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Former Israeli PM Vindicated on Two Corruption Charges

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 10, 2012 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be where he is today without the corruption charges that toppled the government of his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, in 2009. Although Olmert (above) is not quite out of the woods, he was cleared of two major allegations Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Claims Victory as Military Seizes Power

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 18, 2012 Mohamed Morsi is the first freely elected president of Egypt, according to his party, the Muslim Brotherhood But the Islamist candidate, who beat out the man anointed by former dictator Hosni Mubarak in a runoff election Monday, may have few powers to exercise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Pecking Order in Israel

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2012 Israeli institutions' decision-making processes exclude women, Arabs and Mizrahim; television shows reflect how isolated white America is actually becoming; meanwhile, can women reclaim and redefine "slut" during the war against women? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Paul Krugman Avoids Thinking About Israel

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2012 The New York Times columnist is paid for his opinions, but he says, "like many liberal American Jews I basically avoid thinking about where Israel is going" And where it's going, writes Krugman, is "national suicide". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gulf States Will Pay Syrian Rebels, Defectors

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2012 After an international conference in Turkey, the Syrian National Council said it will receive millions a month in funding from wealthy Gulf nations to pay Syrians who are either rebelling against or defecting from President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Faking the ‘Truth About Trayvon’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2012 Fake photographs of Trayvon Martin are being used to diminish public concern about his killing; emails and other documents of the Department of Homeland Security reveal that the hacktivist group Anonymous was investigated as a dangerous security threat; Egyptian women are finding ways to express their revolutionary voices through music. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israel Won’t Alert U.S. Before Any Strike on Iran, a Top Source Says

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2012 AP claims a source familiar with high-level American-Israeli discussions says Israeli officials have made it clear they will not alert the U.S. before any attack by their country on Iran. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Contemplates ‘Additional Measures’ for Syria

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2012 Press representatives at the White House and the State Department are using the same vague phrase, "additional measures," to describe the administration's mystery plan for addressing the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrians ‘Radicalized by Terror’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2012 Syrian forces are shelling Homs while across the country, reports ITN's Jonathan Rugman, "state brutality has failed to crush" the popular uprising. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

State Department to Downsize Massive Baghdad Embassy

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2012 A $750 million, 104-acre complex that employs 16,000 people might have been George W. Bush's concept of an embassy, but the people who run the country that happens to surround America's fortress in Baghdad aren't thrilled and the State Department has decided to scale back. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran and Israel: Only Half the Story

Barry Lando / Truthdig Feb 8, 2012 In the brief interview he gave NBC before the Super Bowl, President Obama declared, “I’ve been very clear that we’re going to do everything we can to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and creating an arms race, a nuclear arms race, in a volatile region.” Sounds like a very laudable goal, right? Except for the fact that the nuclear arms race in the Middle East is already under way. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Our Sky Is Our Sky, Not the USA’s Sky’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2012 Those words above belong to Iraq's acting minister of the interior, Adnan al-Asadi, who is quoted by The New York Times among other Iraqi officials reacting negatively to the State Department's unmanned (and unauthorized) surveillance drones flying over Baghdad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )