raid of the Free Gaza flotilla, multiple media outlets are reporting.

Al Jazeera reports the man's name is Furkan Dogan, with ABC reporting he was 19 years old. Dogan was reportedly of Turkish descent and lived in Turkey.

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AIPAC

Code Pink: We're Behind Hoax AIPAC Demand For Settlement Freeze

Justin Elliott | March 22, 2010, 2:45PM

Code Pink's Medea Benjamin

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink tells TPMmuckraker that the left-wing activist group orchestrated the bogus AIPAC press release calling for a settlement freeze that got picked up by several major news organizations today.

Benjamin says she and a colleague stood outside the AIPAC conference hall today dressed in suits and handed out copies of the statement to confused attendees.

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AIPAC

AIPAC, Press Get Punk'd By Fake Call For Settlement Freeze

Justin Elliott | March 22, 2010, 9:36AM

A scene from the 2010 AIPAC conference

The top spokesman for AIPAC says someone created a hoax version of his email address and blasted out a statement calling on Israel to stop building new settlements, which was picked up by NPR, Politico's Laura Rozen reports.

Similarly, ABC's Jake Tapper tweeted the bogus news this morning (see image below) before deleting the item and tweeting "Whoa--- that was a hoax. AIPAC is NOT calling for a settlement freeze- someone staged a very elaborate fake email/press release. V odd."

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Israel-Palestine

GOP Senate Contender Kirk Is Favorite Of Pro-Israel PACs

Justin Elliott | February 4, 2010, 11:28AM

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL)

Republican Rep. Mark Kirk enters the Illinois Senate race as the member of the House who has consistently reaped the biggest contribution totals from pro-Israel PACs, making a name for himself through five terms in Congress as a hardline leader on legislation relating to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Kirk, who is considered a moderate Republican on most issues, sailed to an easy victory in the GOP primary this week and goes into the general election race as a strong contender for Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

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Joe Klein

Moderator: Klein, Kirchick 'Went At Each Other From The Get-Go'

Zachary Roth | November 12, 2009, 12:25PM

Jaime Kirchick and Joe Klein

A raging expletive-filled shouting match between Time's Joe Klein and The New Republic's Jamie Kirchick, written up by the Washington Post, has been gripping the blogosphere.

And now we've gotten a few more choice details from the man who moderated Tuesday's panel discussion on ""The Pro-Israel Lobby and the Media," at which the war of words took place.

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