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Archives for January 2019

Israel/ Palestine
Israel pushes European Union to cease Funding NGOs backing BDS (Boycott)

Israel pushes European Union to cease Funding NGOs backing BDS (Boycott)

Maan News Agency

The EU responded by saying that it opposes BDS, however, will continue to defend freedom of speech

Pentagon
So Much Losing:  America's Small Unending Wars of the 21st Century

So Much Losing: America’s Small Unending Wars of the 21st Century

William J. Astore

Endless war for any goal except to preserve the republic isn’t a measure of fortitude but the path to national suicide.

Featured
How Long til Trump & GOP Radical Islamophobia causes Major Massacre?

How Long til Trump & GOP Radical Islamophobia causes Major Massacre?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Three extremist white nationalists who plotted to blow up a Somali-American apartment complex in Kansas have been sentenced to 25 years in prison. The men made and tested explosives to use on the Somali immigrants, whom they called “cockroaches” and other terms that CNN couldn’t repeat. Somalis are Sunni Muslims. […]

Coal
Germany to End its Coal Industry, Go Green, within 20 Years

Germany to End its Coal Industry, Go Green, within 20 Years

Clean Energy Wire

( Clean Energy Wire) – Energy transition home country Germany eyes a phase-out of coal power by 2038 at the very latest, as the country tries to get back on track to create a climate-friendly economy. In its highly anticipated phase-out proposal, the country’s coal commission said the world’s fourth largest economy could also wean […]

Syria
Damascus Condemns Turkey Presence in North Syria as Violation of Deal

Damascus Condemns Turkey Presence in North Syria as Violation of Deal

AFP

On Friday, Erdogan said Turkey expected a “security zone” to be created in Syria in a few months

Holocaust
How Will Generations that didn't Experience the Holocaust Remember it?

How Will Generations that didn’t Experience the Holocaust Remember it?

The Conversation

Keeping the memory of the Holocaust has become increasingly important because it can bring awareness to contemporary atrocities

Israel/ Palestine
Qatar Convinces Israel, Hamas to let it Aid 94,000 Poor Gaza Families

Qatar Convinces Israel, Hamas to let it Aid 94,000 Poor Gaza Families

Middle East Monitor

Palestinian factions in Gaza, including Hamas, which on Thursday refused to receive the Qatari funds under “humiliating” Israeli conditions, are keeping silent

Donald Trump
Workers & a Seasoned Speaker Defeated Trump on Shutdown; it Wasn't about Gender

Workers & a Seasoned Speaker Defeated Trump on Shutdown; it Wasn’t about Gender

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some of the language being used for the victory of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over President Donald Trump with regard to ending the month-long shut-down of the US government has played on gender reversals. Jimmy Kimmel, not known for being politically correct, said that Trump ‘bent over’ for her. Nancy […]

Venezuela
Pompeo taps Iran-Contra Death Squad Backer to 'Restore Democracy' in Venezuela

Pompeo taps Iran-Contra Death Squad Backer to ‘Restore Democracy’ in Venezuela

AFP

Abrams initially dismissed the massacre of nearly 1,000 civilians by the Salvadoran army at El Mozote in 1981.

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