By IMEMC News | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Sunday, he would not allow Israel to be “submerged” by refugees after calls for Israel to take in those fleeing Syria’s war. Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu also announced the start of construction of a fence along Israel’s border with […]
Whether Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Germany, a country of 80 million, will take in 800,000 refugees this year, many of them Syrians. That is 1 percent of their population. It would be like the USA taking in 3 million refugees in one year. The US takes in 70,000 refugees a year. […]
Can Bernie Sanders become the Frontrunner coming out of Labor Day Weekend?
Ed Schultz | The Ed Show | (Video Interview) | – – “Presidential Candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT, joins Ed Schultz to discuss a wide range of issues including why his message is resonating with Democrats, how he responds to those who say he can’t win, getting respect from the media, and the narrative […]
Why some European countries do more than others to help refugees
By Tim Hatton | (The Conversation) | – – Not since World War II has Europe faced a refugee crisis comparable with the situation unfolding at its borders at the moment. The European response has been, to put it mildly, ambivalent. On one hand there has been a mass outpouring of sympathy in the media […]
Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000
By IMEMC News | – – A petition to the UK government and parliament requesting that the government arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “for war crimes when he arrives in London,” reached its target Saturday afternoon, with 100,341 signatures. The petition calls for the arrest of Netanyahu on the grounds of alleged war-crimescommittedby Israel […]
Those forced to Europe are mostly Regime Change Refugees
By Thalif Deen | ( Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The military conflicts and political instability driving hundreds of thousands of refugees into Europe were triggered largely by U.S. and Western military interventions for regime change – specifically in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria (a regime change in-the-making). The United […]
Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop quiz.” AJ+: “Donald Trump Fails Foreign-Policy Quiz”
Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?
By Charles Recknagel | (RFE/ RL ) | – – It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek a safe haven in the rich Arab Persian Gulf states. Now, social-media users worldwide are increasingly raising the question of why. On Twitter, the Arabic-language hashtag #Hosting_Syria's_refugees_is_a_Gulf_duty has become a […]
What Iran sacrificed in Deal: Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Iran’s nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of misinformation, downright lies and above all myths. As a result, it is often difficult to unpick truth from falsehood. As President John F. Kennedy said in his Yale University Commencement […]
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