Informed Comment - Part 1555

How Israeli settlements stifle Palestine’s economy

By Nur Arafeh, Samia al-Botmeh and Leila Farsakh |Al-Shabaka/ Ma’an News Agency | – – Al-Shabaka is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to […]

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Far Right

No, GOP, you can’t win by Carpet-bombing

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the GOP debate Tuesday night, Ted Cruz came out swinging wildly. Blitzer: Senator Cruz, you […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights

If the Dead could Speak: The Real People Syrian Regime Tortured to Death

By Human Rights Watch | – – "If the Dead Could Speak" reveals some of the human stories behind the more than 28,000 photos of […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred

Is Corporate Media Enabling GOP Hate Speech?

By Sarah Lazare, staff writer| (Commondreams.org) | – – Watchdogs say corporate media is stoking racist and fear-mongering rhetoric The moderators of last night's CNN […]

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National Security State

“No-Fly List” Riddled with Errors, impossible to Get off of

By Raymond Bonner | (Special to ProPublica) |- – This story was co-published with The Daily Beast. As the Senate debated a proposal earlier this […]

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Russia

Flash Point: Could Turkey block Russian access to Mediterrranean?

By Tony Wesolowsky | ( RFE/ RL) | – – Could Turkey block Russia’s access to one of the world’s most strategic waterways? That question […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Sign of new Intifada? Majority of Palestinians support knife attacks

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The majority of Palestinians support the recent string stabbing attacks against Israelis, a poll released Monday […]

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Arab World