
– Dr. M. Reza Behnam is a political scientist specializing in the history, politics and governments of the Middle East. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.
– Dr. M. Reza Behnam is a political scientist specializing in the history, politics and governments of the Middle East. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam It is important to know the origins of the Israeli lobby to realize the significant sway it has had on American politics and politicians. For that, we have to go […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The genocide of the Native people of North America was a 200-year catastrophe. Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, begun over 78 years ago, has never ended. For Palestine and Palestinians, May […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Israel’s defiance of international law and US complicity have perpetuated Palestinian dispossession, but Palestinians remain steadfast in their struggle for self-determination. Palestinians for decades have stood their ground and against […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The resiliency to free themselves from the yoke and sting of colonialism is forever etched in the rubble of Gaza. The world has focused its attention on the humanitarian pause […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam In a world where press freedom is under siege, journalists in Gaza risk their lives to report the truth, while the global media remains complicit in silencing their voices. As […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The United States has, particularly since 1967, been the bulwark for Israel’s expansionist dreams. US-Israeli supremacist intentions, papered over and buried for decades, are now clear for all to see. […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam We had several other people in the country (USA), even among the Jews,the Zionists particularly, who were against anything that has to be done if they couldn’t have the whole […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Israel, empowered by the United States, has gone beyond the pale, beyond reason and beyond humanity. Palestine is a test of our morality. Our times are fraught. This is especially […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam For over a year, Palestinian resistance has not only unmasked Israel’s genocidal character, it has also bared the soul of the Arab regimes. The question often asked but rarely explored […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam “You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” – Pablo Neruda For over a year, the masters of war in Israel and the United States, […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The war on Palestinians in Gaza is remaking the Middle East, but not in the way the United States and Israel had hoped. Over the past year, mindful that I […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The United States has had no qualms about casting its lot with the most openly and thoroughly racist regime Israel has ever produced. That fact has been obscured, or intentionally […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Women have been the political spine of the struggle for freedom and liberation of Palestine across generations. It has been their strength, resilience and fearlessness that have kept the resistance […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The narrative has finally begun to shift. Voices have grown increasingly louder demanding that Palestinians have a right to defend themselves. Despite the countless atrocities, assassinations and violations of humanitarian […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Israel’s Zionist founders did not come in peace. They fashioned a country based on force and intimidation. With each decade, their progeny have intensified the violence. The future is uncertain […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Israel’s objective has always been to decrease the supply of water to Palestinians so that they will inevitably have to leave. The International Court of Justice released its historic advisory […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Israeli Zionists have always lusted after Palestine but loathed its people. Today is no exception. Ever since the birth of organized Zionism in 1897, its adherents have been bent on […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The radical and profound change in the region’s social, political and economic order can only come about if the United States departs, Zionism ends and Palestinians return to a free […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The heroic, noble, democratic faux Israel story has been methodically insinuated into the American psyche by the Israeli state hasbara (explaining and propaganda) machine. Israel has, for decades, created many […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The desire to return and reclaim their homes have kept Palestinian hopes alive for 76 years. For all that time they have had few allies. Students on campuses across the […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Although the pro-Israel camp and their allies continue to dominate and influence Congress and the executive branch, they have slowly begun to lose control of the narrative. The Middle East […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam For many in positions of power and influence, common sense has been supplanted with Zionist mythical ideology and a cultish belief in heroic Israeli leaders, noble warriors and peace makers. […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam After so much suffering, the United States, in its hubris, continues to act as if Israel can be integrated into the region. For generations to come, October 7 will be […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam After a half-century of steadfast support, it has become virtually impossible for Washington to imagine a regional reality that does not have Israel at its core. Revolutionaries in Iran in […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Israel is the creation of European colonialism and US imperialism. They have abetted and sustained a predatory settler-colonial regime and a society that has become adjusted to injustice. The October […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam From its inception, Israel has sought to remove the native population and build a settler state on Palestinian land. Its leaders have used international organizations and the Western powers that […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Israel’s birth certificate has been stained with the blood of Palestinians. It has no place in the Middle East until it puts down the gun and rejects the ideology of […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Biden has supported Israel’s objective of eliminating Hamas; seen by Washington as an obstacle to their misguided two-state solution strategy. Among the many memories I have of growing up in […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Memory is long in the Middle East and the Gaza massacre will not be forgotten. Palestinians must determine their own future. Anything less will only prolong forever wars. The October […]
By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Hamas’ military campaign has laid bare the unbridled imperial and historical designs of Tel Aviv and Washington. In my public presentations on the subject of Palestine-Israel, I am frequently asked […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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