Trump’s Jerusalem embassy Move an Invitation to Terrorism: 9/11 Provoked in part by Israeli Occupation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Incoming President Trump has repeatedly pledged to…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Incoming President Trump has repeatedly pledged to…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bloomberg released a new report this week…
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Jewish Students and Scholars Object to US Bill Banning Criticism of Israel
By IMEMC | - - Jewish scholars and students have released statements urging the US House of Representatives and President Obama to reject the controversial “Antisemitism Awareness Act”. In a recent initiative…Saudi Arabia Admits to Using Illegal UK Cluster Bombs in Yemen
TeleSur | - - “If Saudi forces are prepared to use cluster bombs, then why is the U.K. continuing to arm and support the regime?” a campaigner asked. Saudi Arabia admitted Monday…Trump’s Jerusalem embassy Move an Invitation to Terrorism: 9/11 Provoked in part by Israeli Occupation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Incoming President Trump has repeatedly pledged to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, and he just proposed the appointment of a Zionist supremacist…Trump’s Sec of State pick Tillerson chief of US-Russian Oil Company in Tax Haven
By Jon Queally, staff writer | Commondreams.org | - - Leaked documents show Trump's nominee for Secretary of State is director of subsidiary based in Bahamas Documents leaked to a German newspaper…Israeli Squatters at Palestine’s Amona accept relocation to other Palestinian-owned Land
Ma'a News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Residents of the illegal settlement outpost of Amona in the central occupied West Bank voted on Sunday to approve a relocation plan put…Point by Point Response to Likud Party Propaganda
By Jeffrey Rudolph | ( Detailed Political Quizzes ) | - - As Israel’s myriad human rights abuses and contraventions of international law have become impossible to deny, one argument that apologists…Could Iraqi Parliament Recognition of Shiite Militias re-Tribalize the Sunnis?
By Ibrahim Saleh | (Baghdad) | Niqash.org | - - Although many Sunni politicians tried to block the passage of a November law that legitimized Iraq’s Shiite volunteer militias, some did not.…Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren’t defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Syria was in a better position to attain peace last spring, when a ceasefire had unexpected success. It would have been better if…Can Faith and Modernity coexist under Muslimism?
By Neslihan Cevik | (Socialtrendsinstitute.org) | - - There is a new brand of Muslim religious orthodoxy on the rise in places like Turkey, which seeks to engage modernity through the sincere…The last Time we had a President bored by Intel Briefings, we got 9/11
By Ronald Stockton | (Informed Comment) | - - Former CIA head and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta recently said that if President Elect Trump refuses intelligence briefings and something bad happens,…Demonization of Putin as “Personally” behind Clinton Hack is old Propaganda Technique
Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The leaked allegations supposedly from the CIA that Russian President Vladimir Putin "personally" directed how hacked emails from the Clinton campaign should be treated…Trump Taps Man More Far-Right Than Netanyahu to Be Israel Envoy
TeleSur | - - The U.S. president-elect choose David Friedman, who runs a group supporting ultra-right Jewish settlers in Palestine, as his ambassador to Israel. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate far-right bankruptcy…The Thin Line Between Political Censorship and Fighting Fake News in Iran
By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices) | - - The Iranian government is reportedly taking steps to expand regulations on large public news channels on the instant messenger Telegram. The move would…It’s the Economy, Stupid: Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East
Moha Ennaji | (Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has…After Aleppo, Russians prepare to defy Trump re: their Iran Alliance
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - the left-leaning Lebanese newspaper al-Safir [Ambassador] reports that the armed resistance to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in the East Aleppo pocket is…2/3s of Palestinians think 2-state solution doomed & 52% say Trump Should stay out of Mideast
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Two thirds of Palestinians believe the two-state solution is no longer viable and want Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to step down, a Palestinian…A Yemeni Child Dies Every 10 Minutes as Saudi Attacks Continue
TeleSur | - - The U.N. said malnutrition and other preventable diseases are killing thousands of children in Yemen as its health system is on the verge of collapse. Every 10 minutes…Trump’s Triangle in E. Asia: a Force for Peace or a harbinger of War?
By Tim Shorrock | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - Despite the attention being given to America’s roiling wars and conflicts in the Greater Middle East, crucial decisions about the global role of…Trump adviser reiterates pledge to move US embassy to Jerusalem
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Following up on a campaign pledge from US President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Trump’s senior adviser…Syria’s Aleppo Falling: The Government Russia actually Turned
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - By Monday morning Syrian time, the large and important district of Shaikh Saeed in southeastern Aleppo had completely fallen to the Syrian Arab…