By Mohammad Makram Balawi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Benjamin Netanyahu has always been an open book. Although the Israeli prime minister is skilled at twisting facts and rewriting history when necessary, he has been very clear on his relations with the Palestinians since day one. The US cannot claim that it […]
Archives for March 2023
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is Melting. And this is bad News for Humanity
By Marta Moreno Ibáñez, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | – (The Conversation) – Ottawa’s famous Rideau Canal, which turns into the world’s largest ice rink every winter, is too thin to open this winter. Antarctic sea ice concentration reached a record low on Feb. 13. The orange line represents the median sea ice […]
Mysterious Wave Of Sickness Hits Iranian Schoolgirls, Amid Speculation Over Gov’t Poisoning
A spate of illnesses in schools in the Iranian city of Qom has prompted public anger, with some accusing the government of negligence. ( RFE/RL) – Hundreds of schoolgirls have fallen sick and scores have been hospitalized in Iran’s holy city of Qom in recent months, with some parents and officials suspecting they were […]
Violence will continue in the Mideast as Long as the US runs interference for Israeli Squatting and its Pogroms against Palestinians
Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – I was horrified to watch the February 22 Israeli army assault on Nablus where I was born. I grew up on its outskirts and completed my secondary education there. I yearn for its beautiful old city, renowned for Turkish baths, a traditional olive-oil soap industry and old markets filled […]
End the “Citizens United” Ruling with a “Democracy for All Amendment”
Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment) – In the United States government has been privatized by the Citizens United ruling of the SCOTUS. Government is now really up for sale and auctioned off to the highest campaign contributors.The Supreme Court ‘Citizen’s United’ decision opened the floodgates for big money in our politics, allowing giant corporations […]
Are Western sanctions on Iran making a difference?
By Amin Saikal, The University of Western Australia | – (The Conversation) – The Iranian Islamic regime has been seriously challenged since the start of public protests last September. The government has sought to contain and suppress the protesters – even resorting to executions – but has been unable to stop them. There are continuing […]
How a Nuclear Power Plant Became a Tool of War: Nuclear Armageddon Games in Ukraine
By Joshua Frank | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – In 1946, Albert Einstein shot off a telegram to several hundred American leaders and politicians warning that the “unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” Einstein’s forecast remains prescient. Nuclear calamity still knocks. Even […]
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