Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]
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Yemen Civil War? Masses Rally in Capital & South Secedes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — From 1967 to 1990, and again briefly in 1994, South Yemen was an independent country. In the first […]
Climate-Denial Buffoon Inhofe takes Big $$ from Big Oil, Says Scientists Corrupt
ThinkProgress Video | — ThinkProgress: “Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Tells The Senate Why He Thinks Global Warming Is A Hoax” [Added by Juan Cole]: The Center […]
Extremist Lieberman: Unified Palestinian-Israeli Party a threat to Israel as ‘Jewish State’
By IMEMC & Agencies Arab parties in Israel announced they would be running in the upcoming Israeli Knesset election, scheduled for March 17, in a […]
Greece move left would Give Europe Chance to Rediscover Social Responsibility
By Marianna Fotaki (IPS) – The European Union should not be afraid of the leftist opposition party Syriza winning the Greek election, but see it […]
Saudi’s Barbaric Flogging for Blogging, explained by a Blogger
BBC News | — “Blogger Raif Badawi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for criticising Saudi Arabian clerics on his […]
Yemen: Freeze on US Drone Strikes as Gov’t Collapses
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Thousands demonstrated in Sanaa on Saturday morning against the Houthi take-over of the Yemeni government. Down south in Aden, […]
The Latest Blow to Israeli-Palestinian Peace
By Stephen Zunes | (Foreign Policy in Focus) — The United States blocked the latest UN resolution to achieve peace between Israel and Palestine for […]
Now the DEA is Collecting our Phone Records: RIP 4th Amendment
By Hanni Fakhoury | (EFF) Think mass surveillance is just the wheelhouse of agencies like the NSA? Think again. One of the biggest concerns to […]
Obama, blindsided by Boehner, Snubs Netanyahu
By Alexandra Halaby | (IMEMC & Agencies) — White House: Netanyahu Visit ‘Departure From Protocol’ Hours after the State of the Union address by U.S. […]