Informed Comment - Part 1587

Amnesty: Israeli forces have ‘ripped up the rulebook’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International on Tuesday demanded that Israel stop unlawful killings in occupied Palestinian territory, stating that […]

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art and photography

War is Beautiful: How Newspapers’ War Photography Conceals the Hideous Reality

By David Shields | (Informed Comment) | – – The following is an excerpt from War Is Beautiful by David Shields: For decades, upon opening […]

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Middle East

From Canada as Hawk to Canada as Peacemaker in Mideast

By Richard Foltz | (Informed Comment) | – _ As midnight approached on October 19th Canadians staying up to watch the results of the federal […]

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Climate Change

House ‘Science’ Committee Climate Witch Hunt is Worse than Benghazi!

Michael Mann| (Thom Hartmann Video Interview) | – – “Thom Hartmann talks with Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn […]

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African-Americans

SC Cop Flips Black Student In Her Desk

Cenk Uygur, Brett Erlich, and Hannah Cranston | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A cop in South Carolina was called in to deal […]

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Health

Yemen: Coalition Airstrikes Hit Hospital

Human Rights Watch | – – (Sanaa) – The airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Jerusalem: A City Governed by Fear

By: Emily Mulder | ( Ma’an News Agency ) | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Mohammad, a 20-year-old Palestinian and resident of Jerusalem, was attacked […]

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Featured

Iran helping build “New Syrian Army;” ISIL fighters Fleeing to Iraq from Russian Airstrikes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarabiya television is reporting 16 new casualties in Syria since October 9 among Iranian fighters there. […]

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Afghanistan