Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]
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Syria: If Violent Extremists are the Problem, why is al-Assad Jailing Peaceful Democracy Advocates?
By Lama Fakih, Human Rights Watch In a speech before the European Parliament in 2009, Syrian activist Mazen Darwish warned that unless civil society was […]
Palestinian family forced to demolish own house in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian family has begun to demolish part of a building it owns in East Jerusalem to avoid paying fines after the […]
‘You killed a million people in Iraq’ George Galloway tells Blair Cabinet Member
BBC “George Galloway told a former member of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s cabinets she killed one million people in Iraq. The former Labour MP, […]
Michele Bachmann declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims
The Young Turks: “Michele Bachmann took the stage at the Values Voters Summit today, and fired up the crowd with shots at President Obama and […]
Is Mahmoud Abbas right that Israel is Guilty of War Crimes, Genocide in Gaza?
By Juan Cole: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday at the United Nations that Israel was guilty of war crimes in Gaza and even “genocide.” […]
Climate Change is Costing Lives: Coal Plants Killed 1.2 mn. in China: World Bank’s Jim Yong Kim
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — World Bank President Jim Yong Kim discusses the growing threat from climate change with Trish Regan on “Street Smart.” Bloomberg News: […]
Can Iraq Convince its Sunnis to Fight Extremists?
By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad via Niqash.org Local opposition to Sunni Muslim extremists in control of parts of Iraq is building – and it’s being […]
Right Wing on Holder: al-Qaeda, Black Panther, Stalinist
MediaMatters4America: mediamatters4america: The Worst Right-Wing Smears About Eric Holder
Syria to Afghanistan: US Military Policy hasn’t Solved the Zone of Crisis & may Enlarge it
By Amin Saikal, author of Zone of Crisis: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq The Middle East and its wider eastern environs are in the grip […]
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