Greg Stoker

Greg Stoker is a former US Army Ranger with a background in human intelligence collection and analysis. After serving four combat deployments in Afghanistan, he studied anthropology and International Relations at Columbia University. He is currently a military and geopolitical analyst, and a social media “influencer,” though he hates the term.

Israel’s Device Attacks in Lebanon Reveal it’s Military Limits, with Mike Prysner

Mike Prysner discusses Israel’s device attacks in Lebanon and what they reveal about the nation’s shrinking military options.

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Website - Israel Pager Attacks

Detonating countless pagers, now two-way radios as well, scattered all over a wide-ranging civilian population with no knowledge or accountability of where they would detonate fits any Western definition of terrorism. On Tuesday, Israeli intelligence services detonated thousands of pager devices used by members of Hezbollah's military units and

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Israel Targets International Law Amid ICC Warrant Fears – Featuring Kristen Zornada

Join State of Play as lawyer Kristen Zornada unpacks Israel’s lobbying of U.S. Congress to block South Africa’s ICJ case. We explore pending ICC warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, and Israel’s growing isolation on the global stage.

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Israel ICC Warrants with Kristen Zornada

Last week, Israeli government spokespeople and hasbara efforts went into overdrive, attacking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and South Africa’s genocide case against Israel’s war on Gaza. The Jerusalem Post, Israel’s largest English-language newspaper and the most-read English news website in the country posted a series of

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Internal Israeli Leaks, US Nonprofits Tied to Torture Camps and 9/11 Narratives

Leaked documents reveal U.S. funding behind Israeli torture camps, as Israel’s internal dissent grows and 9/11 propaganda is reignited to justify war in West Asia.

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بواسطة Greg Stoker
Website Israeli Internal Leaks

The events of September 11, 2001, were rehashed ad nauseam yesterday. Reawakening the revenant of global terrorism in light of Israel’s belligerent stance in West Asia is essential for the United State’s interventionist agenda. While Vice President Kamala Harris may be an aspirational neoliberal warlord, the U.S. political and military apparatus is

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Aysenur Eygi: American Lives Matter… But Not All of Them

As the Biden administration vows swift action against Hamas for killing an Israeli-American, the silence surrounding the death of American activist Aysenur Eygi at the hands of Israeli forces exposes a glaring double standard.

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Aysenur Eygi - Israel Kills American Activist

On February 3, 2024, President Biden declared, "If you harm an American, we will respond." His remarks followed the deaths of three U.S. service members stationed at an airbase in Jordan, reportedly caused by a suicide drone attack launched by an Iraqi militia However, this statement brings into sharp relief the unequal value placed on American

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Western Crackdowns Target Journalists and Activists Critical of Israel

With the arrest of journalists and activists in the UK and U.S., Western governments are sending a message to critics of Israel’s Gaza policy: dissent will not be tolerated.

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Western Journalists Arrested Website

As the ceasefire deal drifts further out of reach due to the dispute over the Philadelphi Corridor, Western governments are ramping up their media and activism crackdowns. From the detention of UK-based journalists Richard Medhurst and Sarah Wilkinson to the FBI’s raid on former Marine Intelligence officer Scott Ritter's home and the U.S. Marshals'

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A War Crime America Tried to Forget: Haditha Massacre with Marine Lawyer Haytham Faraj

Retired Marine Corps officer and military lawyer Haaytham Faraj joins State of Play to discuss the Haditha Massacre, U.S. war crimes, and the culture of cover-ups.

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Haditha Massacre Feature photo

The Iraq War remains one of the clearest examples of how imperialism has devastated West Asia. While the overthrow of Saddam Hussein was championed as a move toward freedom, it instead led to a bloody vacuum of power, directly contributing to the rise of ISIS and the deaths of over a million people. While American soldiers also suffered trauma,

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اتفاق وقف إطلاق النار في غزة يتعثر مع أنطوني لوينشتاين

مع تعثر محادثات وقف إطلاق النار، نزل المواطنون الإسرائيليون إلى الشوارع مطالبين بنهج جديد. فهل تكون هذه الحركة المتنامية داخل إسرائيل بمثابة المحفز لإنهاء العنف في غزة؟

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بواسطة Greg Stoker
Website Antony Lowenstein

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has returned to the Middle East, starting in Israel and continuing to Egypt, to garner support for a multilateral ceasefire in Gaza. However, his efforts face severe challenges. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is staunchly opposed to a genuine ceasefire, and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar refuses to

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