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Legal?  Despite Withdrawal Pledge, Trump's Massive Mission Creep in Syria

Legal? Despite Withdrawal Pledge, Trump’s Massive Mission Creep in Syria

Juan Cole

How is fighting Syrian government troops part of the US mission in Syria? Only by virtue of mission creep

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Journalists Condemn Israeli Bill Criminalizing Photography of Soldiers

Palestinian Journalists Condemn Israeli Bill Criminalizing Photography of Soldiers

Maan News Agency

The bill would criminalize the photographing or recording of Israeli soldiers while on duty

Iraq
With Some Sunnis Voting for Shiites, is Iraq After ISIL Becoming Less Sectarian?

With Some Sunnis Voting for Shiites, is Iraq After ISIL Becoming Less Sectarian?

Karl Kaltenthaler

Voters valued independence and integrity above all

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arrests: What is Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman up to?

Saudi Arrests: What is Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman up to?

Brian Whitaker

The prince, who has been glowingly portrayed as a reformer, has been silent about the recent arrests of women’s rights activists

Israel/ Palestine
What Accounts for America’s Sadism toward Palestinians?

What Accounts for America’s Sadism toward Palestinians?

Razan Azzarkani

The United States isn’t just indifferent, it is implicated in the violence of the past few weeks

China
China’s Green Shift is Positioning it to Overtake US in Energy Technology, Security

China’s Green Shift is Positioning it to Overtake US in Energy Technology, Security

Juan Cole

These are astonishing statistics for one of the world’s two largest economies

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Supreme Court Lets Army Shoot Unarmed Protesters in Violation of anti-Nazi Geneva Accords

Israeli Supreme Court Lets Army Shoot Unarmed Protesters in Violation of anti-Nazi Geneva Accords

AFP

Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the military’s use of lethal force against Palestinians during protests and clashes on the Gaza border

Antisemitism
On how there is no Tradition of anti-Semitism in Islam

On how there is no Tradition of anti-Semitism in Islam

Peter Wien

The history contradicts media stereotypes

racism
NFL Commissioner takes a Knee in Pitiful Pandering (Cartoon)

NFL Commissioner takes a Knee in Pitiful Pandering (Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol

Via: Jamiol’s World – Get Paul Jamiol’s latest book of political cartoons, Hatred Rising

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