Israel’s Netanyahu et al. Throw Trump-like Tantrums after UNSC Slam
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - PM Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and his…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - PM Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and his…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Given the alarming rise of white nationalism…
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Israel’s Netanyahu et al. Throw Trump-like Tantrums after UNSC Slam
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - PM Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and his cabinet ministers are trying to punch above their weight. He wants to punish the UN, and…Iraq: ISIL Attacking Civilians in Mosul Retreat
Human Rights Watch | - - Calls ‘Unbelievers’ Valid Targets (Erbil) – Fighters with the [so-called] Islamic State [Group} (also known as ISIL) have indiscriminately attacked civilian areas in eastern Mosul with…In defiance of UN, Israel reportedly set to approve thousands of settler units
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Days after the UN Security Council approved a resolution affirming the illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and called for…Wealthy Baghdad Muslim raised 85′ tall Christmas Tree in Solidarity
NewsBeat Social | (Video News report) | - - "A Muslim businessman in Iraq put up an 85-foot-tall Christmas tree in Baghdad to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians and help Iraqis "forget…Top Five ways Jesus was not White
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Given the alarming rise of white nationalism in the United States and the ways in which it is often entangled with Christian nationalism,…Palestinian Officials on UNSC Members’ Resolution: Now let them Implement it
Via IMEMC | (PNN) | - - (PNN) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the adoption of a new United Nations Security Council resolution (co-sponsored by Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, and…Why the UN Resolution on Israeli Squatting didn’t Go Far Enough
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The United Nations Security Council on Friday passed a resolution with 14 member states in favor and 1 abstaining (the US), condemning Israeli…Israeli forces suppress Bethlehem’s ‘Santa Claus march’ with tear gas, rubber bullets
By Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli forces Friday suppressed Bethlehem’s “Santa Claus March,” shooting tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at participants, with many suffering from tear…With Fall of Aleppo, will a Russo-Iranian Middle East challenge Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, the Syrian government announced that the last of those who wanted to be evacuated from the East Aleppo pocket had been…Why Trump’s nominee for envoy to Israel is Setting off Alarm Bells
By Mitchell Plitnick | Foreign Policy in Focus | Originally published in Lobelog | - - David Friedman’s approach to the issue of peace is clear enough: Whatever Israel’s right-wing government wants,…Stifling the debate on Israel
By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - The British government of Theresa May officially adopted on Dec. 12 a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes legitimate criticism of Israel.The…Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?
Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | - - In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the army declared it was examining the possibility…Why do they Hate Putin’s Freedoms? Russian Ambassador assassinated in Turkey
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is not entirely clear why Mevlut Altintas, a young policeman in, ironically, a counter-terrorism unit in the Turkish capital of Ankara, shot…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.…