Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]
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The Trump Effect: What will happen to 3 mn Syrian Refugees in Turkey?
By Katharine Jones and Esra Kaytaz | (The Conversation) | – – On Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 and amid the world’s greatest refugee crisis since […]
72% of Refugees, Muslim & Otherwise, are Women and Children
By Salil Shetty | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON (IPS) – The gloves are off. With today’s Executive Order on “Protecting the Nation […]
German Ambassador 1933: “Hostility to Jews Aimed Mainly at ‘Immigrants'”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Here are two newspaper articles from spring, 1933. They concern the issue of early Nazi policy […]
Demonizing Muslims: White Quebec Terrorists kill 6 in attack on Mosque
TeleSur | – – Incidents of Islamophobia have increased in Quebec in recent years amid a political debate over banning the niqab. At least two […]
From ‘Draining the Swamp’ to Bankocracy: All Trump’s Betrayals
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – Irony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar. In his Inaugural Address, […]
This time Dr. Strangelove is President: On the Political Psychology of Donald Trump
By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | – – Is Donald Trump rational? Is he sane? Often posed before his election, this question is now […]
The Sadism of Racist Exclusion: Courts Temporarily Block Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Picking on immigrants and refugees is the act of a sadistic bully, since they are the […]
Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless
By Marcelo Rochabrun | ProPublica | – – Update: A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security told Reuters on Saturday morning that the President’s […]
Mexico ‘Astonished’ at Israel’s Netanyahu’s Tweet backing Wall
TeleSur | – – Earlier on Saturday, Netanyahu tweeted: “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border… Great success. Great idea.” […]