Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]
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Is Israel’s Election about enacting Jim Crow for 20% of its Citizens?
By Jo Roberts | (Informed Comment) – Israelis go to the polls on March 17 to elect a new government. The incoming Knesset will face […]
Treason of the Wonks: How to Create a National Insecurity State
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) – Policy intellectuals — eggheads presuming to instruct the mere mortals who actually run for office — are a […]
Iraqi Flees ISIL to Dallas, Shot Dead while taking Picture of First Snowfall
By RFE/RL | – Police in Dallas have released surveillance footage on March 7 of four suspects in the shooting and killing of an Iraqi […]
Tel Aviv: Tens of Thousands Rally against Netanyahu
By IMEMC News | – Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied on Saturday evening, in Yitzhak Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, calling for the current Israeli […]
African-Americans still struggle for Full Citizenship Rights, Voting Rights
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – 50 years after the Selma march to Montgomery, African-Americans still face substantial impediments to their full citizenship in […]
Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC
By Khaled Alashqar | – GAZA CITY (IPS) – “I have lost all meaning in life after the death of my child, I will never […]
Some Good News from the Middle East: Obama could end 36-yr U.S.-Iran standoff
By Chris Toensing | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – There’s not much good news coming out of the Middle East these days. But one reason […]
Palestinian from Occupied E. Jerusalem injures 5 Israeli Police in Car Attack
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian ran his vehicle into a group of Israeli officers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli […]
50 Yrs after Selma – Good News: Black President; Bad News: Asks for Return of Voting Rights
Barack Obama | (Whitehouse.gov) – The White House: “President Obama Delivers Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches” Full text of President Obama’s […]
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