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Archives for March 2016

Education
And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian

And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian

contributors

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teacher from the occupied West Bank on Sunday won the Varkey Foundation’s 2016 Global Teacher’s Prize “for her work educating children in Palestine.” Hanan al-Hroub, from Duheisha refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem, was announced the winner of the […]

Islam-hatred
The American Muslims Trump doesn't Know About

The American Muslims Trump doesn’t Know About

contributors

Bridge Initiative Team | (Bridge) | – – In an interview with Donald Trump that aired on Wednesday on CNN, Anderson Cooper asked the Republican presidential frontrunner if he thought “Islam is at war with the West.” “I think Islam hates us,” Trump said, “There’s tremendous hatred there… We have to get to the bottom […]

al-Qaeda
Syria:  More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda

Syria: More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Akhbar (Beirut) reports that al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Levant, also known as the Support Front (jabhat al-Nusra), repeated scenarios it had previously acted out against other “moderate” remnants of the old Free Syrian Army. It launched a massive attack on the headquarters of Division […]

Terrorism
Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media

Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media

contributors

Euronews | (Video news Report) | “A car bomb has caused carnage in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara. The authorities now say at least 3[9] people have died and some 75 have been injured. The blast happened just before 6.45 p.m. local time at Kizilay Square near the central Guven Park. The area […]

Israel/ Palestine
Hypocrisy: Israel’s BDS of Palestinian Companies

Hypocrisy: Israel’s BDS of Palestinian Companies

contributors

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli troops used tear gas to suppress a march held by five Palestinian food production companies on Sunday near the Israeli Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank. The companies protested by parking their trucks near the prison, after Israeli authorities banned their products from entering […]

Bernie Sanders
What is Political Revolution and Can Bernie Sanders Deliver?

What is Political Revolution and Can Bernie Sanders Deliver?

contributors

By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | – – The 2016 American presidential election can prove to be a turning point in the development of American politics. This is not because a declared democratic socialist is running for the post or because of Donald Trump’s outrageous statements and proclamations pointing to a serious rise […]

Far Right
Will the Militias & gun nuts volunteer as Donald Trump's Storm Troopers?

Will the Militias & gun nuts volunteer as Donald Trump’s Storm Troopers?

contributors

By Bob Dreyfuss | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Can it happen here? That’s the question circulating now that Donald Trump, the nativist, rabble-rousing xenophobe, and billionaire, is threatening to capture the Republican nomination for president of the United States — and it’s a question that isn’t being asked only on the left.  It’s […]

Featured
Winners and Losers in 5 Years of Syrian Civil War

Winners and Losers in 5 Years of Syrian Civil War

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Five years ago this week, protests began in Damascus and Deraa (mainly Deraa) in Syria, on the heels of the overthrow of dictators in Tunisia and Egypt. Syria’s government was even more repressive than those of the other two countries, however, much more of a Stalinist […]

Islam-hatred
Who made it OK to Hate Muslims?

Who made it OK to Hate Muslims?

contributors

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ ) | – – “Donald Trump openly hates on Muslims, but you might be surprised at who else has used Islamophobia during their presidential campaigns.” AJ+: “Who Made It OK to Hate Muslims?”

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