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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

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Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

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Debating U.S. Foreign Policy:  Where are the Women?

Debating U.S. Foreign Policy: Where are the Women?

By Jasmin Ramsey | – WASHINGTON (IPS) – Women are running some of the United States’ most prominent foreign policy focused think tanks, leading groundbreaking […]

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Shiite Coup in Yemen: $400 mn. in US Weaponry Falls into Houthi Hands

Shiite Coup in Yemen: $400 mn. in US Weaponry Falls into Houthi Hands

Euronews | – “The United Nations and the United States have condemned Yemen’s dominant Houthi group for dissolving parliament. The move was also denounced by […]

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ISIL Militants Burn Three Iraqis Alive

ISIL Militants Burn Three Iraqis Alive

By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq | – Officials and eyewitnesses say Islamic State (IS) militants have burned at least three people alive in Iraq’s western […]

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Energy
As South Africa aims to get 1/2 of Power from Solar, US Firms Jump In

As South Africa aims to get 1/2 of Power from Solar, US Firms Jump In

CCTV | – “Pretoria is promoting its growing solar industry, with predictions the sun will soon contribute about half of all South Africa’s new power […]

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Bush
Williams Affair: Reagan and Bush Lied about Military Records but Get a Pass

Williams Affair: Reagan and Bush Lied about Military Records but Get a Pass

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams is under fire for repeatedly having told an embellished story of being […]

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Report: 151 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons

Report: 151 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At least 151 Palestinian children are currently being held as “security prisoners” in Israeli jails, Palestinian legal monitor Military Court Watch said […]

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Militarization
The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap:  Why the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease

The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap: Why the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease

By Matthew Harwood | (Tomdispatch.com) The shadow of a new threat seems to be darkening the national security landscape: the lone-wolf terrorist. “The lone wolf […]

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Western Jews
'Muslims are Jews’ natural allies in Europe': Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

‘Muslims are Jews’ natural allies in Europe’: Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

RT | – “Europe’s economic difficulties in recent years have led to a rise in radicalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, and the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks […]

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Is ISIL's 'Shock and Awe' more Awe-ful because One Victim?

Is ISIL’s ‘Shock and Awe’ more Awe-ful because One Victim?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) burning of a captured Jordanian pilot alive produced justified revulsion globally, resulting in […]

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