Sean Durns
ARTICLES BY: Sean Durns
Iran Threatens to Murder an American President, and the Media Yawn
On January 3, Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, said that former US president Donald Trump “must stand trial and receive retribution in kind” for ordering the...
The Press Embargoes Iran’s Oil Smuggling
The Islamic Republic of Iran has long been considered the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. But the regime is also, in a more common...
The Media Continues Its Iran Deal Myth-Making
“The great enemy of the truth,” John F. Kennedy once observed, “is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the...
Politico’s Biased Report on Biden and Israel
Politico has found the problem with the modern Middle East: Israel. The publication’s November 19, 2021, report, “Biden’s balancing act in the Middle East has a...
Exploring Henry Kissinger’s Middle East
“Men become myths,” Henry Kissinger once wrote, “not by what they know, or even by what they achieve, but by the tasks that they set...
When Hitler’s Mufti Gave a Press Conference
Sixty years ago this March, an infamous Nazi collaborator and Palestinian leader held a press conference in Beirut denying both any involvement in the Holocaust,...
More False Narratives Promoted About Israel in the Media
The Washington Post can’t seem to find the true culprit for the lack of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It’s not Hamas, the US-designated terrorist group that...
No, Israel Isn’t ‘Pulling the United States Toward Conflict’ With Iran
Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine, three former US diplomats warn that “Israel and Iran Are Pulling the United States Toward Conflict.” In an April 26, 2021, article,...
Once Again, ‘Politico’ Ignores Palestinian Rejectionism and Palestinian Terror
“Joe Biden,” a Politico headline blared on April 6, 2021, “is not planning to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” This may or may not be true....
Politico Lobs Softballs in Interview With Iran’s Foreign Minister
Less than four months ago, Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, used an antisemitic Persian term for Jews -- jahood -- in a December 9, 2020,...
Washington Post Obituary on Adelson Attacks Israel and Defends Hamas
On January 12, 2021, it was announced that Sheldon Adelson, the American billionaire and philanthropist, had died at the age of 87. The Washington Post...
More False Attacks Against Israel on COVID-19 Vaccines
“Palestinians,” the former Associated Press journalist and author Matti Friedman wrote in 2014, “are not taken seriously as agents of their own fate.” A December...
The Facts — and Myths — of the Middle East and Palestinian Conflict
“The more you know about the past,” Theodore Roosevelt once observed, “the better prepared you are for the future.” Regrettably, The Washington Post is leaving readers...
This West Bank Land Is Not ‘Palestinian’
“Who can challenge the rights of the Jews in Palestine?” Yusuf al-Khalidi wrote to the chief rabbi of France on March 1, 1899. “Good Lord, historically...
