Informed Comment - Part 1617

Fighting at Funerals: Turkey plunges back into Conflict

T. Deniz Erkmen | (Informed Comment) | – – It has been a month since the government of Turkey has ended the tenuous peace […]

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Eastern Europe

Egypt’s al-Sisi and Putin Pledge Common Front against Terrorism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Wednesday for the third time in a year with Russian […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees

Germany decides to Accept Syrian Refugees, Waives EU Rule

Der Tagesspiegel by Andrea Dernbach translated by Samuel Morgan [NB Germany is expecting 800,000 asylum seekers this year, 40% of the EU total.] Germany has […]

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Authoritarianism

Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides

By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | – – Ever since the June 2015 elections, which thwarted the proposed presidential system […]

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Apartheid

Major World Aid Groups & 150,000 people demand end to Israel’s Gaza blockade

Oxfam | (Press Release) – – Oxfam Press Release : More than 150,000 people from around the world have today joined 35 aid, faith, development […]

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Climate Change

Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer. | (Commondreams.org) | – – Compounded by scorching heat wave, Syrians are experiencing ‘deliberate’ water cut-offs, often for weeks at […]

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Featured

Defending Natalie Portman on Holocaust: Sometimes it can be subverted to fear-mongering

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Actress Natalie Portman has kicked off a controversy with remarks about how to remember the Nazi […]

Juan Cole

journalism

Jorge Ramos explains his ejection from Trump’s press conference

Jorge Ramos | (Univision Noticias) (Video Interview)| – – Univision Noticias: “Jorge Ramos explains what happened after he was escorted out of Trump’s press conference”

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Syria