Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]
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Israel: Reverse Illegal Plans for West Bank
Human Rights Watch (Jerusalem) – Israel should immediately reverse its illegal appropriation of a large swath of land in the occupied West Bank south of […]
America is a Gas Hog and we’re not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us
By Michael T. Klare Considering all the talk about global warming, peak oil, carbon divestment, and renewable energy, you’d think that oil consumption in the […]
Natural Gas Battle: Ukraine vs Russia – An Animated History
AJ+ “While the West threatens further crippling sanctions on Moscow for invading and supporting Ukrainian rebels, Russia controls the nozzle that supplies Europe and Ukraine […]
Paying For The Caliphate: When Extremists Become Bad Bank Managers In Mosul
By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org Dinar worries: some Mosul locals fear that extremists will take all of thier money. Up until now, […]
Obama & Cameron find little Enthusiasm at NATO for new Iraq War
By Juan Cole The NATO summit in Wales was supposed to be all about getting out of Afghanistan. Instead, two new issues dominated it– the […]
Duck Dynasty star to Hannity: Convert or kill ISIS (Chris Hayes)
Chris Hayes, “All In”: “The Duck Dynasty patriarch offers his advice on dealing with ISIS: convert or kill them” “Partial Transcript from Hannity: HANNITY: Welcome […]
Mosul’s First Death By Stoning: Extremists Distract With Displays of Savage Justice
By Khales Joumah | Mosul | via Niqash.org Mosul locals were invited to witness the city’s first death by stoning late last week – extremists […]
Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians Left Homeless, Fear unexploded Bombs in Rubble
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — UNRWA researchers and engineers will begin evaluation and assessment of damages to the homes of the displaced across the Gaza Strip […]
In 1948, Jewish Forces in Palestine outnumbered Palestinian and Arab Fighters
By William R. Polk The General Assembly had issued its verdict [in late 1947 suggesting a partition of Palestine] but it left open the question […]