Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]
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Why Hunger Strikes? Most of the 800,000 Palestinians who have cycled through Israeli Jails haven’t Committed a Crime
One of the many ways in which Israel seeks to oppress and control the Palestinian population is by imprisoning those who lead the resistance to […]
The Democrats can Crush unpopular Trump in 2020, but only if they Run to the Left
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new CNN/SSRS poll of about 1,000 people shows that among a random sample of registered voters, Bernie Sanders and […]
The GOP is Demonizing the Left in New Red Scare, but US Public wants . . . Socialism
The policies they’re attacking are enormously popular with America’s workaday majority
How the Mideast Officer Corps and Trump derailed the Arab Spring– and Hope
( Tomdispatch.com ) – “Al-Shebab,” said my student Jerry early in the fall 2010 semester. “We’re calling our small group al-Shebab. It means ‘The Youth.’” […]
Did Saudi Arabia offer Palestine Pres. Mahmoud Abbas Billions to bow to Kushner ‘Deal of Century’?
Abbas said it would “mean the end of my political life,” according to sources
Super-Majority of Arab Youth in New Poll say Religion too Important in Public Life
Fully 79%, almost 4 in 5, say that the Arab world desperately needs to reform its religious institutions
The Yemen War is one of the Most Destructive since the Cold War: UN
If the war were to end in 2019, the UNDP projects it would account for 140,000 deaths of children under the age of 5
Why the Assange indictment is a Threat to the US First Amendment
The American government has traditionally abstained from charging publishers of classified information for the crime of publication
Slo-Mo Ethnic Cleansing: Israel has forced 3,000 Palestinians from their Jerusalem Homes in 15 Years
The authorities are deliberately denying Palestinians construction permits