Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat denounced on Wednesday recent Israeli plans to expand illegal settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, calling it a “war crime.” “The continued Israeli colonization of Palestine is a war crime under international law,” Erekat said in a statement. […]
Archives for April 2016
5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak’s Ouster
By Salma Essam | (Global Voices) | – – Among the names contained in the Panama Papers, the enormous trove of confidential documents revealing how the world's elite exploit tax havens, is Alaa Mubarak, son of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, and other associates of Egypt's former autocratic leader. Hosni Mubarak was ousted in the 2011 […]
Arab Youth view ISIL as major Mideast Obstacle, want less Religion
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The annual Arab Youth survey conducted by pollsters Burson-Marsteller is out, reporting on 3500 interviews with Arabs 18-24 years of age in 16 countries. Those of you who have read my recent book, The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East , […]
Is Hillary Clinton vulnerable to Trump over her 2002 vote for the Iraq War?
Tom F.A Watts | (The Conversation) | – – To the horror of almost everyone in mainstream US politics, it seems increasingly likely that by the close of the Republican National Convention in July, Donald Trump will have snatched the prize he has long coveted: the Republican presidential nomination. The party’s leadership is no longer […]
Forget the Trump/Cruz Circus: Why Liberals are the Future of America
By James A. Haught | (Informed Comment) | – – In the chaotic presidential campaign, the remarkable popularity of Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders spotlights a large, not-always-recognized vein of liberal political sympathy in America. Suddenly, the L-word is popular again — not an embarrassment to be avoided. That’s great, I think, because progressives have been […]
Lebanon: Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced into Exploitative Child Labor
TeleSur | – – A report by an anti-slavery group also details how Syrian refugee girls are being forced into child marriage and sex slavery. Up to 70 percent of Syrian refugee children are being forced into child labor in Lebanon, the anti-slavery Freedom Fund group said in a report Tuesday. The report also pointed […]
Watchdog: Israeli approval for squatter units more than doubles in 2016
Ma’an News Agency | (Informed Comment) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has advanced plans for 250 percent more settler homes in the first quarter of 2016 than it did in the same period last year, Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said Tuesday. The watchdog said that from January to March this year, the […]
Saudi’s King Salman in Turkey signals thaw in Ankara-Riyadh Tensions
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is visiting Turkey today, after his trip to Egypt this past weekend (I wrote about that at The Nation). There are things that have driven Saudi Arabia and Turkey apart, and things that have brought them together again. The tensions center on […]
Billionaire buying Election & Given Free Airtime sulks that System is Rigged
CBSN | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is slamming the Republican party after losing more delegates to Ted Cruz in Colorado this weekend. And on Sunday, Trump’s convention manager likened Cruz’s campaign tactics to that of the Gestapo, the feared secret police under Nazi Germany. Editor-in-chief of The Hill, Bob Cusack joins CBSN […]
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