Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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Do Republicans favor Coal Plants over Americans’ Health?
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – ‘”The Obama administration’s proposed curbs on coal-burning power plants could prevent thousands of deaths each year from […]
Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama’s Gulf Summit
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Watching Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia nowadays, is like Kremlin-watching in the old days of the Cold […]
38 Million displaced and homeless in their own Countries
AFP | — “Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to […]
Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?
By Luisa Gandolfo | (The Conversation) | – Only weeks after Israel’s snap Knesset elections, the Likud party was bluntly reminded that winning the most […]
Egypt: Mubarak, Sons, given 3-year Wrist Slap for Massive Corruption
Reuters | — “Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are sentenced to three years in jail without parole in the retrial of a corruption case. […]
Hawaii goes Green and other Big Renewables Stories
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The Hawaii legislature has just passed a bill by an overwhelming margin that sets a goal of […]
Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?
John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) — “Senator Tom Cotton has a lot of faith in the military prowess of ISIS, […]
Palestinians: “”The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed”
By IMEMC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing religious “government of war” is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said […]
Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?
By Kanya D’Almeida UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – With the four-week-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) underway at the United Nations, hopes and […]
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