Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Our great leader has delivered himself of some weighty pronouncements about Iran, about which he knows not a single little thing, likely even where exactly it is. He called the US intelligence agencies “passive and naive” on Iran, said that Tehran had become less active since Trump violated the 2015 […]
Archives for January 2019
UN: Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 6,700 Children, Left 358,000 Severely Malnourished
More than 6700 children have been killed since the outbreak of the Yemen war in 2015, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced yesterday. “Around 358,000 Yemeni children suffer from severe acute malnutrition,” UNICEF said on Twitter, stressing that the victims required “immediate treatment.” The UN organisation called for “halting attacks” against children […]
Israel Orders School Razed, Halt to Construction of Homes in Hebron, Palestine
HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities delivered demolition notices and halt of construction orders to several homes and schools in Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, on Wednesday. Coordinator of a local popular committee against the separation wall and settlements, Rateb al-Jbour, said Israeli authorities stormed the Masafer Yatta area and […]
40 Years on, is Iran a Status Quo Power or a Threat to ME Regional Security?
(Informed Comment) – The US-Iranian relations remain conflictual forty years after the revolution and with an uncertain future. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that Poland will host an international conference on Iran in February has angered Iranian officials, prompting foreign minister Javad Zarif’s tweeting the upcoming summit as America’s anti-Iran “circus.” Secretary […]
Gantz Targets Netanyahu in Israeli Election: ‘Ridiculous’ for Indicted PM to Serve
By Laurent Lozano | – Jerusalem (AFP) – A picture taken on January 29, 2019, shows the podium where former Israeli chief of staff Benny Gantz delivered his first electoral speech Bullish on security, conservative in diplomacy — ending weeks of silence, retired Israeli general Benny Gantz has launched his campaign to become prime minister. […]
Top 10 Ways that the United States is the Most Corrupt Country in the World
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States fell 6 places to a ranking of only 22 in Transparency International’s‘s list of countries by corruption. Under Trump, America is not in the top 20 for fair dealing. But as I have argued before, the United States is the most corrupt country in the world, and […]
Democrats To Deny Funding to Trump’s Muslim Visa Ban on 2nd Anniversary
(TeleSur) – “We are dropping American made bombs on countries … the United States then made the decision to block those people inside those countries…” Democratic members of the United States Congress rallied against President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban Monday which reached its second anniversary. “I know first-hand how destructive this policy is to millions […]
Palestinians need Int’l Protection until Israeli Occupation Ends: PLO
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Secretary General of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, said that the people of Palestine need international protection until the end of the Israeli occupation, in response to Israel’s decision not to extend the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH). Erekat said in a statement “We […]
How to Talk about Islamophobia in the Age of Trump: There aren’t Two Sides to Bigotry
(Informed Comment) – In late 2016, on the eve of the national election, I sat down in front of my computer to read an article about then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. My 9-year old son leaned over my shoulder to sneak a peak at the screen, frowned, and wondered aloud, “What? It’s going to […]
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