Benjamin Weinthal
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Benjamin Weinthal is a Berlin-based journalist and fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies's[1] "Iran Energy Project." He writes for mostly right-wing publications including the Jerusalem Post, New Republic, Weekly Standard, and National Review Online.
Views on Iran
In November 2010 Weinthal was identified by investigative journalists Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib as part of the group of "Neo-conservatives and other war hawks" who responded to the anti-Iran tilt of the first round of "Cablegate" (a collection of classified diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks) "with barely concealed glee."[2]
Affiliations
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies[1]
- Iran Energy Project - Weinthal is listed under the project's "Staff" as a "Fellow"[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FDD, "Benjamin Weinthal", Foundation for Defense of Democracies website, accessed on 8 November 2010
- ↑ Ali Gharib and Jim Lobe, "Wikileaks Reveals Treacherous Terrain for Iran Policy", IPS, 29 November 2010
- ↑ Iran Energy Project, "About", Iran Energy Project website, accessed on 8 November 2010
