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Archives for October 2018

Donald Trump
"I am a Nationalist" - Donald Trump apes Mussolini in Drive to destroy America

“I am a Nationalist” – Donald Trump apes Mussolini in Drive to destroy America

Juan Cole

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 […]

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Targeting Palestinian Schools, UNRWA, to Cripple Nat’l Movement?

Is Israel Targeting Palestinian Schools, UNRWA, to Cripple Nat’l Movement?

Ramzy Baroud

An empowered Palestinian population is far more capable of challenging Israeli dominance than a subdued one

wind energy
It's the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don't do it for the climate

It’s the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don’t do it for the climate

The Conversation

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 […]

Far Right
Bomb Found at NY Home of Entrepreneur Soros after Trump attacked Him

Bomb Found at NY Home of Entrepreneur Soros after Trump attacked Him

AFP

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 […]

Saudi Arabia
Erdogan Intimates Saudi Crown Prince to Blame for Khashoggi Murder

Erdogan Intimates Saudi Crown Prince to Blame for Khashoggi Murder

AFP

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. […]

Featured
Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?

Does Turkey Aim to unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?

Juan Cole

Turkey columnist: Jared Kushner, UAE crown prince Bin Salman made up a ‘devils triangle’

UAE
No Dissent Allowed: United Arab Emirates Jails Western Ph.D. Researcher

No Dissent Allowed: United Arab Emirates Jails Western Ph.D. Researcher

The Conversation

Matthew Hedges’ Arrest exposes the extreme limits on academic freedom in the United Arab Emirates

BDS
MESA Letter Defending Lucy Peterson, Grad, in her Boycott of Israel

MESA Letter Defending Lucy Peterson, Grad, in her Boycott of Israel

contributors

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 […]

Saudi Arabia
Fearful Saudi Dissidents: Gov’t Tried to Lure us to Embassies, Too

Fearful Saudi Dissidents: Gov’t Tried to Lure us to Embassies, Too

AFP

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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