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Archives for September 2018

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Schools & Clinics at Risk if Trump Cuts not Made Up:  UNRWA

Palestinian Schools & Clinics at Risk if Trump Cuts not Made Up: UNRWA

Middle East Monitor

$185 million needed through end of year

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Top 4 Pieces of Sexual Harassment that Brought us to the Kavanaugh Debacle

Top 4 Pieces of Sexual Harassment that Brought us to the Kavanaugh Debacle

Juan Cole

Les Moonves didn’t know if it was good for the country, but Trump was definitely good for CBS Bottom Line

Israel/ Palestine
“No one will leave:” Palestinian Bedouin reject Israeli Ultimatum to Abandon their Town in Palestine

“No one will leave:” Palestinian Bedouin reject Israeli Ultimatum to Abandon their Town in Palestine

Maan News Agency

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Civil Administration ordered on Sunday the Bedouin residents of Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem, to demolish their homes and to evacuate the area before the start of October. According to local sources, staff members of the Israeli Civil Administration under the protection of Israeli forces stormed Khan al-Ahmar and […]

Donald Trump
Complicit, Sidelined, Compromised: The American Elite is not Going to Save You From Trump

Complicit, Sidelined, Compromised: The American Elite is not Going to Save You From Trump

John Feffer

(Tomdispatch.com) – During a lifetime of make-believe, Donald Trump has never pretended to be a conventional politician. When he finally decided to make a serious bid for office, he built his presidential aspirations on the flimsiest of foundations: a wild conspiracy theory about Barack Obama’s birthplace. His leadership bona fides were equally laughable, having presided […]

Feminism
Keeping Nasty Women out of Textbooks

Keeping Nasty Women out of Textbooks

Gail Ukockis

a Texas education committee had voted to keep Nasty Women such as Hillary Clinton out of the mandatory social studies curriculum

Green Transportation
BMW,  Porsche & other German Car-makers want to sell a million Electric SUVs, Coupes

BMW, Porsche & other German Car-makers want to sell a million Electric SUVs, Coupes

AFP

By Yann SCHREIBER Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – After years watching Tesla’s electric cars speed ahead while they have been on the defensive over an industry-wide diesel emissions scandal, German high-end manufacturers have finally unveiled their first challengers to the Californian upstart. Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen’s Audi and Porsche subsidiaries between them control […]

Russia
Russia Slams Israeli ‘Adventurism’ for downing of its Military Plane over Syria

Russia Slams Israeli ‘Adventurism’ for downing of its Military Plane over Syria

AFP

Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s military Sunday blamed “misleading” information from the Israeli airforce for the downing of one of its planes in Syria last week, and denounced the “adventurism” of Israeli pilots. Israel strongly disputed the assertion and vowed it will continue to act against Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria. A Syrian air defence missile […]

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Iran: Khamenei Blames Saudi Arabia, Trump's US for bloody Terror attack on Ahvaz

Iran: Khamenei Blames Saudi Arabia, Trump’s US for bloody Terror attack on Ahvaz

Juan Cole

The aim was clearly to spread terror among the civilian population.

Immigration
DHS: Immigrants who Accepted Food Stamps to be Denied Permanent Residency (Green Cards)

DHS: Immigrants who Accepted Food Stamps to be Denied Permanent Residency (Green Cards)

AFP

Washington (AFP) – US immigrants who get public benefits like food stamps or housing vouchers could be denied green cards, under a new proposal from President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump came to power pledging to make immigration to the United States more difficult, and reduce the number of people allowed to stay in the country. […]

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