San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
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Trump, al-Sisi and Tightening up the Pressure Cooker
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump met Monday with Egyptian field marshal/ president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Trump effused, “We agree […]
What history reveals about surges in anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiments
By Ingrid Anderson | (The Conversation) | – – This February, more than 100 gravestones were vandalized at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society Cemetery outside […]
Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Elizabeth Palmer reported from Ankara last Thursday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had difficult and […]
ISIL Threatens To Conquer Iran, issuing Rare Video In Persian
Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – The militant group Islamic State (IS) has vowed in a rare video message in Persian that includes […]
The Hundred Days From Hell
David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – As the sun rises on the 11th full week of the disgrace-riddled Barnum & Bailey dystopia known […]
Is Trump really a Fascist?
By David Prochaska | (Informed Comment) | – – The “highly unusual,” “unprecedented” Trump administration is leading us into “uncharted territory,” but where exactly? Since […]
Iran is Back: With Int’l Sanctions lifted and Putin Friendly, Tehran is on a Roll
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iranian petroleum sales to its top four Asian customers rose nearly 60% year on year in […]
The White House Wouldn’t Post Trump Staffers’ Financial Disclosures. So We Did
by Ariana Tobin and Derek Kravitz | (ProPublica) | – – In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of White […]
Israel knicks 25 Acres Of Palestinian Lands In Salfit for Colonial Purposes
IMEMC | – – The Israeli government is planning to illegally confiscate 25 acres of Palestinian lands, in Salfit district, in the northeastern part of […]