Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]
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U.S. Ally Yemen in Danger of Splitting into Two – Again
By Thalif Deen – UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – When North and South Yemen merged into a single country under the banner Yemen Arab Republic back […]
Why the Israeli-Hizbullah Tit for Tat Probably won’t turn to War
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Last week an Israeli helicopter gunship targeted Hizbullah outposts in Syria southwest of Damascus, near the front with […]
Egypt bets on Suez Canal Expansion to combat Economic Crisis
CCTV America | – “Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi said he hopes the Suez Canal expansion project will increase his country’s foreign cash reserves […]
The Need for New Blood at State Dept.: Obama’s Problem with the ‘Vision Thing’
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) – En route back to Washington at the tail end of his most recent overseas trip, John Kerry, America’s […]
Over 80 Cartoonists And Comics Workers Boycott Israeli Occupation Firms
By IMEMC News & Agencies Report post More than 80 cartoonists and other workers in the comics industry, including colorists, writers, critics, and editors, from […]
The false promise of fracking and local jobs
By Susan Christopherson | (The Conversation) In a surprise decision that led to consternation in the oil and gas industry and elation among fracking opponents, […]
Netanyahu & Boehner: How Israel went from being a Democratic to a Republican Project
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country […]
Network Climate Coverage: The Good, the Bad and the (Mostly) Ugly
MediaMatters4America | – Climate Coverage In 2014: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
As Gaza Refugee Babies die of Cold, Underfunded UN Agency Halts Rebuilding Aid to 400,000
By Charlie Hoyle | – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A massive shortfall in the $5.4 billion pledged for Gaza’s reconstruction by the international community last October […]