BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The World Bank said, on Wednesday, the Palestinian economy is now facing a “severe fiscal shock” due to the tax revenues issue with Israel, calling for a speedy resolution.The published report, prepared by the World Bank, is due to be presented to the The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) at its next […]
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Archives for 2019
How Bernie Sanders trounced Fox on Medicare for All, and why a Carbon Tax could help Pay for It
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bernie Sanders trounced Fox News on its own turf when he demonstrated that the town hall audience assembled for him by the pro-plutocrat White Nationalist channel was enthusiastic about medicare for all. The Young Turks: “Bernie Schools Fox News on Medicare For All” This outcome should not have surprised anyone, […]
Israeli Court orders Human Rights Watch Director Deported for Blowing Whistle on Business ties to Settlements
Human Rights Watch) – Court Ruling Centers on Reporting Business Ties to Settlements (Jerusalem) – An Israeli court on April 16, 2019 upheld the Israeli government’s order to deport Omar Shakir, the Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling by the Jerusalem District Court comes in response to […]
America’s current Racism, Patriarchy and Fear of Immigrants Eerily look like 1919
By Arnold R. Isaacs | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Reading about immigration policy, religious and racial bigotry, and terrorism fears in America in 1919 offers an eerie sense of decades melting away and past and present blurring together. The blend isn’t exact. Bigotry was expressed much more explicitly a century ago, not in code as it […]
Israeli Army Covered up Squatters’ Murder of Wounded Palestinian Father
The Israeli army covered up the killing of a Palestinian father by illegal Israeli settlers, Israeli NGO B’Tselem has claimed. Twenty-three-year-old Mohammed Abd Al-Fatah was killed near Huwara, a village located off route 60 south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on 3 April. Though media reports at the time stated that a “would-be […]
On the Universalism of Notre Dame, from Muslim Arches to the Goddess of Reason
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 […]
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 […]
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