Informed Comment - Part 1345

Ex-Mossad Chief: Occupation of Palestinians Is Israel’s Only Existential Threat

IMEMC | – – Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo asserted, on Tuesday, that the Israeli occupation and the conflict with the Palestinians are the only […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Failed Plan to Reconstruct Gaza Fuels Water, Sanitation Crisis

TeleSur | – – Under the plan, Israel continues to tightly control the materials that are being used to build vital infrastructure in Gaza. The […]

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Campaign Finance

Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn ‘Dark Money’ Lobbying on His Behalf

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Judge Neil Gorsuch claims he ‘speaks for’ himself, but secretive sources have spent millions to […]

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Human Rights Watch

Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave

Via Human Rights Watch | – – Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed (Erbil) – The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and […]

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Asia

Isolated Saudi Arabia pivots to Asia; but will it spread Extremism There?

By Babak Mohammadzadeh | (The Conversation) | – – Capital cities across Asia spent the last month rolling out the red carpet for a rarely […]

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Acidification of Oceans

Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations issued its annual report on the climate on […]

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Cuba

What’s Cuba Really Like?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of […]

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Corruption

How Foreign Powers Could Try to Buy Trump

The Atlantic | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is an unprecedentedly wealthy president, who owns or licenses his name to buildings, casinos, and […]

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Climate Change