Informed Comment - Part 1741

Winter Floods strike a Gaza reduced to Rubble by Israeli Shelling

GAZA CITY (Ma’an News Agency) — Hundreds of Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday were forced to evacuate their homes due to rising […]

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Arab World

How is the Press in the Muslim World covering the Paris Attacks?

By Joanna Paraszczuk | (RFE/RL) — Media in the Muslim world have published a wide variety of reactions to the deadly attack on the offices […]

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Yes, they’re Condemning the Paris Attacks: The Muslims’ War on Terror

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — When American commentators like Carl Bernstein complain that Muslim authorities have not sufficiently denounced the terrorist attack on […]

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Apartheid

Paris attack becomes Political Football in Israel and Palestine

By Nasser Lahham | Ma’an News Agency | — The shooting at a satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday, which left 12 people dead, came […]

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Charlie Hebdo: A Clash of Extremisms, not of Civilizations

By Aurelien Mondon | The Conversation | — The attack on Charlie Hebdo was an abominable tragedy. It struck the heart of one of our […]

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Corruption

“Anyone but Bibi’: Israeli PM popularity slumps as 90% of his Campaign Money Comes from US

RT | — “Israel’s Prime Minister has kicked off his re-election campaign, with a well-funded operation, much of which is coming from abroad. More than […]

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Climate Change

The Big Carbon Empire strikes Back

By Michael T. Klare | Tomdispatch.com | — Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the […]

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