Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Sanders joins Striking Verizon Workers: says to CEOs, “I welcome their Contempt”
TeleSur The senator from Vermont thanked the striking workers for “standing up for justice against corporate greed.” Nearly 40,000 Verizon Communications workers walked off the […]
Erekat: Escalation of Israeli squatter settlement construction a ‘war crime’
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat denounced on Wednesday recent Israeli plans to expand illegal settlement construction in […]
5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak’s Ouster
By Salma Essam | (Global Voices) | – – Among the names contained in the Panama Papers, the enormous trove of confidential documents revealing how […]
Arab Youth view ISIL as major Mideast Obstacle, want less Religion
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The annual Arab Youth survey conducted by pollsters Burson-Marsteller is out, reporting on 3500 interviews with […]
Is Hillary Clinton vulnerable to Trump over her 2002 vote for the Iraq War?
Tom F.A Watts | (The Conversation) | – – To the horror of almost everyone in mainstream US politics, it seems increasingly likely that by […]
Forget the Trump/Cruz Circus: Why Liberals are the Future of America
By James A. Haught | (Informed Comment) | – – In the chaotic presidential campaign, the remarkable popularity of Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders spotlights a […]
Lebanon: Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced into Exploitative Child Labor
TeleSur | – – A report by an anti-slavery group also details how Syrian refugee girls are being forced into child marriage and sex slavery. […]
Watchdog: Israeli approval for squatter units more than doubles in 2016
Ma’an News Agency | (Informed Comment) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has advanced plans for 250 percent more settler homes in the first […]
Saudi’s King Salman in Turkey signals thaw in Ankara-Riyadh Tensions
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is visiting Turkey today, after his trip to Egypt this past weekend […]
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