Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The tragedy of the burning of the 800-year-old Notre Dame is a loss for global culture. Regular readers know that I grew up partially in France, and I love Paris with a passion. I remember visiting Notre Dame with my parents as a child. Perhaps there is a faded Kodak […]
Archives for April 2019
Trump’s Embrace of Netanyahu will Haunt the Middle East for Years
By Phyllis Bennis | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The flurry of favors the president did for Bibi could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come. For Israelis, the questions had been hovering for months. Would the right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claim victory and a […]
Access to Clean Water is a Human Right, so why is Palestine an Exception?
Free access to clean water is a basic human right. This is not just a common-sense assertion, but also a binding legal commitment enshrined in international law. In November 2002, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted “General Comment No. 15” regarding the right to water: “The human right to water is […]
Songs of Freedom: The Soundtracks of Political Change in Sudan
By Mohamed A. Satti | – The uprising in Sudan has been vocal – and musical. “Tasqut bas!” – just fall, that’s all – was a commonly-used slogan by Sudanese as they revolted against military dictator Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule. The uprising, which began in December 2018, intensified over the following weeks, forcing Al-Bashir to […]
One Hell of a Hangover: All the American Wars We haven’t remembered Fighting that are Still going On
(Tomdispatch.com ) – Here’s a statement it might be hard to disagree with: American war is off the charts. Still, I’d like to explain — but I’m nervous about doing so. I know perfectly well that the next word I plan to write will send most of you tumbling elsewhere in a universe in which […]
Israeli Forces Attack young Palestinian Students in Hebron, Nablus in Continuing Occupation Tactic affecting 60,000/ year
1. Israeli forces attack, injure school children in Hebron HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces attacked young Palestinian students in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday, by firing tear-gas bombs and sound grenades towards them. According to local sources, Israeli forces physically attacked several students on their way to school, as well […]
How Classic Anti-Semitic Tropes are being Marshaled against Ilhan Omar and Muslim-Americans
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The attacks on Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim-American women to serve in Congress and the first of Black African heritage who veils, by the Rupert Murdoch press (Fox, New York Post, etc.) and the US Republican Party are frightening for many reasons, but most of all because […]
Israel’s Netanyahu campaigned on Destroying every Palestinian Dream: Now for the Implementation
By Motasem A Dalloul | @AbujomaaGaza | – After securing 36 seats in the Knesset, and with other right-wing parties winning at least 30, it is obvious that the leader of Israel’s Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is going to form the next — his fifth — government. Although he is not as pragmatic a leader […]
Why isn’t the Democratic Party Leadership coming to Ilhan Omar’s Defense?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nancy Pelosi’s response to Donald Trump’s tweet lying about Ilhan Omar and maliciously twisting her words to make her seem virtually an al-Qaeda sympathizer was so anodyne that Pelosi didn’t even mention Omar’s name. The leadership of the Democratic Party is not coming to the defense of Rep. Omar because […]
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