Writer
Jonathan Cook
Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His latest books are “Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East” (Pluto Press) and “Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair” (Zed Books). His website is http://www.jonathan-cook.net/ and you can also find his articles on https://jonathancook.substack.com/.
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Capitalism’s in-house critic: Hedges’ Monbiot interview
Capitalism would need to invent a Guardian, if it did not already exist, writes Jonathan Cook. And in turn, The Guardian would need to invent a George Monbiot if he was not already one of its columnists. Continue reading »
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Is this how western media would report Netanyahu’s killing by Hezbollah?
Western journalists claim to report the news objectively and fairly. If they really did, this is what coverage of Netanyahu’s assassination might look like… Continue reading »
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Media complicit in the crimes of Israel
The pro-Israel bias in Western reporting makes the media utterly complicit in Israel’s war crimes, including when Israeli soldiers throw Palestinians off a roof. Continue reading »
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The World Court has cleared the fog hiding western support for Israel’s crimes
The legal ruling by the world’s highest court obliges Western states not just to end their persecution of the boycott movement but to take up that cause as their own. Continue reading »
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In our make-believe politics, the strings pulled by the super-rich are all too visible
Biden wanders offstage or walks like a geriatric robot. Yet we are meant to believe he’s carefully navigating us through the nuclear tripwires of the West’s serial wars. Continue reading »
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The West now wants ‘restraint’- after months of fuelling a genocide in Gaza
The Middle East is on the brink of war precisely because western politicians indulged for decades every military excess by Israel. Continue reading »
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How the left became cheerleaders for US imperialism
Figureheads like the Guardian’s George Monbiot have wrecked the left’s ability to think critically, encouraging an analysis of power politics more suited to the playground. Continue reading »
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In waging war on the UN refugee agency, the West is openly siding with Israeli genocide
Israel has long plotted the downfall of UNRWA, aware that it is one of the biggest obstacles to eradicating the Palestinians as a people. Continue reading »
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The West will stand in the dock alongside Israel at the genocide court
Israel’s allies aren’t just turning a blind eye to Gaza’s killing fields. They have cheered on the bloodshed, provided diplomatic cover and supplied the arms. Continue reading »
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What our Media fails to tell you about October 7
It is journalistic malpractice for the media to still be repeating so credulously the Israeli military’s account of that day. Continue reading »
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How the media do PR for Biden and Zelensky
Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and Nord Stream pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts. Continue reading »
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Israel is not suddenly a more racist state. It is simply growing more confident about admitting its racism to the world
The most disturbing outcome of Israel’s general election this week was not the fact that an openly fascist party won the third-biggest tally of seats, or that it is about to become the lynchpin of the next government. It is how little will change, in Israel or abroad, as a result. Continue reading »
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Was there a Wuhan lab leak? Why an inquiry won’t dig out the truth
A year ago, the idea that Covid-19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan – a short distance from the wet market that is usually claimed to be the source of the virus – was dismissed as a crackpot theory, supported only by Donald Trump, QAnon and hawks on the right looking to escalate tensions dangerously Continue reading »
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Antisemitism claims mask a reign of political and cultural terror across Europe (Blog, Dec 11, 2020)
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism. Continue reading »
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The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life. Why is the paper so silent? (Counter Punch Sep 24, 2020)
Julian Assange is not on trial simply for his liberty and his life. He is fighting for the right of every journalist to do hard-hitting investigative journalism without fear of arrest and extradition to the United States. Continue reading »
