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Jonathan Cook

British journalist. His articles can be found in a number of major international newspapers. His most recent books are Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair and Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East.

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Israel in OECD: Israel Set to Join Club of Richest Nations

by Jonathan Cook

Nazareth (Palestine/Israel) | 12 March 2010

After painstaking efforts, it looks as though Israel might be admitted to the OECD this year, even though the conditions of extreme poverty in which its Arab population is kept fly in the face of the organization’s accession criteria. Tel-Aviv intends to exploit its presence in the OECD to (...)

Some thoughts on Ethan Bronner at The New York Times

by Jonathan Cook

Nazareth (Palestine/Israel) | 17 February 2010

The fact that the son of Ethan Bronner, The New York Times’ chief correspondent in Israel, has enlisted in the Israeli army is widely perceived as constituting a conflict of interest. However, regardless of his son’s choices, the real issue is that Bonner’s news reports and analyses, with few (...)