Informed Comment - Part 1215

Saudi Arabia’s Filthy Lucre & its War on Yemen’s Civilians

By Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | – – “Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, […]

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Democracy

Russian campaign Interference looks like ISIL in Polarizing Techniques

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Mueller inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign has now brought indictments against […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump

Russiagate or Deep State? What Some Progressives Get Wrong on Russia

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The bizarre denialism of some on the left and right about Russiagate doesn’t […]

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Corruption

Israel: Protesters call for ‘crime minister’ Netanyahu to step down

Middle East Monitor | – – Israeli demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv today to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign after police recommended he […]

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censorship

Israel to Deny Benefits for Pro-Boycott Citizens, Local Groups

TeleSur | – – The government will create a blacklist for local individuals and groups known to support the pro-Palestinian boycott movement against Israel. Israel […]

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Featured

Let’s remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US-backed Saudi-led war on Yemen is keeping two million children out of school (Yemen is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq

Why do Iraq’s Shiites want US Troops out, but Sunnis prefer they Stay?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | Iraq’s Sunni Muslims are anxiously watching the debate over the presence of US troops in Iraq. Civilians […]

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Israel/ Palestine