( Middle East Monitor ) – Between 1947 and 1949, Zionist militias and the newly-formed Israeli army expelled more than half of the indigenous population of Palestine. Some 800,000 Palestinians were either forced out literally at the barrel of a gun, or fled in fear of being massacred by the Zionist forces. This is commemorated […]
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Middle East
I guess “Islam” doesn’t Hate us After All: Trump pins hopes for Vaccine on Muslim-American Slaoui
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump became president in part by playing on fears, resentments and outright hatred among some segments of the American public, especially of a racial and religious sort. He bashed Mexican-Americans as drug dealers and rapists, and recently blamed Chinese-Americans for the coronavirus. But no group came in for so fierce […]
How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine
( Middle East Monitor) – Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little means – a few old rifles and kitchen knives – the Badrasawis fought back, repelling the first raid and the second. The final attack on the peaceful village followed a […]
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day All hearts that shine with passion’s radiance, no matter if they pray in mosque or church– all those whose names are written in love’s book have been set free of hell and paradise. trans. Juan Cole, (Whinfield 60) هر دل که در او نور محبت بسرشت گر […]
Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel’s new Annexationist Government
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dropped in on Israel on Wednesday to bestow his blessing on the new annexationist coalition government being formed by indicted prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his new partner, Gen. Benny Gantz of the Blue and White bloc. Pompeo flew 24 hours to spend 6 […]
How the Justice Department Accidentally Released the Name of Saudi Official Suspected of Helping the 9/11 Hijackers
By Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella | – (ProPublica) – After an extraordinary, two-year battle to keep secret the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected of ties to the 9/11 plot, the Justice Department accidentally disclosed the man’s name in a court filing. The revelation of the Saudi official’s identity, in a federal court filing […]
Discriminatory Israeli Land Policies Box in the Palestinian Natives
( Human Rights Job ) – (Jisr al-Zarqa) – The Israeli government’s policy of boxing in Palestinian communities extends beyond the West Bank and Gaza to Palestinian towns and villages inside Israel, Human Rights Watch said today. The policy discriminates against Palestinian citizens of Israel and in favor of Jewish citizens, sharply restricting Palestinians’ access […]
Palestinian Children’s Health in Gaza under Israeli Blockade During Pandemic (Juan Cole Video Interview)
KinderUSA is a Muslim-American charity specializing in helping disadvantaged children in Palestine and elsewhere. Although some people would have you think of Palestinians in Gaza as all terrorists who deserve the blockade, the majority of them are children, and for an occupying power to place a blockade on children under Occupation is a war crime […]
Pompeo Says Israel can Thumb Nose at Geneva Conventions (Crafted to Prevent More Axis-Style Atrocities)
( Middle East Monitor ) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel tomorrow for discussions with its leadership about annexation, among other issues. After politically facilitating the annexation process for Israel, Pompeo is attempting, and failing, to divert attention away from the role the US played in the recent colonial decision. During […]
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