Informed Comment - Part 1015

Israel Battles in Gaza but loses Politically

(48hills) – Earlier this week the Israeli military and armed groups in Gaza clashed in the worst fighting since their 2014 war. Israeli planes bombed […]

Reese Erlich

Featured

Trump said Considering Extradition of Turkish Cleric to Quiet Erdogan on Khashoggi Murder

The US government has repeatedly denied such Turkish requests

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Young Woman Faces Death Penalty for Peaceful Protest

Al-Ghomgham was arrested in 2015 over her role in anti-government protests in Al-Qatif back in 2011

Global Voices

Donald Trump

The Trump Show: The Real Fake News is obsessing about the President 24/7

Never, not ever, has a single human being been so inescapable.

Tom Engelhardt

Iran

Trump’s New Iran Oil Sanctions may Hurt Americans more than Iran

Panic over prices at the pump

The Conversation

BDS

Top Chefs bow out of Israel Food Festival under BDS/ Boycott pressure

Two leading chefs have pulled out of the Tel Aviv-hosted Round Tables food festival following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, reported […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change

All our Dystopias Now: Climate Crisis, Plutocracy and Hyper-Nationalism

(Tomdispatch.com) – The mid-term elections are over, and the Democrats have regained the House, but the rest of American political reality remains intact. Meanwhile, the […]

John Feffer

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Scotland was first Industrialized Country to Run wholly on Wind in October

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland generated enough wind power from onshore wind turbines in October to fuel electricity for five million homes, that is, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine