sanctions

From her influential post at the Treasury Department, Sigal Mandelker has vowed to defend “our great partner, Israel” by sanctioning…
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BEIRUT — Economic sanctions are not only a very important topic in present international relations but have also come to pepper daily news headlines. Sanctions have become an increasingly prevalent measure for disciplining a state’s “unacceptable behavior” by banning trade with said state and disrupting its financial relations for political purposes.

PressTV Interview Transcript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qsp1UcXqEo&feature=youtu.be
Peter Koenig
29 August 2019

Background

The Syrian Ministry of health is working to import 1000 medical devices from Iran through the Credit Line between Syria and Iran.
The medical devices due to be imported will meet the needs of hospitals and health centers affiliated to the Ministry.

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal reports from Managua, Nicaragua on the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, which toppled a US-backed…
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Sanctions against the people
A new embargo against Venezuela became effective on August 5th through an Executive Order signed by United States President Donald Trump, titled “Executive Order on Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela.”

Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria (from released Syrian Presidency Facebook page)

Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually represent. They are war by other means and they are also illegal unless authorized by a supra-national authority like the United Nations Security Council, which was set up after World War II to create a framework that inter alia would enable putting pressure on a rogue regime without going to war.

The Grayzone attends a massive march where hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Caracas to condemn the US…
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Sigal Mandelkeris, an Israeli-born US Treasury official, is reported to be in control of the current economic sanctions. Israel considers Iran to be her primary enemy, so an Israeli citizen in such a position opens the possibility that US policy may be motivated by loyalty to Israel, not to the US.