By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Women, responsible for more than half of global food production, comprise of 70 percent of the world’s hungry, said Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. In a new report released here, Elver found enduring gender gaps in […]
Archives for March 2016
Has The Gateway to Europe Been Shut To Refugees? (AJ+)
AJ+ Reports on a tentative deal between countries of the EU and Turkey
Nearly Half of Israeli Jews want to Expel Palestinian-Israelis from Country
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Nearly half of the over 6 million Israeli Jews want to expel from the country the 1.6 million citizens of Palestinian heritage, most of them Muslims, according to a just-released Pew Forum poll This is a startling statistic. It would be as though half of Flemish […]
Does Bernie’s Michigan Win make it a whole new Ball Game?
Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola & Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Just before Michigan was called for Bernie Sanders TYT discusses what will happen if the Sanders campaign pulls out a win. Do you think Bernie’s win will change the race? Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola and Ana […]
Oil Glut Blues and the last hurrah of the Fossil Fuel Bubble
Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Three and a half years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) triggered headlines around the world by predicting that the United States would overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world’s leading oil producer by 2020 and, together with Canada, would become a net exporter of oil […]
Young American Muslim Protesting Trump Racism ejected from Rally in Style
TeleSur | – – The U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent was dressed in sunglasses and a long South Asian coat. An Asian American was escorted from a Donald Trump rally in Warren, Michigan after repeatedly shouting that, “Not all Mexicans are rapists, not all Muslims are terrorists.” Saqib Javed, a resident of Warren, dressed for […]
That stream of Refugees into Europe? It includes Palestinians forced out by Israeli Occupation
By IMEMC | – – Palestinians are joining the Middle East exodus to Europe in greater numbers because of the Syrian war and ongoing Israeli occupation, a senior Palestinian official has said. Saeb Erekat, the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), told EU Observer, from Ramallah, that “thousands” had already left for Europe. […]
Netanyahu GOP Policy in Tatters, he snubs White House Invitation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A year ago, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu intervened in US politics in a big way, addressing a Republican-dominated Congress and lobbying it against the UN Security Council deal with Iran forestalling that country’s civilian nuclear research program from ever becoming militarized. Netanyahu’s startling direct intervention […]
‘He would Make US like Syria’; Muslim-Americans of Dearborn on a Trump Victory
AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is leading in the presidential primaries, despite some of the alarming things he’s said, including about Arabs and Muslims. We went to Dearborn, Michigan, to ask residents their thoughts on the possibility of a Trump presidency.” AJ+: “What Would You Do If Donald Trump Wins? We […]
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