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What GOP New Yorkers just voted for: Torture, Syria Intervention, murder of innocents
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In the wake of his big win…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In the wake of his big win…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After his critical comments in an interview…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The far right wing regime of Binyamin…
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Activists Ask IRS why Jewish National Fund gets Tax Break for Illegal Squatter Support
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By Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | - - Editor’s note: This article is part of our collaboration with Point Taken, a new program from WGBH that will next air on…6 Policies Obama wants Saudi Arabia to Change
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After his critical comments in an interview in The Atlantic last month, Barack Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia is going to be awkward,…Top 7 Reasons Israel must give back the Occupied Golan to Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The far right wing regime of Binyamin Netanyahu pulled the stunt of holding its first cabinet meeting in the Occupied Golan Heights on…Israel has Kidnapped (“Detained”) a million Palestinians since 1967: Occupation as Imprisonment
By Saed Bannoura | (IMEMC) | - - The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) have reported that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped around 1.000.000 Palestinians, including tens of thousands…What’s behind Egyptian Protests over Islands given to Saudi Arabia?
By Ebrahim Shabbir Deen | (Informed Comment) | - - The recent return of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia by the Egyptian government signals that the Sisi regime…Do Donald Trump’s ‘Terrifying’ Nuclear Threats endanger You?
By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump has once again violated all mainstream thinking to advance a dangerous and deviant policy, this time on nuclear weapons. The wannabe…Saudis warn they will withdraw $750 Bn. from US economy if 9/11 Bill Passes
TeleSur | - - The Saudis threatened selling off almost a trillion dollars in U.S. assets if Congress makes it legal to hold Saudi citizens accountable for 9/11. Saudi Arabia has threatened…Israel has detained 43 Journalists since October in Palestine, incl. 2 Westerners
Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA (Ma'an) -- The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said on Saturday that Israel has detained 43 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since October 2015,…Thousands protest Gov’t in Egypt over Saudi Hegemony
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Thousands of Egyptians came into the streets Friday in the first major demonstrations in 2 and a half years, to protest the bestowal…Israeli Parliamentary committee debates racial discrimination in maternity wards
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A meeting of a Knesset committee held Wednesday debated the issue of segregation between Palestinian and Jewish women in Israeli maternity wards, following…Daesh and Territorial Control Reconsidered
By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) | - - It might seem strange to open this essay by speaking about circulation and vitality in regard to Daesh [ISIS, ISIL].…US Slams Israel over Extrajudicial Killings, Torture & Racism then Meekly offers extra Billions
TeleSur In a rare move by Washington, the 2016 U.S. report on human rights said Israel unlawfully killed over 70 Palestinians and tries minors in military courts. The United States accused Israeli…Fall of Iraq, Rise of Sunnistan? Sunni Politicians In Washington Promote Idea of Partition and a Sunni Region
Mazin Sahib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Leading Sunni Muslim politicians have opened an office in Washington to represent Sunni interests. There’s talk of an autonomous Sunni region again as…Negotiations, “Elections,” and al-Qaeda’s assault on Syrian Ceasefire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - There were five major stories in the US and European press about Syria today: 1. The cessation of hostilities is in danger of…Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan demands Germany prosecute comedian over satirical poem
RT | (Video News Report) | - - "Turkey has made a formal request to the German government to prosecute a TV comedian over a crude poem about the Turkish President." RT:…Erekat: Escalation of Israeli squatter settlement construction a ‘war crime’
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat denounced on Wednesday recent Israeli plans to expand illegal settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem,…5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak’s Ouster
By Salma Essam | (Global Voices) | - - Among the names contained in the Panama Papers, the enormous trove of confidential documents revealing how the world's elite exploit tax havens, is…