(Middle East Monitor) – Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest Israeli elections on September 17 are likely to affect […]
Archives for September 2019
No, Yemen’s Houthis are not Simply a Proxy of Iran
By Vincent Durac | – The attacks on oil production facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in Saudi Arabia have drawn renewed focus on Yemen’s Houthi movement, which claimed responsibility for the strikes. Whether these claims are true or or not – the US and Saudi Arabia allege that Iran was more directly involved in the […]
Ukraine Scandal shows the Squad was Right about Impeaching Trump, & they’re Telling the Dems so
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mi) was widely castigated for saying, virtually as soon as she was elected, that it was necessary to impeach Trump (she used a colorful epithet in doing so, which some observers said made a bad impression, even though rich old white guys speak like that all the […]
Netanyahu no Longer King in Israel: A Byzantine Electoral Gothic
(Informed Comment) – The outcome of the Israeli election is still difficult to predict, since in parliamentary systems the horse trading comes after the election. This much is certain, though: Benjamin Netanyahu’s day is done as the man who would be king. That’s how he perceived himself, and that’s what he ran on. This included […]
The Anti-Trump: Germany’s Merkel Commits to Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals
By Sven Egenter and Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s so-called “climate cabinet” has put together the bedrock for future climate action legislation in Germany, just in time for UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ Climate Action Summit in New York (23 September). The package, agreed after overnight coalition negotiations, includes […]
From Baghdad to Kabul: One Officer’s Journey from True Believer in our Forever Wars to Dissident Veteran
( Tomdispatch.com) – Recently, on a beautiful Kansas Saturday, I fell asleep early, exhausted by the excitement and ultimate disappointment of the Army football team’s double overtime loss to highly favored Michigan. Having turned against America’s forever wars and the U.S. military as an institution while I was still in it, West Point football, I’m […]
Bribery & High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Did Trump finally go Full Impeachable in Ukraine Calls?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in the course of his conversation in July with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump pressed him on eight separate occasions to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden. Biden when vice president is known to have pressured the Ukrainian government to fire a prosecutor […]
How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement
By Nick Engelfried | – (Waging Nonviolence ) – It began as a call to action from a group of youth activists scattered across the globe, and soon became what is shaping up to be the largest planet-wide protest for the climate the world has ever seen. The Global Climate Strike, which kicks off on […]
As New Rallies Break out, Egypt must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest: Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should protect the right to peaceful protest in upholding Egypt’s obligations under international human rights law, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should immediately release all those arrested for solely exercising their rights. Media reports and videos posted on social media on the evening of September 20, 2019 show thousands of […]
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