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Displaced and Refugees
International Community must Halt Yemen Bloodbath

International Community must Halt Yemen Bloodbath

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Hannah Porter | (Informed Comment) | – – A concerted effort by the international community to resolve Yemen’s war would see considerable benefits at a small cost, yet profits, alliances, and egos are getting in the way. On midnight, March 26, 2015, Saudi fighter jets took to the skies of Yemen, marking the beginning of […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel argues confiscation of occupied land benefits Palestinians

Israel argues confiscation of occupied land benefits Palestinians

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government defended the legality of the outpost “Regularization law” at the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday, and said that the expropriation of Palestinian-owned land would benefit Palestinians because they would receive financial compensation for it, reportedly describing Palestinian laws prohibiting the sale of land […]

Donald Trump
It’s Not About ‘White Culture’

It’s Not About ‘White Culture’

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By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | – – There’s no way to march with KKK members and Nazi flags in a non-hateful way. “I came to this march for the message that white European culture has a right to be here just like every other culture,” a white nationalist protester in Charlottesville told Newsweek. But, […]

Counter-Terrorism
Can Iraq save Tal Afar from ISIL without Destroying the City?

Can Iraq save Tal Afar from ISIL without Destroying the City?

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By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | – – [N.B. The offensive against ISIL (Daesh) in Tal Afar began on Sunday. – JC] Intensive air raids, secret political talks and military forces gathering on the outskirts of the city: Everything points to the battle of Tal Afar – almost the extremists’ last stand in Iraq . […]

Afghanistan
ISIL in Afghanistan Resilient despite Kabul Offensive

ISIL in Afghanistan Resilient despite Kabul Offensive

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By Frud Bezhan. | ( RFE/RL) | – – A relentless air-and-ground campaign against the [so-called] Islamic State [group] (IS) affiliate in Afghanistan does not appear to have radically diminished that militant group’s ability to inflict deadly attacks or prevented it from expanding its geographical reach in the war-torn country, analysts asked to assess progress […]

Environmentalism
Green Norway:  Will it be the World's First post-Carbon Society?

Green Norway: Will it be the World’s First post-Carbon Society?

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By Sam Morgan | EurActiv.com | – – Norway has the renewable resources and political will to become the world’s first country to use entirely clean electricity for its power demands, according to a new report by Energi Norge, a non-profit industry group representing Norwegian electricity companies. “Our target is for Norway, based on hydro […]

Israel/ Palestine
Racist Israeli Youth attack Israeli Soldiers, shouting "You are Arabs!"

Racist Israeli Youth attack Israeli Soldiers, shouting “You are Arabs!”

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Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) –Two Israeli soldiers were attacked on Friday night in a public park in the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur, south of Haifa in northern Israel, by a group of young Israelis who allegedly thought the soldiers were Palestinians, according to Israeli media. Ynet news reported on Sunday that […]

Donald Trump
White Supremacy was already dying in the 1860s & can't be Revived

White Supremacy was already dying in the 1860s & can’t be Revived

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By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – One statue of Robert E. Lee that will probably remain standing is at the battlefield of Gettysburg. Here is an appropriate place for his statue, since he and General Meade were the two commanders of the opposing forces. He sits erect and proud upon his horse. […]

Donald Trump
Despite Disavowals, Leading Tech Companies Help Extremist Sites Monetize Hate

Despite Disavowals, Leading Tech Companies Help Extremist Sites Monetize Hate

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By Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Madeleine Varner and Lauren Kirchner | ( ProPublica ) | – – Because of its “extreme hostility toward Muslims,” the website Jihadwatch.org is considered an active hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. The views of the site’s director, Robert Spencer, on Islam led the […]

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