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Anthony Bourdain on Iran and Beirut (Bisley Interview)

Anthony Bourdain on Iran and Beirut (Bisley Interview)

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By Alexander Bisley | (Special to Informed Comment) —  “By the end of this hour I will be seen by many as a terrorist sympathizer, a Zionist tool, a self-hating Jew, an apologist for American imperialism, an orientalist, socialist, fascist, CIA agent, and worse,” the inimitable Anthony Bourdain introduced his vital Gaza/West Bank episode Bourdain’s […]

Climate Change
GOP Denialism to Sink Capital: 150 Tidal Floods a Year for Washington DC by 2045

GOP Denialism to Sink Capital: 150 Tidal Floods a Year for Washington DC by 2045

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Link TV | — “The eastern coast of the United States– from the Gulf of Mexico to New England — has one of the highest rates of sea level rise in the world. As a result of climate change, 5 to 11 inches of sea level rise is expected by 2045 leaving communities like Norfolk, […]

Dissent
Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of protesters marched in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday to denounce a gas deal with Israel that is expected to be passed by the end of the year. Protesters held signs against the Israeli diplomatic mission in Jordan and against normalization with Israel during the rally, bearing messages such […]

Iran
 Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

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By Frud Bezhan | (RFE/RL) | — Iran is well-known for its stinging anti-Israeli rhetoric and refusal to recognize what it calls the “Zionist regime.” So, it might have come as a surprise when officials in Tehran unveiled a monument honoring Iranian-Jewish soldiers who died in action during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s. Iranian […]

Apartheid
Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

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AJ+ | — “With tensions rising in Jerusalem, hate crimes against Palestinians have increased in recent months. Mohammed lost his cousin to one such incident a while ago, and now he is one of the newest victims. Like others, he fears for his life. This is the story of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem and […]

Israel
"Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel" - Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

“Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel” – Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

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TeleSur | — “In France, former Israeli President Shimon Peres said that a Palestinian State is necessary in order to have a democratic Jewish state. This statement came the same day that the United States and Israel dismissed the Palestine peace plan that was submitted by Jordan to the UN. teleSUR TeleSur English: “Peres: Palestinian […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatter Fires on Palestinian Demonstrators near Bethlehem

Israeli Squatter Fires on Palestinian Demonstrators near Bethlehem

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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians on Friday held a march against the Israeli occupation and settlement policies in the West Bank in the village of al-Masara near Bethlehem. Organizers from the local Popular Committees Against the Wall and Settlements said that during the rally a Jewish settler opened fire on the marchers, but no […]

Iraq
Daesh/ ISIL close to Taking al-Anbar Province as Tribal Levies lack Ammunition, Funding, Unity

Daesh/ ISIL close to Taking al-Anbar Province as Tribal Levies lack Ammunition, Funding, Unity

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By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | — Last week, fighters from tribes in Anbar were forced to give up their hold on the town of Wafaa to extremists from the Islamic State because they ran out of ammunition. And they ran out because apparently the Iraqi government won’t supply them. The steady defeat […]

al-Qaeda
Roots of Militancy among some Muslim Youth: What can be Done?

Roots of Militancy among some Muslim Youth: What can be Done?

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By Mustafa Gurbuz Gruesome ISIS beheadings, the Sydney siege, and now Taliban’s slaughter of children in Pakistan have haunted the media, along with the Senate’s report on CIA’s use of torture against suspected terrorists. The true nature of the radicalization problem, once again, is mostly obscured by petty domestic politics. The militant Islamism rests on […]

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