It is a world-historical edifice, reflecting the light mysticism of Plato and the pointed arches of Zoroastrian Iran and Abbasid Baghdad
Archives for April 2019
Trump’s Embrace of Netanyahu will Haunt the Middle East for Years
The horrific conditions of Palestinian life will remain
Access to Clean Water is a Human Right, so why is Palestine an Exception?
The US-based RAND Corporation found that one-fourth of all diseases in the besieged Gaza Strip are waterborne
Songs of Freedom: The Soundtracks of Political Change in Sudan
In 2019, songs provided motivation and guidance
One Hell of a Hangover: All the American Wars We haven’t remembered Fighting that are Still going On
More than two years into the era of Donald TrumpAmerican air strikes in… yep, Somalia, are precipitously on the rise
Israeli Forces Attack young Palestinian Students in Hebron, Nablus in Continuing Occupation Tactic affecting 60,000/ year
1. Israeli forces attack, injure school children in Hebron HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces attacked young Palestinian students in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday, by firing tear-gas bombs and sound grenades towards them. According to local sources, Israeli forces physically attacked several students on their way to school, as well […]
How Classic Anti-Semitic Tropes are being Marshaled against Ilhan Omar and Muslim-Americans
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The attacks on Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim-American women to serve in Congress and the first of Black African heritage who veils, by the Rupert Murdoch press (Fox, New York Post, etc.) and the US Republican Party are frightening for many reasons, but most of all because […]
Israel’s Netanyahu campaigned on Destroying every Palestinian Dream: Now for the Implementation
“Jerusalem has already gone, and Israel is going to annex area C, which is home to 350,000 Palestinians and 400,000 Israeli Jewish settlers”
Why isn’t the Democratic Party Leadership coming to Ilhan Omar’s Defense?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nancy Pelosi’s response to Donald Trump’s tweet lying about Ilhan Omar and maliciously twisting her words to make her seem virtually an al-Qaeda sympathizer was so anodyne that Pelosi didn’t even mention Omar’s name. The leadership of the Democratic Party is not coming to the defense of Rep. Omar because […]