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– 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.

Israel’s Occupation and Wars: The Moral Bankruptcy of US Policy in Palestine

December 12, 2023

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 […]

Palestine: Unifier of the Islamic World

December 3, 2023

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 […]

Brutality and Imperialism: The Catastrophic Roots of Zionism in Palestine

November 11, 2023

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 […]

Zionism and Apartheid: The Moral Legitimacy of Palestinian Resistance

October 28, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam The US-Israeli strategy of attempting to tie the destiny of the Arab world with Tel Aviv and to crush the idea of Palestinian resistance to occupation failed on October 7. […]

‘War of Words’: Framing the Language of Carnage in Palestine

October 20, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Palestinians are fighting for a future, to finally be rid of the stench of Israeli colonialism and military occupation. Language is a loaded weapon used by the powerful to incite […]

Popular Resistance Confronts US-Israeli Hegemony

October 10, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam After 75 years of occupation, Palestinian frustration finally spilled over in the commando-style assault on Israel on October 7. The same frustration was put before the 78th session of the […]

Iran Interrupted: Mossadegh, the Shah, Khomeini and the US Press

September 12, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam America’s quest to maintain a stranglehold on Middle East oil and the global economy has been largely left out of the corporate media’s rendering of Washington’s seven decades-long interventionist history […]

Beyond Politics: Why Iran Supports the Palestinians

August 8, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam “It is justice that the order of society is centered” (Aristotle) Iranians and Palestinians come from dissimilar cultural and historical landscapes. Yet, the Islamic Republic of Iran has embraced and […]

End the Exceptionalism: Will the United States Ever Sanction Israel?

June 25, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam If you have ever wondered, as I have, just how many countries are currently sanctioned by the United States, a quick computer search yields a thought-provoking answer.  Twenty-five countries are […]

Hasbara Industry: Deconstructing Israel’s Propaganda Machine

June 8, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam Tel Aviv is, however, finding it increasingly difficult to whitewash its entrenched apartheid system and ongoing genocide, especially in light of the openly racist policies and practices of the current […]

Trails of Deception: What Palestinians and Native Americans Share

May 25, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam How can the US government criticize the racist practices of Israel, when it has never really confronted its own history of genocide and wars of extermination against the Native tribes […]

The Catastrophe in Palestine and Christian Zionism

May 9, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam No one should be shocked by the rightward drift of Israeli politics. The ultra-Orthodox extremist regime currently assembled in Tel Aviv is the end product of Israel’s systematic use of […]

Black Palestinian Solidarity: Race and Politics in the Holy Land and the Promised Land

May 5, 2023

By Dr. M. Reza Behnam On April 25th, President Joe Biden sent a congratulatory message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the anniversary of what Israel calls its “day of independence.”  In it, Biden […]

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