By Saeed Rahnema | (OpenDemocracy) | – – Netanyahu did have Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, disgraced former Iranian President, who with the support of Khamenei, would say one foul thing after another about Israel. Hassan Rouhani speaks in New York City about stabilising the Middle East, September, 2014. President Hassan Rouhani speaks in New York City on […]
Archives for October 2015
Far Right wing Israelis rally for more Land Theft, destruction of Palestinian homes
By Celine Hagbard | IMEMC News | – – Thousands of Israelis, including legislators and , gathered Monday in front of the home of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, calling for increased theft of Palestinian land for the expansion of Israeli colonies. Israeli settlement map (archive image) The settlers who organized the rally set up a […]
Citing NSA Spying, Euro Court of Justice Forbids Auto-Sharing of Personal Info
Danny O’Brien | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The spread of knowledge about the NSA’s surveillance programs has shaken the trust of customers in U.S. Internet companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple: especially non-U.S. customers who have discovered how weak the legal protections over their data is under U.S. law. It should come as […]
Parenting in Fear: Leaving a Climate Apocalypse to our Children
Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Madeline is in the swing, her face the picture of delight. “Mo, mo,” she cries and kicks her legs to show me that she wants me to push her higher and faster. I push, and push, and push with both hands. There is no thought in […]
No, Donald Trump, Mideast wouldn’t be more Stable under Saddam & other Dictators
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump alleged this weekend that “of course” the Middle East would be more stable if dictators like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still around or if Bashar al-Assad could be restored in Syria. The mistake Mr. Trump is making is to think ahistorically, that […]
Syria: Russians volunteering to fight ISIL alongside Leftist Kurds
By Tom Balmforth and Dmitry Volchek | ( RFE/RL) Bondo Dorovskikh traveled to eastern Ukraine last year to join separatists in their war against Kyiv. He soon quit the rebels in disillusionment because they turned out to be more like a “criminal gang” — not what Russian TV promised. He mulled switching sides, but was […]
10 Million at Risk of Hunger Due to Climate Change and El Niño, Oxfam Warns
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – At least ten million of the poorest people face food insecurity in 2015 and 2016 due to extreme weather conditions and the onset of El Niño, Oxfam has reported. In Oxfam’s new report called Entering Uncharted Waters, erratic weather patterns were […]
Red Crescent: Israeli forces injure Nearly 500 Palestinians in 3 days
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At least 499 Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers and settlers across the occupied Palestinian Territory since Saturday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Monday. Spokesperson Errab Foqoha told Ma’an that at least 41 Palestinians had been shot with live rounds, while 143 […]
Education for refugees can help save Syria’s lost generation
By Dorrie Chetty | (The Conversation) | – – With the world’s focus firmly on the European response to the refugee crisis in recent weeks, attention has been diverted away from the humanitarian needs of the Middle East itself. Only a minority of refugees have fled to Europe, with the majority of Syrians travelling across […]
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