Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump proudly says he is a “nationalist.” He is, of course, saying this to shore up support among white nationalists. The Nazi sites on the web were all having wet dreams in the aftermath. From the 1990s, polling has found that about 10% of Americans support far right militias. These […]
Archives for October 2018
Is Israel Targeting Palestinian Schools, UNRWA, to Cripple Nat’l Movement?
(Ma’an News Agency) – Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Nablus in the West Bank on October 15. The students of al-Sawiya al-Lubban Mixed School were challenging an Israeli military order to shut down their school based on the ever-versatile accusation […]
It’s the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don’t do it for the climate
By Sarah Mills | – The federal government has never played a leading role in restricting the carbon footprint of the nation’s power plants. But now that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle many energy regulations, that national role is even smaller. Many states have been trying to fill this vacuum for years with […]
Bomb Found at NY Home of Entrepreneur Soros after Trump attacked Him
New York (AFP) – The FBI on Tuesday was investigating an explosive device found in the mailbox at the New York home of US billionaire and liberal donor George Soros, a target of right-wing groups, officials confirmed. An employee of the residence in Bedford, north of Manhattan, found the suspicious package in the mailbox on […]
Erdogan Intimates Saudi Crown Prince to Blame for Khashoggi Murder
By Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi with Gokan Gunes in Istanbul | – Ankara (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s key speech on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi shows that Turkey wants to shun confrontation with Saudi Arabia and work closely with King Salman while keeping up the pressure on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, analysts say. […]
Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – | – Turkish authorities are subjecting Saudi Arabia to a Chinese water torture, releasing a bit more of the fruits of their investigation into the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi everyday, seemingly timed to refute whatever lame excuses the Saudis had come up with that day. On Monday, Turkey […]
No Dissent Allowed: United Arab Emirates Jails Western Ph.D. Researcher
By John Nagle | – The case of the Durham PhD student, Matthew Hedges – who has been arrested and placed in solitary confinement on the charge of spying – exposes the extreme limits on academic freedom in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). But Hedges’s plight, while outrageous, is not altogether shocking for seasoned observers […]
MESA Letter Defending Lucy Peterson, Grad, in her Boycott of Israel
Via Middle East Studies Association Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) 3542 N Geronimo Ave Tucson AZ 85705 (USA) 520-333-2577 520-207-3166 fax Website October 22, 2018 Mark S. Schlissel, President University of Michigan presoff@umich.edu Martin A. Philbert, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Michigan philbert@umich.edu Dear President Schlissel and […]
Fearful Saudi Dissidents: Gov’t Tried to Lure us to Embassies, Too
Washington (AFP) – The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has sent a chill through exiled dissidents, with many revealing discreet government attempts to lure them to their embassies as an apparent “trap” to return them to the kingdom. Khashoggi, a critic of powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed inside the Saudi consulate […]
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