Informed Comment - Part 1080

Syria: Israel should ‘Think Twice’ about Bombing after Russian S-300 Air Defence Installed

Damascus (AFP) – A top Syrian official has said a new air defence system from ally Russia will force Israel to “think carefully” before carrying […]

AFP

Rape

But He Doesn’t Look Like a Rapist

(Informed Comment) – The uproar over Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged attack of a 15-year-old has resulted in many irrational reactions, which even included a bizarre conspiracy […]

Gail Ukockis

Pentagon

Trump’s Space Farce

(Tomdispatch.com) – Like many in my generation, undoubtedly including Donald Trump, I went into space early (and I’m not even counting all those hours in […]

William D. Hartung

Israel/ Palestine

World Bank warns Israeli Blockade has put Gaza’s Economy in ‘Free Fall’

Jerusalem (AFP) – The World Bank warned Tuesday that the Gaza Strip’s economy is in “free fall” as cuts to aid and salaries add to […]

AFP

International Criminal Court

Bolton Attacked the Int’l Criminal Court for Fear Palestinians will Get Justice

By Philip Leech-Ngo | – U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton is at it again. He recently issued a blistering rebuke of the International Criminal […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump

The US Media Should Learn from UN Audience, and Treat Trump as a Pathetic Joke

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US media, as I predicted, has gone a long way toward normalizing Trump. Despite counts of his over 5,000 […]

Juan Cole

Featured

US Isolated: Europe’s Big 3, plus China & Russia Outmaneuver Trump to keep Iran Deal at UN

“determination to protect the freedom of their economic operators to pursue legitimate business with Iran”

Juan Cole

Crime

A Fourth Woman has contacted Montgomery County with Kavanaugh Rape Allegations

The local newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland, is reporting that investigators there are aware of a fourth accuser (counting attorney Michael Avenatti’s anonymous one). The […]

Juan Cole

Immigration