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Archives for January 2020

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Top 5 ways Trump plan for Palestinians is a Crime against Humanity

Top 5 ways Trump plan for Palestinians is a Crime against Humanity

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, an American president being impeached for abuse of power announced a historic plan for Israel-Palestine alongside an Israeli prime minister who was just indicted for bribery and corruption. (The Israeli parliament declined to grant Netanyahu immunity, and he withdrew the request, allowing the formal indictment to be filed.) […]

Environment
The Other Crisis: How the Microplastics we’ve Sown Everywhere are Harming Wildlife

The Other Crisis: How the Microplastics we’ve Sown Everywhere are Harming Wildlife

The Conversation

By Kennedy Bucci and Chelsea Rochman | – Plastic pollution is a growing global concern. Large pieces of plastic have been found almost everywhere on Earth, from the most visited beaches to remote, uninhabited islands. Because wildlife are regularly exposed to plastic pollution, we often ask what effects plastics have on the animals. Over time, […]

Israel/ Palestine
Trump didn't Consult Us Palestinians about his Plan, but here's What one Palestinian Thinks of it

Trump didn’t Consult Us Palestinians about his Plan, but here’s What one Palestinian Thinks of it

Middle East Monitor

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Israeli President Donald Trump has revealed his long-awaited peace plan aiming, as he claims, to bring a “precise technical solutions” for the Palestinians and the Israeli and make the region “safer” and “much more prosperous.” He described his deal as a “win-win opportunity” for Israel and the […]

Climate Crisis
Being our own Hope:  Running for Office in the Age of Trump and Climate Crisis

Being our own Hope: Running for Office in the Age of Trump and Climate Crisis

Frida Berrigan

(Tomdispatch.com) – “YES!” he yelled, thrusting his fist in the air. “We get to live in the mayor’s house!” My son’s reaction when I told his two sisters and him that I was running for mayor of our town became the laugh line of my campaign. But in real time, I had to burst his […]

Constitution
A Pence Presidency and an Iran War?  Why does John Bolton really want Trump Out?

A Pence Presidency and an Iran War? Why does John Bolton really want Trump Out?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former National Security Adviser John Bolton may have singlehandedly stopped Senate majority Mitch McConnell from simply acquitting Trump in the Senate impeachment trial and adjourning without witnesses or documents. Bolton publicly announced his willingness to testify before the Senate, after having stiffed the House proceedings. And then a manuscript of […]

Bernie Sanders
Now that Bernie Sanders is a Front-runner, the Corporate Attack Machine is Smearing him as a Trump

Now that Bernie Sanders is a Front-runner, the Corporate Attack Machine is Smearing him as a Trump

John Buell

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The corporate media and the political establishment have always loathed Sanders, but this distaste has taken different forms. Sanders supporters would do well not only to scrutinize current opposition strategies but also to be alert to new and dangerous modes of attack. Distaste of Sanders has often […]

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Sidelining Palestinians and Turkey to became Natural Gas Superpower in Mediterranean?

Is Israel Sidelining Palestinians and Turkey to became Natural Gas Superpower in Mediterranean?

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor ) – Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What […]

Congress
Does Impeachment Need a Crime? Not According to the Framers of the Constitution

Does Impeachment Need a Crime? Not According to the Framers of the Constitution

The Conversation

By Stefanie Lindquist | – Donald Trump’s legal and political defenders are all singing the same refrain: The president can’t be impeached; he hasn’t committed a crime. Alan Dershowitz, the constitutional lawyer now representing Trump, said it during an appearance on CNN. Sen. Ted Cruz echoed it on Twitter, noting there was “not even a […]

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Price of Trolling Impeachment: End of Oslo Peace Process and Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid “Steal of the Century”

Price of Trolling Impeachment: End of Oslo Peace Process and Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid “Steal of the Century”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian leadership has entirely rejected what is known of the Trump plan for Israel and Palestine, and warned that they see it as destroying the Oslo Peace accords. The Trump administration did not consult the Palestinians in drawing up the plan, which gives away East Jerusalem and 30% of […]

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