Informed Comment - Part 1744

Settlers, Olives, and Occupation: Voices from the West Bank

Vice News | — “In response to last year’s Gaza conflict, the Israeli government announced the construction of further settlements in the West Bank — […]

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Education

Fundamentalism for Dummies: The Paris Terrorists’ Ignorance and Poverty

By Akil N. Awan | (The National Interest) The masked gunmen who assaulted the Charlie Hebdo offices in a hail of automatic gunfire, leaving twelve […]

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France

Determined to Protect Jewish Citizens, France to deploy thousands of Troops to “sensitive sites”

AFP | — “Members of the Jewish community in Paris remain rattled after an Islamist attack that left four people dead at a kosher supermarket. […]

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Climate Change

The Right’s Determined lies about Keystone XL Creating Jobs

MediaMatters4America | — “The right keeps on pushing lies about the Keystone Pipeline.” MediaMaters4America: “The Keystone XL Jobs Lie”

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France

Hezbollah’s Surprising Denunciation of Paris Attacks: is it Courting the West?

By Rola El-Husseini | (Special to Informed Comment) In a speech in Beirut on January 9, 2014, on the occasion of the birth of the […]

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Domestic Surveillance

After Charlie Hebdo: More Surveillance won’t Protect Free Speech

By Jillian York | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Following a terrorist attack, it is not uncommon to hear calls from politicians and government officials for increased […]

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censorship

Paris Rally: Charlie Hebdo Team regret not Parading Caricatures of Hypocritical World Leaders

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Le Monde reported on the Charlie Hebdo team at the Paris rally on Sunday, the largest demonstrations in France since […]

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Islamophobia