Jeremy R. Hammond

Stories written by Jeremy R. Hammond
Jeremy R. Hammond is an independent political analyst whose articles have been featured in numerous print and online publications around the world. He is the founder and editor of Foreign Policy Journal (www.foreignpolicyjournal.com), an online source for news, critical analysis, and opinion commentary on U.S. foreign policy. He was a recipient of the 2010 Project Censored Awards for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.

Turning Back From the Point of No Return

Any attack on Iran would have dire consequences and enormously destabilize the Middle East.

Aug 26 2010 | Posted in Analysis,Featured,International Law / Human Rights,Iran,Iraq,Israel / Palestine,Jeremy R. Hammond,Media / Propaganda,Politics / Government,United States,War / Terrorism | Read More »

New York Times Spins UN Report on Gaza Suffering

According to Bronner’s formula, it is not a fact that Israel is prohibited under international law from engaging in attacks on and collective punishment of civilians, but merely an argument – as though this were somehow debatable.

Aug 20 2010 | Posted in International Law / Human Rights,Israel / Palestine,Jeremy R. Hammond,Media / Propaganda,Opinion,United States,War / Terrorism | Read More »

Deconstructing the Official Narrative on the U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq

Iraq is back in the news, at least for a moment. The occasion is “A truly historic end to seven years of war”, in the words of Lt. Col Mark Beiger, quoted in the Washington Post, referring to the final withdrawal of “combat” troops from the country. It’s a cause for celebration: “‘Operation Iraqi Freedom [...]

Aug 20 2010 | Posted in Analysis,Featured,Iraq,Jeremy R. Hammond,Media / Propaganda,Politics / Government,United States,War / Terrorism | Read More »

On Refusing Apology for the Nuking of Civilians

Japan on Friday marked the 65th anniversary of the nuclear bomb attack on Hiroshima. U.S. Ambassador John V. Roos attended the annual ceremony that marks the event. It was the first time a U.S. official had done so. The New York Times explains the reason: Until Friday, American officials had always skipped the annual ceremony, [...]

Aug 7 2010 | Posted in Asia,Editorial,Featured,History,International Law / Human Rights,Jeremy R. Hammond,Media / Propaganda,Politics / Government,Society,United States,War / Terrorism | Read More »

Criticism of Chomsky: Asset or Liability?

Tirades against Noam Chomsky never cease to amaze me. And I’m not talking about the kind of criticisms of the man that come from Alan Dershowitz and other apologists for Israeli crimes; I mean from critics of Israel who support Palestinian rights. There are a number of common gripes about Professor Chomsky. The leading one [...]

Jul 24 2010 | Posted in Featured,History,International Law / Human Rights,Israel / Palestine,Jeremy R. Hammond,Media / Propaganda,Opinion,Politics / Government,United States,War / Terrorism | Read More »

There Is No Two-State Solution

The two-state solution is dead. There is no longer any hope for peace or justice in this solution, if there ever was to begin with.

Jul 21 2010 | Posted in Editorial,History,International Law / Human Rights,Israel / Palestine,Jeremy R. Hammond,Politics / Government,Society,United States,War / Terrorism | Read More »

Yes, Jews Killed Jesus, Too—The Bible Told Me So

Jesus on the cross, from the film "The Passion of the Christ"

There is a considerable manufactured controversy regarding the assertion that Jews were responsible for the crucifixion of Yeshua the Messiah (a.k.a. Jesus the Christ). According to this narrative, anyone who suggests Jews had a role is implicitly an anti-Semite, and with comparisons to the Nazis and invocation of the Holocaust are seemingly obligatory in such arguments.

Jul 20 2010 | Posted in Featured,Israel / Palestine,Jeremy R. Hammond,Opinion,Religion,Society,United States | Read More »

The Illegality of Israel’s Naval Blockade of Gaza

Israel's attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which was delivering humanitarian supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip, left nine Turkish peace activists dead (Uriel Sinai/Reuters)

In “The Legal Basis of Israel’s Naval Blockade of Gaza” at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ruth Lapidoth argues that Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, in which nine Turkish peace activists were killed by Israeli commandos, was perfectly “legal”.

Jul 20 2010 | Posted in Analysis,Featured,International Law / Human Rights,Israel / Palestine,Jeremy R. Hammond,War / Terrorism | Read More »

Israel’s attack on Egypt in June ’67 was not ‘preemptive’

Israel's June 5, 1967 surprise attack on Egypt resulted in the obliteration of Egypt's air force while most of its planes were still on the ground.

It is often claimed that Israel’s attack on Egypt that began the June 1967 “Six Day War” was a “preemptive” one. Implicit in that description is the notion that Israel was under imminent threat of an attack from Egypt. Yet this historical interpretation of the war is not sustained by the documentary record. The President [...]

Jul 4 2010 | Posted in Analysis,Featured,History,Israel / Palestine,Media / Propaganda,Middle East,Politics / Government,United States,War / Terrorism | Read More »

Anti-Iran Bill in House Makes Claims With No Basis in Fact

Representative Jim Costa (CA) sponsored a bill introduced into the U.S. Congress on Tuesday “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the one-year anniversary of the Government of Iran’s fraudulent manipulation of Iranian elections, the Government of Iran’s continued denial of human rights and democracy to the people of Iran, and the Government [...]

Jun 24 2010 | Posted in Featured,Iran,Jeremy R. Hammond,Media / Propaganda,News,Politics / Government,United States | Read More »