By Avi Shlaim | (Via OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Trump is unencumbered by any knowledge of the Palestinians, their history, their politics, or their legitimate struggle for statehood. At the press conference after his meeting with Israel’s prime minister on 15 February, president Trump displayed ignorance and irresponsibility in roughly equal portions. In a […]
Archives for February 2017
Trump endangering rest of Us to hunt down the Law-Abiding Undocumented
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Gen. John Kelly’s ramping up of deportation measures against undocumented residents of the US, in accordance with Donald Trump’s campaign promises, contains many hidden dangers. The rational way to deal with long-term unauthorized immigrants would be to offer them a path to citizenship, not waste taxpayers’ […]
Under Saudi Bombardment, 33% of Yemenis Food Insecure
TeleSur | – – The U.N. says almost half a million children in the country are at risk of death from famine as Saudi Arabia’s war in the country completes a second year. At least seven million people in Yemen are facing starvation as a result of the humanitarian crisis caused by almost two years […]
Like Shoplifting: Israel gives Azarya 18 mos. for Killing subdued Palestinian Assailant
Ma’aN News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — After being found guilty of manslaughter for the filmed, execution-style shooting of 21-year-old Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, 20-year-old Israeli soldier Elor Azarya was sentenced to 18 months in prison, a year’s probation, and a demotion in his military rank on Tuesday. File The prosecution had sought a […]
The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The United States has already lost — its war for the Middle East, that is. Having taken my own crack at combat soldiering in both Iraq and Afghanistan, that couldn’t be clearer to me. Unfortunately, it’s evidently still not clear in Washington. Bush’s neo-imperial triumphalism failed. Obama’s […]
Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The interview that emerged on the internet of practicing Catholic Milo Yiannopoulos expressing approval of some instances of priest pedophilia with boys has perhaps ended his career as the most flamboyant voice of the neo-KKK in suits. But those remarks are hardly the most objectionable things […]
Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)
Stephen Colbert | (Video Clip from The Late Show) | – – “In response to Trump’s false claims of a terror attack, Sweden’s Prime Minister asked, ‘What has he been smoking?’ Stephen has a theory.” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: “Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden”
CPAC, OK with alt-NeoNazism, drops Milo over Teen Sex Comments
TeleSur | – – Milo Yiannopoulos will not be allowed to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference following the discovery of his comments supporting pedophilia. Breitbart editor and self-described “occasional fellow traveler with the alt-right,” Milo Yiannopoulos, has for some time now been notorious for his sexist, transphobic, racist and far-right views. But it’s […]
Confusion over U.S. Travel Ban Grounding Foreign Correspondents
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – New restrictions on immigrants and refugees coming to the United States are also posing challenges for foreign correspondents covering news in the United States. Some have had to indefinitely postpone plans to report on conflicts in the Middle East while others […]
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