As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]
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American Christian Zionism: The Deep Background and the Current Situation
By Shalom Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – This season, the best-selling book in the U.S. is Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the […]
The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight “Fake News”
By Courtney C. Radsch | (Project Syndicate) | – – Laws meant to curb “fake news” may be well intentioned, but their implementation has been […]
Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria’s Regime uses Chemical Weapons
By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – False claims in the UN security council: Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari At a meeting [last month] of […]
Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the surprises thrown up by the Gulf crisis and by the Mueller investigation is […]
Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race
By Alice Evans | ( British Politics and Policy at LSE) Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni […]
Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) The hijab became compulsory in Iran after the 1979 revolution. A small number of Iranian women, risking arrest to […]
The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression
By Charles Hankla | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump finally appears poised to make good on his promised threats to slam the […]
UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria’s East Ghouta
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned Syrian (and […]
Is the Saudi Elite Cannibalizing itself?
By Hugh Miles | (Middle East Monitor) | – – The weekend of 4-5 November 2017 was an eventful one in Saudi Arabia; a missile […]