Informed Comment - Part 1138

Why is Israel Summarily Expelling Tens of Thousands of African Refugees?

Last November Israel announced that it had arranged to relocate 38,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugee claimants to an African nation

Howard Adelman

Israel/ Palestine

Saudi Crown Prince to Palestinians: Accept US/Israeli Apartheid Plan or Shut up

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly stated that Palestinian leadership would have no choice but to accept Donald Trump’s ‘peace’ proposal

Maan News Agency

Climate Change

Scientists tackle melting Antarctic Glacier that could raise sea Level 2 Feet

“The collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could significantly affect global sea levels,” the NERC said in a statement

AFP

Featured

Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?

According to a State Department leak to the New York Times, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, when he was in Riyadh on Saturday, pressured the […]

Juan Cole

Iran

Iran to Pompeo: Seriously? You’re accusing us of destabilizing the Middle East?

Iran says the real problem is daily atrocities by Saudi Arabia on Yemenis

AFP

Israel/ Palestine

Why Are Palestinians in Gaza risking their Lives to Protest?

As Americans, we bear direct responsibility for the horrific reality in Gaza. Once again, the Israeli military has turned its guns on Gaza — this […]

Mike Merryman-Lotze

Plutocracy

The Koch Brothers’ secret Coup on behalf of the Billionaire Class

The Koch brothers are oil magnates and billionaire GOP funders. They believe that their great wealth entitles them to rule over the many. For decades, […]

Jim Hightower

Corruption

Will it be the Accountants who bring down Trump and his Cronies?

San Francisco ( Tomdispatch.com) – They call people like us “bean counters” — the soulless ones beavering away in some windowless accounting department, the living […]

Rebecca Gordon

Acidification of Oceans