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Archives for August 2024

nationalism
Reports of the Death of Nationalism are greatly Exaggerated

Reports of the Death of Nationalism are greatly Exaggerated

John Feffer

( Tomdispatch.com ) – They were all buddy-buddy for the cameras, going for a joy ride in a deluxe limo and toasting each other at a gala dinner. In June, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was determined to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin in grand style on his first visit to Pyongyang in 24 years. […]

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Did Netanyahu Rub Out Hamas' Haniyeh to counter the Rise of Kamala Harris and Demands he negotiate with... Haniyeh?

Did Netanyahu Rub Out Hamas’ Haniyeh to counter the Rise of Kamala Harris and Demands he negotiate with… Haniyeh?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s assassination of Hamas civilian Politburo head Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was a crime, and we all know from police procedurals that the investigator has to look for “means, motive and opportunity.” The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu certainly had the means and the opportunity. It has assassinated […]

Islam-hatred
US Data Shows Continued Surge in Hate Against Muslims, Palestinians

US Data Shows Continued Surge in Hate Against Muslims, Palestinians

Common Dreams

By Jessica Corbett | – ( Commondreams.org ) – A spike in “relentless” Islamophobia across the United States that began in October with Israel’s U.S.-backed attack on the Gaza Strip continued through the first half of this year, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group said Tuesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]

Haredim
Israel's Military starts drafting Ultra-Orthodox Jews, but will they Dodge the Draft on Religious Principle?

Israel’s Military starts drafting Ultra-Orthodox Jews, but will they Dodge the Draft on Religious Principle?

The Conversation

By Michael Brenner, American University | – (The Conversation) – In late July 2024, the Israeli military sent out the first 1,000 conscription notices to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, following a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that the government must stop exempting them. But will these Haredim, as the ultra-Orthodox are called in Israel, actually join the […]

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