Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed the building being used by civilian Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, […]
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The new Jewish exodus: Emigrating Israelis replaced by European Jewry
By Naava Mashiah via Your Middle East So much ink has been spilled over the past month during the latest eruption of violence between Israel […]
Veils, Gloves and Violence: New Extremist Rules See Women Disappear From Mosul’s Streets
By Nawzat Shamdeen | Mosul | via Niqash.org Extremists are forcing Mosul’s women to wear full facial veils. Mosul was always a conservative city when […]
Reading Africa: How exciting Literature takes us beyond the Dreary Headlines
By Shaun Randol There is not one positive news story on the front page. The two news organizations might as well tack up a single […]
5 Ironies of US Reaction to Egypt/UAE Bombing of Libya
The diplomatic angst issuing from Washington around the United Arab Emirates and Egypt bombing of weapons depots belonging to the Qatar-backed fundamentalist militia of Misrata […]
Poll: Palestinians of Gaza just like Americans: Want Peace, hate “ISIS” and refuse to Give up their Guns
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An overwhelming majority of Gaza residents support a long-term truce with Israel and oppose the disarmament of the Palestinian resistance, a poll […]
Border Police Militarization and the Immigrant Children
By Aviva Chomsky via Tomdispatch.com Call it irony or call it a nightmare, but the “crisis” of Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, which […]
Victim of McCarthy-Era Witch Hunt calls on U-Illinois not to Fire Critic of Israeli Policies
Note by Juan Cole: In the early 1950s, under the influence of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI), a national witch hunt was conducted for leftists. McCarthy […]
Can the Kabbalah teach us to Repair Climate Change?
By Alexandra Piacenza How can Kabbalah, the system of mystical interpretation of Jewish scripture with roots in the 13th century, have a bearing on modern-day […]
Iraq: Another Town besieged by IS: Is Amerli the next Sinjar?
By Ahmad Mohammed | Kirkuk | Niqash.org Demonstrators call on the government to help the besieged town of Amerli. In Salahaddin, a drama of historic […]
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