A New Water-Sharing Agreement Will Benefit Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians
For nine years, Mahmoud Abbas tried to obstruct cooperation.
July 17, 2017
The Myth of the CIA’s Meddling in Iran’s 1953 Coup
The original sin of U.S. Iran policy never happened.
In 1953, a failed coup in Persia, aimed at ousting Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq, was launched with the support of U.S. and British intelligence. Shortly thereafter, the Iranian military deposed Mossadeq successfully. According to the version of events later cited by Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and Barack Obama, as well as by propagandists of the Islamic Republic, the coup was an Anglo-American plot that overthrew the duly elected government of Persia. But, writes Ray Takeyh, this version mainly from a self-aggrandizing memoir by the CIA agent Kermit Roosevelt. Newly released documents—whose declassification was delayed by John Kerry—tell a very different story:
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The Myth of the CIA’s Meddling in Iran’s 1953 Coup
The original sin of U.S. Iran policy never happened.
The World’s Oldest Archaeological Journal Cancels a Conference in Order to Boycott Israel
Ignoring “Jewish excavations” in the name of “neutrality.”
Remembering Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Crusader for Freedom
The empty chair that spooked a superpower.
The Jews Who Lived under “Free Imprisonment” in Fascist Italy
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