San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Within the span of 24 hours in early September, Russia deployed drones into Polish airspace, and […]
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Jerusalem: This Is Why The Temple Mount Matters To one Israeli-American
AJ+ | — “For Jews, the Temple Mount (known as Haram as-Sharif, or “Noble Sanctuary,” to Muslims) is their religion’s holiest site. The Temple Mount […]
Syrian Refugees Between a Legal Rock and a Hard Place in Lebanon
By Oriol Andrés Gallart | — BEIRUT, Nov 21 2014 (IPS) – Staring at the floor, Hassan, a 21-year-old Syrian refugee from Idlib in northwestern […]
Israel and Mississippi: Racist Plans for 2nd Class Citizens and Religious Legislation
By Juan Cole | — The Guardian reports that “A controversial bill that officially defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people has been […]
How Public Power can get Big Money out of Politics & Defeat Plutocrats
Bill Moyers | — Bill Moyers: “How Public Power Can Defeat Plutocrats” via BillMoyers.com “Government has become a clearinghouse for corporations and plutocrats with deep […]
Will GOP Congress block an Obama Iran Nuclear Deal?
By Carl Schreck and Luke Johnson (RFE/RL) | —- WASHINGTON — With the deadline for an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program looming, the administration of […]
Jerusalem: where religion divides but lives are entwined
By Wendy Pullan, University of Cambridge (The Conversation) The latest violent episode between Palestinians and Israelis has prompted Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to assert […]
Snowden Docs.: UK Telecom Conspired to Turn over millions of our Emails to British Intelligence
Channel 4 News | — “An unprecedented grab of personal data: this programme reveals that a communications firm not only handed over its own information […]
Taiwan Animators wonder if anyone paid attention to Obama Immigration Speech
Tomo News: Tomo News: “Obama announces immigration reform, America forgets to watch”
Iraq: Daesh/ISIL executes 26 Sunni Tribesmen in Campaign to Take Ramadi
By Juan Cole: Daesh (the Arabic acronym for ISIS or ISIL) has mounted a major offensive in a bid to take Ramadi, the capital of […]
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