Mass Shootings and Gang Murders have unrestricted Semi-Automatic Weapons in Common
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Revised Can anything be done about the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Revised Can anything be done about the…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Australia's march to solar power is a…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Mueller inquiry into Russian interference in…
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Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria
By Jeffrey D. Sachs | ( Project Syndicate) | - - America’s official narrative has sought to conceal the scale and calamitous consequences of US efforts to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.…Israel isn’t Just Occupying Palestinian West Bank, it is Polluting It
Ramona Wadi (@walzerscent) | (The Middle East Monitor) | - - Israel remains the only UN member state which has never declared where its borders are. In fact, it has refused to…Jews Must Stand Up for Ahed Tamimi: Sarah Silverman
TeleSur | - - Silverman, who is of Jewish heritage, became the latest high-profile U.S. celebrity to lend her support to the imprisoned Palestinian girl. U.S. Comedian Sarah Silverman . . .has…Saudi Arabia’s Filthy Lucre & its War on Yemen’s Civilians
By Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | - - “Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.” (Titus 1:11) Saudi…Russiagate or Deep State? What Some Progressives Get Wrong on Russia
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The bizarre denialism of some on the left and right about Russiagate doesn't bode well for the future of American…Israel: Protesters call for ‘crime minister’ Netanyahu to step down
Middle East Monitor | - - Israeli demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv today to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign after police recommended he be charged with bribery in two corruption…Israel to Deny Benefits for Pro-Boycott Citizens, Local Groups
TeleSur | - - The government will create a blacklist for local individuals and groups known to support the pro-Palestinian boycott movement against Israel. Israel is ramping up its crackdown on the…Let’s remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US-backed Saudi-led war on Yemen is keeping two million children out of school (Yemen is a country of 27 million). Worse, schools…Why do Iraq’s Shiites want US Troops out, but Sunnis prefer they Stay?
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | Iraq’s Sunni Muslims are anxiously watching the debate over the presence of US troops in Iraq. Civilians believe they are an important neutralising presence…The Boomerang Effect: How Netanyahu Made Israel a Partisan US Issue, and Lost
By Ramzy Baroud | (TeleSur) | - - Netanyahu's strategy in courting U.S. conservatives has proved a success. However, the price of that success is that the relationship between Israel and the…The Hidden Costs of America’s Perpetual Wars
By Stephanie Savell | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - I’m in my mid-thirties, which means that, after the 9/11 attacks, when this country went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq in what President…Black Panther: Honoring the legacy of Black style
by Henry Navarro Delgado | (The Conversation) | - - One knows that something is touching a nerve in North American culture when a foreign luxury car company wants a piece of…54 Palestinians from Gaza died in 2017 awaiting Israeli travel permits
Middle East Monitor | - - The record low rate of permits issued by Israel for Palestinians seeking vital medical treatment to travel outside the Gaza Strip underlines the urgent need for…Celebrities speak out for Jailed Teen Ahed Tamimi: Israel/Palestine
IMEMC | - - Celebrities and civil rights figures declared their support for imprisoned Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, 17, who was detained by Israeli forces on December 15, after a video of…What Does Netanyahu Corruption Case tell us about Trump’s Fate?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Israeli police have recommended that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu be indicted for corruption. The recommendation now goes to attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, who…The U.S. Is Permanently Occupying Northern Syria, and That’s Trouble
By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | - - When President Barack Obama started bombing Syria in 2014, he enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington, D.C. Americans were appalled by the atrocities of…The US is near to Turning a Corner in Afghanistan etc. and always Will be
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - If you’re in the mood, would you consider taking a walk with me and, while we’re at it, thinking a little about America’s…Syria: War is over at the Center, but Powers nibbling at Edges
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Where people live and how many of them there are constitute basic questions for any social scientist but these basics are often ignored…Joining BDS, Israeli Gov’t to Boycott Israeli Film in Paris
Middle East Monitor | - - The Israeli government is to boycott the Paris Film Festival over the organiser’s decision to air a movie that is said to “hurt the reputation of…Robots, kittens and Netflix: Turkish curbs on the media reach ludicrous levels
By Ozge Ozduzen | (The Conversation) | - - Regulation and censorship mechanisms have recently reached absurd levels in Turkey. Two stark recent examples illustrate the banality of the recent creeping controls.…