On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]
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How the GOP’s decades of Angry Resentment Led to Frankentrump
By Randall Stephens | (The Conversation) | – – The latest Republican presidential primary debate had it all: denunciations of President Obama, angry rants about […]
Can Digital India flourish without Freedom of Speech? PM Modi in Silicon Valley
Priya Satia | (Huffington Post) | – – The Indian community of Silicon Valley is preparing to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with open […]
Trump Pledges to “Look into” Paranoid Charges of Muslim-American Terror camps
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump has probably benefited so far from giving long stemwinders of a speech on the […]
As Iran takes on ISIL/ Daesh, can it avoid the Sectarian Trap?
By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – In an obvious attempt to show initiative and good will, President Hassan Rouhani recently declared Iran’s […]
Rights group: Israelis have killed nearly 2000 Palestinian children since 2000
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — More than 1,991 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces and extremists since 2000, according […]
A Guru for Our Time: Eqbal Ahmad and the life of Dissent from Empire
By Stuart Schaar | (Informed Comment) | – – In the early 1960s I was living in Rabat while researching my doctoral dissertation for Princeton […]
Refugees from the Phony Caliphate: Iraqis hire People Smugglers to escape Mosul
Special Correspondent | (Niqash.org) | – – Hassan Hafouzi* and his family paid people smugglers so they could leave Mosul, the city controlled by the […]
How GOP Candidates would Deal with Syria, Short Version
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Political Satire In the course of the second GOP debate at CNN, anchor Jake Tapper asked […]
America can — and should — Do More for Syrian Refugees
By Chris Toensing | (Otherwords.org) | – – Imagine that 58 million Americans were streaming into Canada and Mexico, many with only a small satchel […]
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