Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The genocide in Gaza continues unabated as I write these lines. Belatedly, a few Israelis have begun decrying […]
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Kurdish Diva Backs Independence Defies “Islamic State” Fundamentalists
Via RFE/RL Kurdish pop singer Helly Luv has racked up more than 2.5 million hits since she released her "Risk It All" video in February […]
Gaza: 4 Dead Boys on the Beach & Israel’s Precision War
By Juan Cole NBC.com caught the Israeli shelling of children on the beach on film. Apparently some of the children had been playing soccer with […]
Life In Gaza Explained (Video)
“Gaza has been described as the world’s largest open air prison. Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has had catastrophic results for average Palestinians living […]
Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians
Human Rights Watch Bombings of Civilian Structures Suggest Illegal Policy Israel’s rhetoric is all about precision attacks but attacks with no military target and many […]
Gaza: Families destroyed by Israel’s bombs
By: Orouba Othman His whole life passed before his eyes like a film uncut by memory. He dived into the rubble of his home, hoping […]
Border Wars in the Homeland “Stop Stepping on the Pictures”
By Todd Miller Shena Gutierrez was already cuffed and in an inspection room in Nogales, Arizona, when the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent grabbed […]
Israel, Gaza and the Fatal Spirit of Versailles
By Juan Cole The Egyptians appear to have floated their cease-fire agreement Tuesday morning in the press, and Hamas insisted any such proposal had to […]
Wealth Gap Costing US in Growth (John Oliver)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Wealth Gap (HBO)
What the West means by “stability” in the Middle East
By Victor Argo “For them, a stable country is a country with a strong government favorable to the United States”: When Western governments pompously talk […]
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