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Hawaii Judge: Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0 still Violates the Constitution
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Derrick Watson, US District Court judge in…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Derrick Watson, US District Court judge in…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump is meeting this week with Muhammad…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters is reporting that some 22 Russian…
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Israeli Pol threatens Crimes against Humanity in Lebanon
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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump is meeting this week with Muhammad bin Salman, the deputy heir apparent of the Saudi Arabian throne and the minister of defense.…Israel’s Natural Gas war on Palestinians
Ma'an News Agency | - - Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory does not only exist above ground. Since 1967, Israel has systematically colonized Palestinian natural resources and, in the field of hydrocarbons,…Is Russia trying to take back over Libya from NATO, Radicals?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters is reporting that some 22 Russian special operations forces have set up a base in Western Egypt near the Libyan border in…New Scientific Evidence that Middle East may become Uninhabitable
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME (IPS) - New evidence is deepening scientific fears, advanced few years ago, that the Middle East and North Africa risk becoming…Banksy hotel opens in Bethlehem, eliciting heated reactions by Palestinians
By Jaclynn Ashly and Reem Alqam | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israel’s infamous separation wall in the occupied West Bank, while cutting off Palestinians from their lands…How Much of Globe’s Humanitarian Crisis is Fault of US?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Saturday that the globe is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the…Under Trump, More Coalition Strikes on Yemen in a Week than in a Year under Obama
TeleSur | - - More drone and airstrikes have rained on Yemen in the past week than in any year of Barack Obama’s administration, with dozens of U.S. coalition airstrikes hitting schools,…Israeli forces detain Palestinian writer over new novel
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces detained Palestinian writer Khalida Ghusheh on Saturday morning after raiding her home in the neighborhood of Beit Hanina in occupied East…Do Syria’s Kurds hold the Key to the future of the Middle East?
By Clemens Hoffmann and Can Cemgil | (The Conversation) | - - The Trump administration’s plans for the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) are at last becoming clear. And it…Turkey’s Erdogan trolls Germany with “Fascist” Charge
By Joel Schalit | EURACTIV | - - Normally, the accusation is reversed. Erdogan undoubtedly knew that when he accused Germany on Sunday of “fascist actions” typical of the Nazi era, for…Syria: As 400 more Troops go in, What’s Trump’s Mission?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US had about 500 troops embedded with the People's Protection Units (Kurdish acronym YPG) until this week, when another 400 were deployed,…Only the Israeli dead matter: Israel’s failure at investigating its bloody wars
By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - At a glance, Israel appears a true democracy. Take a closer look, and that facade of democracy will soon dissipate, turning into…Surging Trump’s America: What didn’t work in Baghdad won’t work in Washington
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com | - - The other day, I found myself flipping through old photos from my time in Iraq. One in particular from October 2006 stood out.…Is the Public turning on Trump over Russia Ties, Sessions’ Perjury?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Americans have become deeply concerned about Russia. Some 75% of them see it as a very or moderately serious threat. This, according to…As Civil War heats up in S. Syria, Palestinian Refugees displaced Again
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency responsible for providing services to some five million Palestinian refugees, released a…Cornel West: Israel Anti-BDS Law Would Ban Einstein from Entry
TeleSur | - - The African-American intellectual is one of the BDS movement's most prominent figures and therefore could be denied entry into Israel under the new law. The new Israeli law…What Syrian Refugees think of Trump’s Refugee Ban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters Arabic reports that a wave of anger swept the Syrian refugee camps of southern Lebanon Monday and Tuesday when they learned that…Is Trump at war with Oceana this Week, or Eastasia?
Rebecca Gordon | Tomdispatch.com | - - In his inaugural address, President Trump described a dark and dismal United States, a country overrun by criminal gangs and drugs, a nation stained with…