Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]
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Afghan women’s lives are now in danger from the Taliban – but they have always faced male violence
By Jenevieve Mannell | – The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has undoubtedly put women’s lives in danger and threatened their human rights in […]
Naftali Bennett once led Effort to insert Israeli Propaganda into Wikipedia, now He’s Trying to Influence US Foreign Policy
( Middle East Monitor) – Online Palestinian outlet Quds News Network resurfaced a video clip this week from over a decade ago featuring current Israeli […]
Top 4 Times US Troops were Bombed under Republican Presidents and No one Resigned or was Impeached
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The silly season has descended permanently on Washington, D.C., so that minor congressmen are calling for the resignation or even […]
‘The Taliban Are Looking for Me:’ Many Unable to Flee Afghanistan Face Grave Risks
Patricia Gossman | Associate Asia Director | – Human Rights Watch – Thursday’s bombing at Kabul’s international airport has drastically curtailed evacuation flights for at-risk […]
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
By Ali A. Olomi | – The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many surprised. To Ali Olomi, a historian of the Middle […]
Bennett’s “Natural Growth” Rhetoric can’t conceal Israel’s colonial Land Grab
( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is playing with words to advance the colonial state’s de-facto annexation of the occupied West […]
US Troops caught up in ISIL-K – Taliban Civil War: Why it Proves Biden was Right to Leave
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera Arabic reports that ISIL-K (the so-called “Islamic state group” of Iraq and the Levant in Khorasan) claimed responsibility […]
What is ISIS-K, the Organization that Bombed Kabul Airport?
By Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines | – An attack on a crowd gathered outside Kabul’s airport on Aug. 26, 2021, has left at least […]
Biden says he’s prioritizing Human Rights, but is welcoming an Israeli Prime Minister who boasts about War Crimes
( Otherwords.org ) – Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the […]