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Archives for April 2014

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians consider handing 'keys' back to Israel, ending Charade of "Peace Process"

Palestinians consider handing ‘keys’ back to Israel, ending Charade of “Peace Process”

Juan Cole

(Via AFP) Palestinians mull handing territory ‘keys’ back to Israel (via AFP) Palestinian negotiators have warned they may pass responsiblity for their territory back to occupying power Israel if peace talks remain stalled, a senior Palestinian official said on Sunday. The official said the Palestinians told US peace envoy Martin…   —– Related video: PressTV […]

Constitution
Too Big to Jail?  Why Kidnapping, Torture, Assassination, and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington

Too Big to Jail? Why Kidnapping, Torture, Assassination, and Perjury Are No Longer Crimes in Washington

Juan Cole

(By Tom Engelhardt via Tomdispatch.com) How the mighty have fallen.  Once known as “Obama’s favorite general,” James Cartwright will soon don a prison uniform and, thanks to a plea deal, spend 13 months behind bars.  Involved in setting up the earliest military cyberforce inside U.S. Strategic Command, which he led from 2004 to 2007, Cartwright […]

Afghanistan
Obama and David Brooks's Manhood Problem

Obama and David Brooks’s Manhood Problem

Juan Cole

(By Juan Cole) David Brooks attacked President Obama on Sunday, saying: “Basically since Yalta we’ve had an assumption that borders are basically going to be borders, and once that comes into question, if in Ukraine or in Crimea or anywhere else, then all over the world … all bets are off . . .” … […]

Pakistan, China begin joint military exercise

Pakistan, China begin joint military exercise

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RAWALPINDI: Two week long Pak-China Joint military exercise “Peace Angel 2014” commenced on Sunday near the garrison city of Rawalpindi. “Peace Angel 2014” would certainly pave the way for further cementing the existing bilateral relations between armies of the two countries, according to a statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR). The statement […]

Human Rights
Saudi Arabia arrests Thinker for Encouraging Dissent!

Saudi Arabia arrests Thinker for Encouraging Dissent!

Juan Cole

(By Human Rights Watch) Saudi authorities have repeatedly harassed Abu al-Khair for his human rights work, and now they’ve suddenly jailed him without letting him notify his family. The authorities should free Abu al-Khair immediately and drop the charges against him. UPDATE: Samar Badawi, the wife of Waleed Abu al-Khair, said that authorities allowed him […]

Climate Change
Has Al Gore been Vindicated?  The Former VP speaks out on Climate Menace In Hawaii

Has Al Gore been Vindicated? The Former VP speaks out on Climate Menace In Hawaii

Juan Cole

Al Gore On Climate Change Crisis (via Clean Technica) Originally published on Green Living Ideas. Former Vice President Al Gore delivered a powerful address to a packed house at the Stan Sheriff Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa this week. Environmentally, Gore is most famous, perhaps, for his…   ——– UH Magazine: “Al […]

Music
Pharrell's "Happy" - Gaza Style

Pharrell’s “Happy” – Gaza Style

Juan Cole

All we in the West ever hear about Gaza concerns the Hamas Party-Militia or the conflict between its Palestinians and the Israeli army. Some Gaza youth did a cover of Pharrell Williams’s “Happy” to show a different side of the 1.7 million people in the Gaza Strip: #Happy (#Gaza version) – #Pharrell Williams

Climate Change
25 Alarming Global Warming Facts (Video)

25 Alarming Global Warming Facts (Video)

Juan Cole

25 Alarming Global Warming Statistics

Featured
Despite being Barred from Jerusalem Easter is a Symbol of hope for Palestinians

Despite being Barred from Jerusalem Easter is a Symbol of hope for Palestinians

Juan Cole

(By Juan Cole) Palestinian Christians in the West Bank say that they have been denied permits to visit Jerusalem in record numbers this year, despite their living just over the green line not far from the holy city. Hanan Ashrawi, the prominent Palestinian human rights activist, maintained that Palestinians only received 30% to 40% of […]

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