We've covered Benjamin Netanyahu's horrendously ill judged speech before Congress a fair bit here at the Banter, discussing the political implications of the speech and 'Bibi's' serial lies about the threat Iran poses to the Middle East and the rest of the world. A more ...read more

While distracting the world by parading silly diagrams of cartoon bombs around the UN and exaggerating the Iranian nuclear threat, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to approve legislation on illegal settlements in the West Bank. From the Guardian: The Israeli ...read more

By Ben Cohen: The United States takes enormous pride in the fact that it chooses its own course in the world. 'American Exceptionalism', the idea that the US is special, is massively popular amongst the political elite who brand it as a weapon when running against each other ...read more

The White House has apparently rejected a request by Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to meet President Barack Obama when he travels to the US later this month for the UN General Assembly meeting. An Israeli official told the Reuters news agency that Netanyahu's aides ...read more

By Robert Parry: The Washington Post’s Charles Krauthammer wants war with Iran – and he’s furious at President Barack Obama for making it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if Israel attacks now, it will do so on its own. On Friday, Krauthammer, who ...read more

By Ben Cohen: Barack Obama has tried and largely failed to reign in Israel's aggression against the Palestinians while he has been in office. The far right Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has continued to build on Palestinian territories, execute Palestinian leaders ...read more