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Arab Spring
The Arab Spring and the Western Winter

The Arab Spring and the Western Winter

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Ishac Diwan | (Project Syndicate) | – – BEIRUT – There are many striking parallels between the “Arab Spring” that began in 2010 and the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, the election of US President Donald Trump, and the far-right resurgence across Europe. In each case, an old order fell, and progressive parties have been too […]

Israel/ Palestine
Poll: Majority of Jewish Israelis oppose ending 50-year military occupation

Poll: Majority of Jewish Israelis oppose ending 50-year military occupation

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A new poll was released by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on Tuesday, revealing that the majority of Israelis oppose any Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank, while 79 percent of Israelis believe its important to maintain a unified Jerusalem under Israeli control, in […]

Climate Change
Trump's New Decree to 'Wreak Havoc' on Climate, Reward Big Oil

Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil

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TeleSur | – – The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President Donald Trump made good on campaign promises Tuesday, signing an executive order reversing measures put in place by the Obama administration to address […]

Corporate Surveillance
Congress kills Privacy, Lets Corporations Sell your Browser History

Congress kills Privacy, Lets Corporations Sell your Browser History

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By Ernesto Falcon | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Putting the interests of Internet providers over Internet users, Congress today voted to erase landmark broadband privacy protections. If the bill is signed into law, companies like Cox, Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, and Verizon will have free rein to hijack your searches, sell your data, […]

Houthi
As 100,000 Rally in Yemen, Houthis Defy Trump, Saudis

As 100,000 Rally in Yemen, Houthis Defy Trump, Saudis

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TeleSur | – – According to Yemen’s Legal Center of Rights and Development, the conflict has thus far killed over 12,040 Yemenis and left more than 20,000 others wounded. The leader of Yemen’s Houthi movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddin Houthi, said in a speech marking the two-year anniversary of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign in the […]

Israel/ Palestine
Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”

Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”

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By Dina Matar | Al-Shabaka | via Ma’an News Agency | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently claimed in a video posted on his Facebook page that the Palestinian demand to dismantle illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) constitutes an act of “ethnic cleansing” against Israeli Jewish settlers. The term, […]

Crime
What if that London attack wasn't Even Terrorism?

What if that London attack wasn’t Even Terrorism?

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By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | – – A middle-aged man with a history of criminal activity and violence, a variety of aliases, multiple jobs and addresses, and several broken relationships launches an attack on parliament and is killed in the process. This individual wasn’t Khalid Masood, but a man named Paul Chartier. Chartier […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide

Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide

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Popsugar Entertainment | (Video Report) | – – “Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is hoping to help stop a genocide at the hands of ISIL with the help of one brave survivor.” Popsugar Entertainment: “Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop ISIL’s Genocide”

Iraq
Mosul: ISIL Scorched Earth Tactics put Civilians in Crossfire

Mosul: ISIL Scorched Earth Tactics put Civilians in Crossfire

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Special Correspondent* | Niqash.org | Baghdad | – – Mosul Locals Explain Extremists’ Desperate Tactics Mosul locals, some of whom have escaped the extremists and some who are still under their control, describe the Islamic State group’s desperate tactics. They will fight to the death, trapped locals warn. A month has passed since Iraqi pro-government […]

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