Robert Fantina

Robert Fantina is an author and peace activist. His writing has appeared on Mondoweiss, Counterpunch and other sites. He authored Empire, Racism and Genocide: A History of U.S. Foreign Policy and Essays on Palestine.

Why Can Israel Have A Nuke, But Not Iran? Ask The US

With billions in military aid from the U.S. each year, it’s difficult to see what threat a nuclear Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, truly poses to Israel, a country which still won’t confirm or deny its nuclear arsenal.

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Israel's Sorek nuclear reactor center near the central Israeli town of Yavne.

KITCHENER, Ontario --- With the long-awaited agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany) finally signed, it appears that Iran will continue its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, which it has always stated was its intent. This agreement was welcomed throughout most of

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Land Of The Prejudiced, Home Of The Bigoted: America’s Long History Of Hatred Continues

How many innocent Muslims will die because of hatred born of ignorance and nurtured by both a corporate-owned government needing an enemy to fight and a corporate-owned media willing to fan the flames of jingoistic prejudice?

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An American protester in Washington, D.C. holding a sign saying he's Islamophobic.

KITCHENER, Ontario, Canada --- Over the past year or so, and accelerating in the last several months, there have been numerous events wherein Muslims have been targeted for assault or abuse simply because of their religion. For example, on Aug. 14, 2014, Andrea Tantaros of FOX News said this regarding Muslims: “If you study the history of Islam.

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America Raises False Flags To Start Wars

For generations, the U.S. has been successful in deceiving its citizens, and a good part of the world, that it is a beacon of freedom and peace. Yet this facade is crumbling and people are waking up to the truth, which could have major implications for the Iran deal.

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In this March 13, 1964 file photo, President Lyndon Johnson, right, talks with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, center sitting, after McNamara returned from a fact-finding trip to South Vietnam, at the White House in Washington. Fifty years ago Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, reacting to reports of a U.S. Navy encounter with enemy warships in the Gulf of Tonkin off Vietnam, reports long since discredited, Johnson signed a resolution passed overwhelmingly by Congress that historians call the crucial catalyst for deep American involvement in the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/File)

KITCHENER, Ontario --- As this is being written, Congress is experiencing extensive and dramatic hand-wringing as it decides between doing what is best for the country and the world or doing what is best for the American Israel Political Affairs Committee. This is no easy task for members of Congress, especially Democrats who, on the one hand, want

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The Monster Under Netanyahu’s Bed: Palestinian ‘Threats’ To Israeli Security

The U.S. has supported the majority of crimes Israel has committed since its inception. Its lofty rhetoric about human rights and self-determination are not applied equally, particularly when it comes to matter of “security.”

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Benjamin Netanyahu

An old bromide that both Israel and the United States use to justify ongoing Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians is that Israeli “security” is threatened by almost anything Palestinians do. If Palestinians residing in the West Bank wish to go from their home to the store without passing through numerous Israeli-staffed checkpoints, Israel’s

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Israel’s Siege On Gaza Is Worse Than You Think

Despite the hardships of life in besieged enclave, it is not despair that this writer hears, but a remarkable resilience; a strong determination to carry on with life, to live, love, learn and hope and work for freedom.

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a Palestinian girl walks next to destroyed houses, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City

THE GAZA STRIP --- Late last month, when Israel violated international law by boarding and “redirecting” foreign ships in international waters, ships that were going to the Gaza Strip, Oren Rozenblat, deputy spokesman for Israel’s foreign ministry, made this statement: “In Gaza there is no humanitarian crisis whatsoever. I can say it very clearly,

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Israel On The Run

Becoming a global pariah.

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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, right and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrive to attend the opening session of the World Economic Forum at the King Hussien convention center, Southern Shuneh, Jordan, Friday, May 22, 2015. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday said Israel is blocking peace by continuing to expand settlements on occupied territory, but reaffirmed his support for a two-state solution based on the pre-1967 border.

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, right and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrive to attend the opening session of the World Economic Forum at the King Hussien convention center, Southern Shuneh, Jordan, Friday, May 22, 2015.  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday said Israel is blocking peace by continuing to expand settlements

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