On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]
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Tower of Jello: The Struggle of Russia and UAE over Tillerson’s helming of State Department
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The New Yorker reports that there was a further Steele memo, prepared by the same ex-MI6 […]
Ignoring White Supremacists, Trump Smears Immigrants as Terrorists
By Arnold R. Isaacs | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When you see an immigrant or a foreign visitor, especially from a Muslim country, should […]
Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony ‘Deal of the Century’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Far right Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Monday with far right white nationalist president […]
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 […]
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