Informed Comment - Part 1518

Why Arson was suspected in Fire at Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B’Tselem

Nir Hasson | Haaretz | (Video News Report) | – – Update: N.B. an investigation by the Jerusalem fire brigade appears to have concluded that […]

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African-Americans

Oregon Standoff: What If The Armed Men Were Muslim Or Black?

Jessica Sherry | AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “The Ammon Bundy–led armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon isn’t […]

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Displaced and Refugees

Beset by Loneliness and Memories, Syrian Refugees Struggle even in Safe Spaces

By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | – – ZARQa, Jordan (IPS) – Emelline Mahmoud Ilyas is an outgoing 35-year-old mother of three from […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Majority of Jerusalem Palestinians detained in 2015 were minors

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained more than 1,900 Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem in 2015, the majority of […]

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Pentagon

How We Learned to Stop Worrying About People and Love the Bombing

By Rick Shenkman | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – After Senator Ted Cruz suggested that the United States begin carpet bombing Islamic State (IS) forces in […]

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Authoritarianism

How the fate of Syria’s al-Assad divides the GOP Field: Cruz, Trump, Rubio

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Foreign policy is not a strong suit for most of the Republican candidates for president. Many […]

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Foreign Policy

Teen Girl Accused Of Bullying For Criticizing Israel

Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, Jayar Jackson, and Becca Frucht | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A teen in New Jersey has been reprimanded […]

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Bernie Sanders

Media Blackout on Bernie Sanders Continues even though he leads Trump in Polls

By Jim Hightower | (Otherwords) | – – The Tyndall Report, a non-partisan media monitoring firm that has been tracking the nightly news broadcasts of […]

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Iran