Informed Comment - Part 1784

Israel earmarks vast area of Palestinian Hebron/ al-Khalil land for annexation

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israel has earmarked around 2,000 dunams (500 acres) of private Palestinian land for annexation in the Hebron district, local activists say. Muhammad […]

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Banking

Putin on the Nile: an Isolated Russia Seeks friends in Egypt w/ offer of Nuclear Plant

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation paid a state visit to Cairo on Tuesday, consulting with […]

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Bashar al-Assad

Syria: Dear Bashar al-Assad: Barrel Bombs Are No Laughing Matter

By Philippe Bolopion | (Human Rights Watch) | — It speaks volumes when the leader of a country feels emboldened to respond with humor when […]

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Climate Change

Abandoning Diesel: Battery-powered train brings low-carbon commuting to UK

Reuters | — “The first battery-powered passenger train to run on Britain’s tracks in over 50 years completes a five-week trial in a bid to […]

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Barack Obama

Against Torture: American Heroes who Indicted Cheney’s Dark Side

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) Why was it again that, as President Obama said, “we tortured some folks” after the 9/11 attacks? Oh, right, because […]

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Israel/ Palestine

As Sweden opens Palestine Embassy, President Abbas Visits

Euronews | – “The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in Sweden for talks with the country’s new Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. It is his first […]

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Iran

2nd Iranian Commander killed in Iraq defending Samarra Golden Dome

By RFE/RL | – A commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been killed in Iraq, Iranian media reported. The Tasnim news agency, […]

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Barack Obama