By IMEMC | – – Calling Palestinian rights ‘problematic’ and LGBT rights a matter ‘in public dispute,’ the TV authority bans a public service announcement by Association for Civil Rights in Israel. The Second Authority for Television and Radio (SATR), a public body that supervises Israeli commercial television and radio stations, banned a public service […]
Archives for December 2016
Israel’s Netanyahu et al. Throw Trump-like Tantrums after UNSC Slam
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – PM Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and his cabinet ministers are trying to punch above their weight. He wants to punish the UN, and apparently even the United States. Netanyahu has forbidden Israeli officials to travel to 12 of the countries on the UN Security Council who […]
Crony Capitalism Made Rick Perry Our Energy Secretary
By Jim Hightower | ( Other Words ) | – – The former Texas governor's only experience for the job comes from stiffing the American people — and their environment. Rick Perry has taken quite a tumble since being governor of Texas. He was a twice-failed GOP presidential wannabe and then ended up being a […]
Iraq: ISIL Attacking Civilians in Mosul Retreat
Human Rights Watch | – – Calls ‘Unbelievers’ Valid Targets (Erbil) – Fighters with the [so-called] Islamic State [Group} (also known as ISIL) have indiscriminately attacked civilian areas in eastern Mosul with mortar rounds and explosives, and deliberately shot at fleeing residents, Human Rights Watch said today. Iraqi and coalition forces have also killed and […]
In defiance of UN, Israel reportedly set to approve thousands of settler units
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Days after the UN Security Council approved a resolution affirming the illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory and called for their construction to cease, reports emerged that Israel is set to approve thousands of new settler units in occupied East Jerusalem. The Local […]
Wealthy Baghdad Muslim raised 85′ tall Christmas Tree in Solidarity
NewsBeat Social | (Video News report) | – – “A Muslim businessman in Iraq put up an 85-foot-tall Christmas tree in Baghdad to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians and help Iraqis “forget their anguish”” NewsBeat Social: ” LOOK: Christmas Tree in Baghdad ‘Represents Love and Peace’”
Remember when Dems were blasted for Class War? Meet Trump’s Cabinet
By Sam Pizzigati | ( Institute for Policy Studies) | – – Donald Trump and the business kingpins populating his inner circle want to slice the tax bill of America’s top 0.1 percent. In a typical corporate board of directors meeting, what do CEOs see when they look out across their richly lacquered boardroom tables? […]
Top Five ways Jesus was not White
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Given the alarming rise of white nationalism in the United States and the ways in which it is often entangled with Christian nationalism, it is worthwhile remembering whose birth, exactly, is being commemorated today. The association of Christianity with whiteness is relatively new in history, as […]
Palestinian Officials on UNSC Members’ Resolution: Now let them Implement it
Via IMEMC | (PNN) | – – (PNN) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the adoption of a new United Nations Security Council resolution (co-sponsored by Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, and Venezuela) regarding Israel’s illegal colonial settlements, which are seen as undermining peace in the region and the possibility of a two-state solution: “This […]
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