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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli cabinet approves $12.8 million to 'strengthen' Kiryat Arba squatter settlement on Palestinian Land

Israeli cabinet approves $12.8 million to ‘strengthen’ Kiryat Arba squatter settlement on Palestinian Land

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday a 50 million shekel ($12.8 million) plan to “strengthen” the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba in the occupied West Bank, in a move which anti-settlement group Peace Now called a move by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “prioritize […]

Iran
Is Iran winning their Mideast Cold War with Saudi Arabia?

Is Iran winning their Mideast Cold War with Saudi Arabia?

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By Robert Harvey | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – A cold war is taking place in a very hot place. A key component of the sectarian competition between Shia and Sunni Islam in the Middle East is geopolitical, with Iran facing off against Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies in a struggle for […]

African-Americans
Kurdish Women Fighting ISIL Send Solidarity to BlackLivesMatter

Kurdish Women Fighting ISIL Send Solidarity to BlackLivesMatter

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TeleSur | – – “You are among the most radical voices in today’s racist, sexist, capitalist world,” the YPJ wrote to Black Lives Matter. Fighters from the Kurdish Women’s Defense Units or YPJ, have sent a message of solidarity to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. “To our black sisters and brothers! […]

Republican Party
Does Donald Trump win even if he loses?

Does Donald Trump win even if he loses?

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By Nomi Prins with Craig Wilson | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – “Establishment: A group in a society exercising power and influence over matters of policy, opinion, or taste, and seen as resisting change.” — Oxford Dictionary Early on in his presidential bid, Donald Trump began touting his anti-establishment credentials. When it worked, he […]

Iraq War
Why you can't explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil

Why you can’t explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil

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By Bulent Gökay | (The Conversation) | – – Well before the US and UK led the invasion of Iraq, the two countries were under suspicion about their intentions for Iraq’s oil. When asked on February 6 2003 in a BBC Newsnight programme whether the war in Iraq was about oil, Tony Blair responded: Let […]

prison reform
White House Admits Prison spending has grown 3x as fast as Education for Decades

White House Admits Prison spending has grown 3x as fast as Education for Decades

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TeleSur | – – U.S. state and local spending on prisons and jails grew at three times the rate of spending on schools over the last 33 years as the number of people behind bars ballooned under a spate of harsh sentencing laws, a government report released Thursday said. U.S. Secretary of Education John King […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian mayor: West Bank water crisis worsened by decaying infrastructure

Palestinian mayor: West Bank water crisis worsened by decaying infrastructure

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An ongoing water crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory has been exacerbated by neglected infrastructure, the mayor of a town in the southern occupied West Bank said on Sunday. Beit Fajjar Mayor Akram Taqatqa said that his town’s water network had not had any maintenance work […]

NATO
Obama to Send 4000 US Troops to Bolster NATO Force Against Russia 'Aggression'

Obama to Send 4000 US Troops to Bolster NATO Force Against Russia ‘Aggression’

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TeleSur | – – The western military bloc has been increasing its presence and activity around Russian borders. Polish President Andrzej Duda welcomed on Friday the decision of NATO to station a U.S. battalion in Poland to bolster the eastern flank of the military alliance, increasing troop numbers by up to 4,000. “We are pleased […]

Bush
The other Casualty of Iraq War:  The Country's Whole Health System

The other Casualty of Iraq War: The Country’s Whole Health System

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Ahmed Aber | (The Conversation) | – – Thirteen years ago, American and British troops launched Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraqis were promised freedom from tyranny, but the subsequent destruction of the Iraqi state apparatus as well as the cycle of violence that continues to this day destroyed the health system that cared for the […]

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