Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Israel launched the latest of some 300 raids into Syria in the past few months. Some […]
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Multi-Cultural Crowd Rallies in Tel Aviv against Likud Apartheid Law
“The most excluded and oppressed group in Israel, and the one most seriously harmed by the nation-state law, proudly made its voice heard in the city square”
Farmers in War-Torn Afghanistan Hit by Worst Drought in Decades
With Emal Haidary | – Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) (AFP) – After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined […]
France to set Penalties on Plastic Waste, Ban Straws
Paris (AFP) – France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled […]
Saudi Arabia’s Arrest of Women’s Rights Activists puts it on Wrong Side of History
From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable
Sharice Davids, Native American and Gay, Aiming for US Congress
In a political arena dominated by White, mostly straight men, Davids – a former Mixed Martial Arts fighter – is aiming high. Sharice Davids, who […]
Palestinian-Israelis and Jewish-Israelis Stage Huge Protest against Apartheid Law
By Majeda El-Batsh Tel Aviv (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and their supporters chanted against “apartheid” and for “equality” on Saturday in […]
Trump’s “Space Force”: More ‘Whitey on the Moon’
Repurposed. If they can keep proposing the same brain dead policies, I can keep writing the same article. Trump and Pence want to spend $8 […]
Trump Tweets help Crash Turkish Currency as Pres. Erdogan Lashes Out
Turkish strong man Tayyip Erdogan is complaining about Donald Trump’s playing hard ball with his country, at a time when the Turkish lira is collapsing […]
What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees
By Anne Irfan | – – Leaked emails from Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and appointed steward of the Israel-Palestine conflict, are shedding light on […]