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Fossil Fuels
It is all about the Oil: US Diplomats on Mideast Obsession

It is all about the Oil: US Diplomats on Mideast Obsession

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By Edward Hunt | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – A Rare Glimpse into the Inner Workings of the American Empire in the Middle East In recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, four former U.S. diplomats provided remarkably candid commentary on recent U.S. involvement in the Middle East, revealing a number of […]

Democratic Party
US partisan divide over Israel at its widest ever, new poll finds

US partisan divide over Israel at its widest ever, new poll finds

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Middle East Monitor | – – The US partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats over Israel is now wider than at any point in the last forty years, a new poll by the Pew Research Centre has found. According to Pew, 79 per cent of Republicans say they sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians, […]

Germany
German Anti-Muslim Party Member in Surprise Conversion to Islam

German Anti-Muslim Party Member in Surprise Conversion to Islam

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TeleSur | – – Arthur Wagner resigned from Alternative for Germany (AfD) on January 11 for “personal reasons” and “only afterwards was it known that he had converted to Islam.” Arthur Wagner, a former leading member of German far-right anti-Muslim party Alternative for Germany (AfD), based in Brandenburg, has announced his conversion to Islam in […]

Donald Trump
Trump slashes funding to most vulnerable Palestinians, children (UNRWA)

Trump slashes funding to most vulnerable Palestinians, children (UNRWA)

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By Anne Irfan | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration has announced that it will drastically cut its donations to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Instead of the US$125m expected, UNRWA will now receive only US$60m from the US to fund its services for […]

Donald Trump
The Norwegians are Coming! The Norwegians are Coming!

The Norwegians are Coming! The Norwegians are Coming!

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By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – In the past couple of weeks, thanks to the president’s racist comments about Haiti and African countries he can’t even name — remember “Nambia”? — as well as the stamp of approval he awarded future immigrants from Norway, we’ve seen a surprising amount of commentary about […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank join Gaza in General Strike to protest Pence

Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank join Gaza in General Strike to protest Pence

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IMEMC | – – As U.S. Vice President and Christian Zionist Mike Pence visited Jerusalem Tuesday, Palestinian stores and businesses across the city and across the West Bank were shuttered to protest the Vice President’s visit. They joined a general strike that began a day earlier in the Gaza Strip to bring attention to the […]

Israel/ Palestine
Trump's deeming Jerusalem Israeli Capital Portends Fiercer Mideast, Iran Conflicts

Trump’s deeming Jerusalem Israeli Capital Portends Fiercer Mideast, Iran Conflicts

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By Kenneth Brown | (Informed Comment) | – – As a visiting student in Jerusalem I witnessed the 1956 Suez war against Egypt, the attempt by Israel, France and the U.K. to bring down Nasser and undermine the Algerian revolution. I heard then P.M. Ben Gurion declare to an excited crowd in Zion Square that […]

Egypt
Pence starts Middle East tour in Egypt, pledges ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ support

Pence starts Middle East tour in Egypt, pledges ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ support

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Middle East Monitor | – – US Vice President Mike Pence kicked off a trip to the Middle East on Saturday with a visit to Egypt, where he pledged firm US backing to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the nation’s fight against militants. Pence said ties between the two countries had never been stronger after […]

Donald Trump
Thousands protest for Women's Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)

Thousands protest for Women’s Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)

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May Lee | (CGTN) | – – The rally in Los Angeles last year dwarfed those in most other cities. Did the City of the Angels outdo itself again this year? Thousands rally in Los Angeles at Women’s March for gender rights NB May Lee @mayleetv May Lee joined CGTN-America as the Los Angeles based […]

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