Thom Hartmann Show | (Video Interview) | – – How much responsibility does Donald Trump have, after not warning Khashoggi, and what does this say to the state of journalism, free speech, the Trump administration, America and the World. Professor Juan Cole joins the Thom Hartmann Program to discuss this and his new book, Muhammad: […]
Archives for October 2018
Humanity’s Failing Grade: Putting out Even more Poisonous CO2 in 2018
Co-Author: Catherine HOURS | – – Paris (AFP) – Energy sector carbon emissions will rise in 2018 after hitting record levels the year before, dimming prospects for meeting Paris climate treaty goals, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday. The energy sector accounts for 80 percent of global CO2 emissions, with most […]
US Downgrades Palestinian Mission into Israeli Embassy
Co-Author: Paul HANDLEY | – – Washington (AFP) – The United States downgraded its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians on Thursday, placing it under the authority of the US embassy to Israel. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the consulate general, a separate office which handled dealings with the Palestinians, would be replaced […]
Israeli Army kills a Palestinian in Gaza Every Single Day: Euro-Med
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) said that Israeli forces caused injuries to one in every 100 Palestinians as Gaza protests conclude 200 days and called on the international community to exert serious pressure on Israel to end its targeting of Palestinian demonstrators. Euro-Med said in a statement “The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights […]
Islam: The Essence of the Qur’an is Compassionate Love: Qur’an 90
An early chapter of the Qur’an is 90, “The City.” It contrasts the wealthy elite of Mecca in western Arabia in the 610s of the Common Era with the small band of Muhammad’s Believers. Verses 12-17 go this way: And how would I make you understand the steep path? It is freeing a slave or […]
Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham, You have Iranian Ancestry and should be Proud
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Lindsay Graham joked on Fox Cable News that he might do a genetic test to see if he has Native American ancestry, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren does. Then he added that it might show he has Iranian ancestry. “That,” he observed, “would be terrible.” Florida house candidate, Iranian-American Anna […]
Kashoggi, Yemen and the War on Journalism
(MENA Tidningen) – For the past week, the news cycle on the Middle East has been focused, for obvious reasons, on the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Turkish authorities claim that they have hard evidence for the murder, which the Saudis are finding it […]
Israeli Eviction Occupied Khan al-Ahmar Residents is a War Crime: Int’l Court
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, warned, on Wednesday, that transfer of population in an occupied territory constitute war crime. Bensouda said in a statement regarding the situation in Palestine “I have been following with concern the planned eviction of the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, in the […]
UN elevates State of Palestine to Chair of Group of 77
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestine’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, hailed as “a new victory” the UN General Assembly vote in favor of a resolution granting the State of Palestine additional powers to be able to assume the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China, on Wednesday. The UNGA voted in favor […]
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