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Archives for March 2019

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2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel lobbies’ AIPAC after MoveOn.org Boycott Call

2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel lobbies’ AIPAC after MoveOn.org Boycott Call

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders is “concerned about the platform AIPAC is providing for leaders who have expressed bigotry and oppose a two-state solution.”

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How Bush's War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe

How Bush’s War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe

Juan Cole

This sort of glib rhetoric was to cost the lives of nearly 5,000 American military personnel and the lives of several hundred thousand Iraqis

Donald Trump
Kushner of Arabia wanted to Give Some of Jordan to Palestinians and some of Saudi Land to Jordan

Kushner of Arabia wanted to Give Some of Jordan to Palestinians and some of Saudi Land to Jordan

Middle East Monitor

“There were plans for an oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia to Gaza, where refineries and a shipping terminal could be built.”

Donald Trump
Trump and Don Jr. Wage Scathing War of Words on . . . Conservatives of Britain and Germany?

Trump and Don Jr. Wage Scathing War of Words on . . . Conservatives of Britain and Germany?

AFP

Chancellor Angela Merkel sid Germany would “continue our effort” to raise defense spending “but not at the expense of development aid.”

Donald Trump
How Progressives can build on Trump Catastrophe to Remake America

How Progressives can build on Trump Catastrophe to Remake America

John Feffer

There’s finally a good chance that Congress will repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF)

Colonialism
No, Fox's Katie Pavlich, the US wasn't the First to Abolish Slavery

No, Fox’s Katie Pavlich, the US wasn’t the First to Abolish Slavery

Juan Cole

Fox Cable News’ Katie Pavlich asserted Tuesday, “They keep blaming America for slavery, but the truth is that throughout human history slavery has existed. America came along as the first country to end it within 150 years. And we get no credit for that.” Seriously, how utterly and comprehensively brain dead stupid and ignorant do […]

Israel/ Palestine
UN Must Name Names of Companies helping Israel to Flood Squatters into Palestinian West Bank

UN Must Name Names of Companies helping Israel to Flood Squatters into Palestinian West Bank

Human Rights Watch

The disappointing further delay in publishing the database further entrenches corporate involvement in the abuses stemming from illegal settlements

Israel/ Palestine
Ilhan Omar Calls out DC Double Standards, insists on Palestinian Rights in their Homeland

Ilhan Omar Calls out DC Double Standards, insists on Palestinian Rights in their Homeland

Middle East Monitor

We must acknowledge that this is also the historical homeland of Palestinians. And without a state, the Palestinian people live in a state of permanent refugeehood and displacement

Islamophobia
New Gallipoli:  Turkey & Australia in War of Words over NZ Mosque Massacre

New Gallipoli: Turkey & Australia in War of Words over NZ Mosque Massacre

AFP

“There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets… after having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”

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