Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]
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Why the UN branded Israel an Apartheid state
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Note: Apparently the Trump administration at Israeli urging threatened to defund the UN if this report […]
Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real
By Annemarie Toebosch | (The Conversation) | – – The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. […]
I Am an Enemy of the People (Feffer)
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – If Trump cracks down on journalists, there might be less uproar than […]
Hawaii Judge: Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0 still Violates the Constitution
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Derrick Watson, US District Court judge in Honolulu, has issued a nationwide Temporary Restraining Order against […]
Israeli Pol threatens Crimes against Humanity in Lebanon
TeleSur | – – A far-right Israeli minister said Lebanese civilians must be direct targets in a future war over Hezbollah’s rising political sway in […]
Islamophobia barring young Western Muslims from Ordinary Politics
By Peter Hopkins and Robin Finlay | (The Conversation) | – – Muslim youths tend to be portrayed as politically disengaged or potentially extremist. Debates […]
Exit Polls: Tolerant Dutch Reject Wilders’ anti-Muslim Hate Speech
TeleSur | Many see the Dutch vote as a referendum on the viability of the viciously anti-Muslim, anti-migrant politics represented by Geert Wilders. Dutch Prime […]
Trump & Saudi Arabia: Oil Boycott or Bromance?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump is meeting this week with Muhammad bin Salman, the deputy heir apparent of the Saudi […]
Trump bankrupting us w/ Pentagon Budget suited to 1943
By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – If you are an American male of a certain age — Donald Trump’s age, to be […]