Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas spoke remotely to the UN General Assembly on Thursday because the Trump administration denied him a […]
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Feinstein & Rogers justify NSA Spying with Syrian Rebels (Voted to Arm Syrian Rebels)
Senator Diane Feinstein and Rep. Mike Rogers took to the airwaves on Sunday to warn that Americans are less safe than two years ago and […]
Photo of the Day: Palestinian Bedouin outside Jerusalem, 1930
from Elia Photo Service via Mashriq Note that when this picture was taken the British counted roughly a million Palestinians in British Mandate Palestine, scheduled […]
Egyptian Constitution: Army Strengthened, Religious Parties Banned, Freedom of Belief, Speech Enshrined
Over half the articles of the proposed constitution for Egypt were approved by the “Committee of 50” on Saturday. The rest will be taken up […]
Israel to Ethnically Cleanse 70,000 Palestinians in Massive Negev Land Grab
Determined to derail the US press for peace negotiations with the Palestinians, the far-right Likud government of Israel is moving ahead with among the biggest […]
Egypt: Military Regime arrests Dissident Ahmad Maher of April 6 Youth
Activist Ahmad Maher turned himself in to Egyptian police on Saturday. He and the April 6 organization played a major role in the 2011 revolution […]
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Tamikrest, “Imanin bis Zihoun” (Tuareg Rock Band from Mali)
Tamikrest is a Tuareg rock band from Mali who sing for peace and reconciliation in that troubled country. They also just played at the annual […]
Thousands of Egyptians Protest Anti-Protest Law
On Friday, thousands of Egyptians protested Egypt’s Draconian anti-protest law. Most were Muslim Brothers, but leftists and liberals also rejected the law, which requires protesters […]
Climate-Changing US Methane Emissions 2.7 Times Higher than Estimates (Chamberlain)
For some oil and gas producing regions, the study found the methane levels not 1.7 times higher but 2.7 times higher. I think in my […]
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