If you’re not Driving an Electric Car you’re Losing Money
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Guardian reports on a new study…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Guardian reports on a new study…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Amid a growing problem of malnutrition and…
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How Hezbollah deals with Hariri Crisis will affect Mideast Stability
By Elias Ghazal | (The Conversation) | - - When the prime minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri, suddenly resigned from office while visiting Saudi Arabia on November 4, the Lebanese people and…Jared Kushner didn’t report Funding Illegal Israeli Squatter Settlements
TeleSur | - - The news organization, Haaretz, printed a report in 2016 stating Kushner's parents invested thousand dollars in organizations nestled in the West Bank region. Researchers from American Bridge and…Split in Rebel Yemeni coalition, as Saleh turns on Houthis, seeks peace with Saudis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Amid a growing problem of malnutrition and cholera outbreaks caused by the Saudi-led war on Yemen, the two branches of the northern Yemeni…Australian billionaire implicates Israel’s Netanyahu in alleged corruption scandal
Middle East Monitor | - - Australian businessman James Packers has confirmed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded gifts for himself and his wife in return for advancing Packer’s business interests,…Hamas Calls for ‘Intifada’ Should US Deem Jerusalem Israel’s Capital
TeleSur | - - The statement has come amid speculation that Trump will announce next week his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas called for a new…Gold trader implicates Turkish Pres. Erdogan in Iran money laundering
EURACTIV.com with Reuters | - - A Turkish-Iranian gold trader yesterday (30 November) told jurors in a New York federal court that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan authorized a transaction in a…Lawmakers Scramble to Prevent Trump from Launching a Nuclear War
By Lisa Fuller | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The most effective way to prevent a nuclear war with North Korea is to reassure them that the U.S. won't…Trump ‘Working Visit’ to Britain has to be Cancelled after he outrages all 65 million Britons
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - You can't take him anywhere. And, he is leaving a trail of US diplomatic catastrophes even with close allies. In the aftermath of…Trump ‘To Recognise Jerusalem as Israeli Capital’: Reports
TeleSur | - - White House officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, suggested an announcement would be made early next week. Critics immediately warned such a move could prompt widespread Palestinian…A prison called Gaza: new book offers a startling insight into everyday life in the territory
By James Rodgers | (The Conversation) | - - A place of spacious dimensions, and large population, with fine bazaars. It contains numerous mosques, and there is no wall around it. To…Will Trump/Flynn plot to Nuclearize Saudi Arabia spur Mideast Arms Race?
By Isaac Arnsdorf | (ProPublica) | - - The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S.…Israelis to evict entire Bedouin Community from Jerusalem
IMEMC News | - - The Bedouin community in al-Baba Mountain, in the town of Al-Eizariya, occupied East Jerusalem, stands steadfast in face of Israeli plans which aim to evict them. According…Will the Mideast’s New Power Matrix spark Iran-Saudi War?
Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - Tensions often run high in the Middle East beating the drums of war and violence. This has been the case since at least 2003,…Saudi prince Miteb freed in $1 bln settlement agreement
Middle East Monitor | - - Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching an “acceptable settlement agreement” with authorities paying…Reportage is too Pro-War: How Peace Journalism can deescalate conflict in the Age of Trump and North Korea
By Michael Greenwell | (The Conversation) | - - It came as a slight relief to see at least some measured coverage of Donald Trump’s recent visit to South Korea. Sections of…Israel, Trump ‘working feverishly’ to block UN settlements database
Middle East Monitor | - - The Israeli and US governments are “working feverishly” to block the publication of a United Nations database of companies complicit in West Bank settlements, according to…The Jewish Community in Multi-Cultural Morocco (Video)
Myriam Ait Malk | (Video Documentary) | - - Documentary on the Jewish Community in Morocco - by Myriam Ait MalkWith 305 dead in Sinai Terror, Trump babbles Wall & Visas
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As the death toll in this weekend's horrific terrorist attack on a Sufi mosque near El Arish in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula rose to…The War on Children in Yemen: UNICEF
Middle East Monitor | - - Millions of children are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa said in a press…What if the US never fell for al-Qaeda’s trap & avoided ‘War on Terror’?
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - “Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.” -- Thucydides You’ve heard the platitude that hindsight is 20/20. It’s true enough and,…