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Archives for July 2015

Apartheid
Israel to put 300 more Squatter Homes in West Bank, Palestine asks UN to Intervene

Israel to put 300 more Squatter Homes in West Bank, Palestine asks UN to Intervene

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Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The PLO and Palestinian presidency on Wednesday strongly criticized an announcement by Israel to approve 300 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank. Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that Israel’s settlement policy is “destructive to all the efforts being put since September by the United […]

Featured
Has Iran cut off Hamas?  Is Hamas turning to Saudi Arabia?

Has Iran cut off Hamas? Is Hamas turning to Saudi Arabia?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Newsweek is reporting that Iran has cut off funding to Hamas in Gaza, citing Israeli journalism and Hamas sources. Iran’s relationship with the Hamas party-militia in the Gaza Strip has been an roller-coaster ride in the past three years. The youth revolutions of 2011 created hard […]

Apartheid
Israelis who illegally squatted on Palestinian land in West Bank Sneak back in

Israelis who illegally squatted on Palestinian land in West Bank Sneak back in

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AFP | (Video report) | – – “Several hundred people on Tuesday illegally re-entered the former Sa-Nur settlement in the northern West Bank after being expelled by Israel in 2005.” AFP: “Israelis illegally re-enter former settlement in West Bank”

Barack Obama
Morgan Freeman drops F-Bomb to explain why Iran Deal prevents A-Bomb

Morgan Freeman drops F-Bomb to explain why Iran Deal prevents A-Bomb

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Huffington Post | (Video by Morgan Freeman and other Stars) | – – “Allow Jack Black, Morgan Freeman and Queen Noor to explain how important the Iran Nuclear Deal is..” The Huffington Post: “Iran Nuclear Deal Explained by Morgan Freeman” Full link: Huffington Post

Kurds
Did Turkish Pres. Erdogan Make a Historic mistake in dumping Peace Process with Kurds?

Did Turkish Pres. Erdogan Make a Historic mistake in dumping Peace Process with Kurds?

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by **JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary, with KUBILAY YADO ARIN UPDATE ON TUESDAY JULY 28: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Ankara could not continue the peace process with the Kurds amid continuing attacks against Turkish targets. As Turkish and U.S. officials reportedly worked on a plan to create a safe-zone by […]

Barack Obama
Iran Deal:  The Calculus of Power in the Mideast just Changed Forever

Iran Deal: The Calculus of Power in the Mideast just Changed Forever

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By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Don’t sweat the details of the July nuclear accord between the United States and Iran. What matters is that the calculus of power in the Middle East just changed in significant ways. Washington and Tehran announced their nuclear agreement on July 14th and yes, some of […]

Featured
Turkish Tanks Shell Syrian Kurds who expelled ISIL from Zur Maghar

Turkish Tanks Shell Syrian Kurds who expelled ISIL from Zur Maghar

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian Kurds and the British based Syrian Observatory said Monday that Turkish tanks had shelled the village of Zur Maghar near Kobani on the Syrian side of the border held by the YPG [People’s Protection Unit] leftist Kurdish militia. Four of its fighters were wounded. The […]

Democratic Party
New Poll: Bernie Sanders Leads All Republican Front Runners including Trump

New Poll: Bernie Sanders Leads All Republican Front Runners including Trump

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Thom Hartmann | (Video Report) | – – Bernie Sanders, who doesn’t play to the cheap seats, is racking up incredible poll numbers. Zaid Jilani at Alternet reports on a just-out CNN poll: SANDERS: 48% BUSH: 47% SANDERS: 48% WALKER: 42% SANDERS: 59% TRUMP: 38% . Thom Hartmann comments: [-JC] Thom Harmann: ” New Poll: […]

GCC
Yemen:  Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW

Yemen: Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW

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Human Rights Watch | – – (Sanaa) – Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed at least 65 civilians, including 10 children, and wounded dozens in the Yemeni port city of Mokha on July 24, 2015, are an apparent war crime. Starting between 9:30 and 10 p.m., coalition airplanes repeatedly struck two residential compounds of the Mokha […]

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