Israeli Snipers Murder 17, wound dozens of Trapped Refugee Protesters at Gaza Border
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Palestinians in Gaza staged an unarmed protest…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Palestinians in Gaza staged an unarmed protest…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump in the course of a speech…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's charm…
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Gaza: Hundreds Wounded by live fire as Israeli Snipers Shot protesters in Back & while at Prayer
Alex Gatopoulos | Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | - - "Israeli soldiers have fired on Palestinians in Gaza for the second day running. Four young men were injured near…Rights groups slam Israeli ‘crimes’ in Gaza, say ‘shooting unarmed civilians illegal’
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Human rights organizations have come out in full condemnation of Israel’s violent response to massive unarmed civilian protests in Gaza on Friday, which…Israeli Snipers Murder 17, wound dozens of Trapped Refugee Protesters at Gaza Border
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Palestinians in Gaza staged an unarmed protest Friday, part of a planned multi-week event, near the Israeli line of control. They are demanding…Wind & Solar Rising: Has world disillusionment with Nuclear Power reached China?
The Qinshan nuclear power plant in Zhejiang province (Image: baike) By Feng Hao | (China Dialogue) | - - Slowing demand for electricity and competition from renewables have halted new reactor approvals,…In Photos: Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza March at Border for Return
Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Thousands of Palestinians from across the besieged Gaza Strip took to the border with Israel on Friday for the first day of…The Iran Red Herring in the Ruinous Yemen War
Via Middle East Monitor By Alastair Sloan | (Middle East Monitor) | - - As the church bells rang in the New Year of 2018, Norway announced that it would be cutting…Trump: “US out of Syria ‘Very Soon'”– Quip or Policy Reversal?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump in the course of a speech on infrastructure in Ohio, yesterday, observed that the US was near to completely defeating the ISIL…Trump’s Fascination with appointing War Criminals to High Office
Via Tomdispatch.com By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - A barely noticed anniversary slid by on March 20th. It’s been 15 years since the United States committed the greatest war…Jesus wasn’t white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew: & why that matters
By Robyn J. Whitaker | (The Conversation) | - - I grew up in a Christian home, where a photo of Jesus hung on my bedroom wall. I still have it. It…Ultimate Hypocrisy: Saudi Crown Prince touts Religious Tolerance in NYC
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's charm offensive in New York allegedly involved meeting Oprah Winfrey, which may be the only canny thing…Inside the US war in Yemen
By Reese Erlich | (48Hills.org) | - - The American military and complex Middle East politics create a horrible humanitarian crisis One of the most important US Senate votes in decades took…A Second Palestine? Neo-Ottoman “Sultan” Erdogan Captures Syria’s Kurdish Enclave of Afrin
By Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkey’s capture of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria has added a new dimension to the highly volatile geopolitical environment…China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn’t Nearly Enough
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I am not a fundamentalist in any other area of life. But I am a carbon dioxide fundamentalist. Well, you can add methane…Facebook Deletes Gaza-Based Safa News, which had 1.3 mn Followers
TeleSur | - - According to a Palestinian activist, this year alone 500 pages of Palestinian journalists, activists and bloggers have been deleted. Facebook deleted account of Gaza-based Palestinian news agency Safa…Could China oil Exchange & Green Energy pull the plug on the Dollar?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Kate Duguid at Reuters reports the alarm at UBS that China's new oil futures exchange will hurt the standing of the dollar as…Palestine: 17% increase in Israel’s squatter settlements under Trump
Middle East Monitor | - - Construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank surged 17 per cent during the first year of US President Donald trump’s presidency, Israeli monitoring group Peace…Yemen: Thousands Protest 3 Years of West-backed Saudi War
TeleSur | - - in Since the military offensive began 10,000 people have been killed, and 53,000 wounded. In Yemen's capital Sanaa, tens of thousands took to streets Monday to protest “three…Apocalyptic Numbers: The Saudi-Trump War on Yemen
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Three years ago this month, the then 29-year-old Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia (now its crown prince) launched a ruinous war on…Palestine RIP
By Hossam Shaker | (Middle East Monitor) | - - They do not want to recognise the truth. The project of an independent Palestinian state has ended forever, and any talk about…Trump Happy, Bolton Sad? Syrian Regime claims 90% of E. Ghouta as 105k civilians Flee
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the last major rebel enclaves in Syria, East Ghouta, is near to falling back completely under the control of the Baath…