Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]
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‘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 […]
Beijing in the Mideast: China’s Asian Infrastructure Plan and Turkey’s Black Sea Ambitions
By Emre Demir | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Despite mounting opposition from political and civil society groups due to potential environmental and political issues, […]
Perfect Storm: Hunger stalks 14 mn Afghans, 2 mn Children, from Taliban, War, climate-driven Drought, and Covid
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) announced a few days ago that 14 million people in Afghanistan are at […]
The Taliban Religious Ideology is Blow-back from 200 Years of British Rule of India
By Sohel Rana and Sumit Ganguly | – Following the Taliban’s rapid taking of power in what it describes as a reestablished “Islamic Emirate of […]
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