Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
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What does the election of hard liner Raisi in Iran mean for Mideast Flashpoints?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former chief justice of the Iranian judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, won the presidential election, as expected, with over 60 percent of […]
Imagine Thousands of Bigots Marching through Jewish Neighborhood chanting “Death to Jews” with Police, Political Support; Now substitute “Palestinians” for Jews
( Middle East Monitor ) – Go along with me on a thought experiment for a few minutes. Imagine that British police forces permitted a […]
Iran: Overseer of Mass Executions Elected President: Further Erosion of Political Rights, Accountability
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The victory of Ebrahim Raeesi, Iran’s judiciary chief, on June 19, 2021, in a presidential election that was neither […]
As we continue to burn Gasoline, Coal, Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years
By Philip Higuera, Bryan Shuman and Kyra Wolf | – The exceptional drought in the U.S. West has people across the region on edge after […]
Iran’s Leading Candidate for President is a far right Notorious Hanging Judge
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Polling suggests that Ebrahim Raisi will likely win Iran’s presidential election. So who is he? An official Iranian point of […]
As new Israeli Gov’t Bombs Gaza, Relations with Palestine are on a Knife Edge– and will Stay There
By Tony Walker | – ( The Conversation) – The Israel-Palestine conflict has experienced its first violent spasm in the term of a new Israeli […]
Right Wing Americans Tell me to Go Back Home; as a Palestinian, I wish I Could
By Layla Darwish | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – I was taking part in a recent protest in California, proudly waving my Palestinian […]
The Real Danger of Israel’s New Government
By Phyllis Bennis | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The new Israeli government takes office already largely paralyzed. With eight diverse parties, they […]
If Hard Liner Raisi wins Iran’s Presidential Election, he has Trump to Thank
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – June 18 is election day in Iran. There are two main candidates for president, the arch-conservative Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s chief […]
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