Global pharmaceuticals companies, which often argue that Israel should pass stricter legislation to protect intellectual property, have received support from an unexpected corner recently: the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep),…
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Palestinian State Top Obama US Middle East Policy Priority
Radio France Internationale RFI: King Abdullah of Jordan met this week in Washington with President Barak Obama. The monarch was the first Middle East leader invited to visit during the new administration. The…
Suspend the US-Israel Trade Agreement
A 92 page legal filing urges the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to immediately suspend preferential Israeli access to the US market. In 1983 the Israeli Prime Minister and American Israel Public…
Israeli Nuclear Arsenal Prohibits US Foreign Aid Under Symington Amendment
The declassified US Army report titled “The Joint Operating Environment 2008” identifies Israel as a nuclear weapons power. Specifically the US Army highlights “a growing arc of nuclear powers running from Israel…
Trial for AIPAC Employees Indicted Under Espionage Act
Shutting down the current US v Rosen and Weissman case before it goes to trial would similarly short circuit rule of law in the United States. Only a public trial can reveal…
Israel’s government abuses Free Trade Agreement with US
Free trade agreements (FTAs) are supposed to help American businesses improve their profits, create more jobs and build their industries by opening new markets for export of their products with foreign countries…
Commercial Espionage and the US-Israel Trade Agreement
Chicago radio host Ray Hanania and Grant Smith discuss an upcoming IRmep report about the US-Israel Free Trade Area (FTA): 1. Impact of AIPAC and the Israeli government’s acquisition of business confidential information…
Obama Finally Dismisses “War on Terror” Policy Framework
Radio France Internationale RFI: On Monday President Obama stopped in Turkey during his European tour. Turkey is the largest NATO and Muslim ally of the US. In Ankara President Obama sought to restore…
Does the Obama Troop Withdrawal Mean Anything?
Radio France: What is the significance of the announced troop withdrawal from Iraq?Grant F. Smith: We’ll have to see. Moving from the current number to 50,000 seems like an improvement, but who’s going to remain in all…
Obama, Iran and the Israel Lobby
This week Al Jazeera English is broadcasting a special report about the Obama administration, regional policy and the Israel Lobby. Al Jazeera has an audience reach of over 120 million households in…
AIPAC Trade Secrets Leak Led to $71 Billion Export Loss
Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch via PRNewsWire The ITC compiled “business confidential” information and intellectual property solicited from US corporations and industry associations into a classified report for the negotiations. But on August…
Should AIPAC Decide What’s Classified?
On Feb. 17, Judge T.S. Ellis added a new twist in the case of two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) executives indicted under the 1917 Espionage Act. In what the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Secrecy…
Will Obama Break the Law for Israel’s Sake?
Since entering office, President Barack Obama has promised sweeping changes in three aspects of governance: transparency, law enforcement, and stewardship of American tax dollars. For a public weary of law enforcement forever…
American Finance and the End of Empire: Time for Lessons from Islamic Banking?
Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) IRmep International Fellow Tanya Cariina Hsu …It was the best con game in town: get paid well for selling vast amounts of risk, fail, and then…
Dennis Ross Chairmanship of Israeli Government Funded Think Tank Could Torpedo Iran Envoy Job
Former Clinton Administration Middle East diplomat Dennis Ross is under consideration as US State Department envoy to Iran. Ross is currently the chairman of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI) in Jerusalem, established by the…
Appointment of Dennis Ross to Iran Portfolio would be Disastrous
Qualifications for Obama’s Top Iran Diplomat President Barak Obama has passed over naming Dennis Ross to top Middle East or Iran policy jobs. This is an intelligent move. Ross has been correctly associated as…
Pro-Israel Pardons and Leniency Too Costly to Continue
A small but significant trial balloon went up late last year when Charles Winters received a presidential pardon. Winters delivered three converted World War II B-17 bombers to the nascent Israeli armed forces…
DOJ and Treasury Rebuff Calls to Investigate Alleged $60 Billion Israel Money Laundering Ring
Yahoo News via PRNewsWire On November 21, 2005, US Department of Justice officials convened in the Russell Senate Office building for a presentation about this indirect terrorism generator and how US nonprofit money laundering could be stopped…
Pay to Play Mideast Policy Over?
AntiWar.com Grant F. Smith “Saban and the Middle East � not Blagojevich and Illinois � are why this sudden and unexpected law enforcement intrusion into the quiet realm of pay-to-play matters. The hapless governor…
November 6, 2008 Washington Summit to Remove Barriers to US-Arab Investment Flow
AL-EQTISADIAH Newspaper The U.S. Treasury Department will seriously consider the most prominent features of Islamic banking, a necessary step before attempting to effectively tap regional capital. If successful, it could help address the financial crisis still coursing through the…