Informed Comment - Part 1379

Israeli parliament moves to ban Boycott, Divestment Backers from entering Israel

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A bill preventing supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement from entering Israel was authorized on Monday for its first […]

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Democratic Party

Why the White Working Class Rebelled: Neoliberalism is Killing Them (Literally)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Democratic Party has been the Establishment for eight years, and the Clintons have arguably been […]

Juan Cole

censorship

European journalists brand Turkey ‘biggest prison in the world’

By Herbert Vytiska | EurActiv.de | Translated By Samuel Morgan | EurActiv | – – Curbs on press freedom have been dramatically increased since the […]

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Featured

Dear Ann Coulter: Ben Franklin didn’t think you or Trump are White, Either

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Many of the anxieties that have roiled this year’s election have had an underlying theme, of […]

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Bill of Rights

Have Americans joined Egyptians in losing right to Protest & to Privacy?

By Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON (IPS) – Many US citizens may instinctively believe they still live in the land […]

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Israel/ Palestine

W. Bank Palestinian farmers: Israeli squatters stole harvest of 400 olive trees

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Palestinian farmers in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus reported on Monday that Israeli settlers stole the harvest of 400 […]

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Iraq

Iraq’s Mosul Campaign: ISIL using civilians as Human Shields

Human Rights Watch | – – All Forces Should Take Necessary Precautions to Protect Civilians (Erbil) – In areas around Mosul, the Islamic State, also […]

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FBI