By Ghassan Khatib | (Ma’an News Agency) – The victory of Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies last week at the polls amounts to a major defeat of left and center-left parties in Israel and is merely one more indication that Israeli society is continuing a strong trend of radicalization. Over the last 20 years, […]
Old GOP Realist James Baker’s hard Ride among Neocons
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) – (Washington, D.C.) – Neoconservatives are beside themselves over James Baker’s speech at the recent Fifth National Conference of J Street, the pro-Israel lobby. Even before he spoke, some called on Baker to withdraw from the event, then urged Jeb Bush to ‘distance’ himself, even repudiate Baker, one of […]
Assyrian Christians and the ISIS Assault on the Remains of Nineveh
By Adam H. Becker | (Informed Comment) In their sanctimonious showboating ISIS has trashed the ruins of ancient Assyria and this is a loss for world cultural heritage and more so for Iraqis and whatever national culture will exist whenever the political situation finally becomes stable. However, Assyrian Christians, who themselves have suffered kidnapping and […]
Why The Iraqi Army Is Stuck On The Outskirts of Tikrit
By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) – (Baghdad) – The offensive to re-take Tikrit from extremists seems to have stalled as troops surround the city but cannot go further. The same thing is happening elsewhere. And there are three main reasons why. While stopped on the edges of the city of Tikrit, Captain Ahmad Mahmoud says […]
Founding Fathers decried Standing Army: How about a Global Pentagon?
By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) President Obama and Senator John McCain, who have clashed on almost every conceivable issue, do agree on one thing: the Pentagon needs more money. Obama wants to raise the Pentagon’s budget for fiscal year 2016 by $35 billion more than the caps that exist under current law allow. McCain wants to […]
Obama: GOP has no Alternative to Obamacare b/c it was their Plan
CBSnews.com | (Web extras) “On the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the president slams Republican critics for their unfulfilled predictions of doom and gloom.” CBSnews.com: “Obama pokes fun at GOP critics of healthcare reform”
Cleanest Country in the World? Costa Rica goes 100% Renewable Energy
ITN | – (On Demand News) “Costa Rica manages to achieve a clean energy milestone by using only renewable energy for the first 75 days of the year – a record for any country. Report by Claire Lomas.” ODN: “Costa Rica goes 75 days powering itself using only renewable energy ”
Would a US-Iran Deal end US Military Interventions in ME?
RT | – “Nuclear talks have resumed in Switzerland with the US and Iran struggling to clinch a crucial deal ahead of the March deadline. The western nations want Iran to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for lifting sanctions. Former State Department official and Middle East expert Professor Hillary Mann Leverett joins RT to […]
Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities
By Alex Shams | BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Commuters in cities across the United States were surprised this month to find their daily trips to work adorned with posters and banners calling on their government to end military support to Israel. The posters were rolled out in seven cities for the entire month of March, and […]
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