By Tamirace Fakhoury and John Nagle | – The finger of blame for the Beirut explosion is pointing at Lebanon’s corrupt and criminally negligent political leadership. Amid continuing protests, the government of prime minister Hassan Diab resigned on August 10, though ministers will stay on in a caretaker role until a new cabinet is formed. […]
Archives for August 2020
Ilhan Omar defeats Corporate Democrat, Israel Lobbies in Overwhelming Primary Victory
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ilhan Omar handily won the Democratic Party primary for Minnesota’s 5th District, encompassing Minneapolis and some of its suburbs. Indeed, she improved her margin of victory over 2018, winning by 57% to 39% for her rival, Antone Melton-Meaux, whose campaign was funded in part by a usually pro-Republican organization of […]
Nothing less than Survival of our Constitutional Gov’t is at Stake in Trump’s moves on USPS and Census
Boise, Idaho (Special to Informed Comment) – While we may have become inured to Donald Trump’s assaults on the Constitution and necessary institutions of government, his two recent attacks are existential threats to our democratic republic. First is his attack on the Postal Service (USPS). He withheld CARES Act funds for USPS losses caused by […]
Will Young Jews Leave Israel because of Netanyahu’s Coronavirus Depression?
By Nabil Al-Sahli | – An article in Haaretz last week highlighted the possibility of young Israelis emigrating [because of COVID-19], which brought Israel’s obsession with demography to the forefront of the agenda yet again. More than 70 years since Israel was established in Palestine, its leaders, political parties and strategists are still trying to […]
The Empires of Faith and the Making of the Prophet of Islam
What can modern historians know about the historical figure of the prophet Muhammad? Can modern historians and their critical methods add anything new or, at the very least, be more certain about aspects of his life than generations past? In 1968, the French orientalist Maxime Rodinson began his influential biography of Muhammad with a dour […]
Kamala Harris is the America that Trump tried to Stop: the Best of Jamaica and India and born in Oakland
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Kamala Devi Harris says she is just an American, and that is certainly true. She identifies Black, and that is certainly true. Here I would like to explore her Americanness by considering two of her ancestors, a grandfather and a great-grandmother, neither of whom had much to do with the […]
If Israelis want Peace, why do 55% Support Illegal Annexation of Palestinian Land?
( Middle East Monitor) – It is a common platitude amongst some of the weaker parts of the Palestine solidarity movement that “Israelis want peace” and do not support their government’s policies of oppression against the Palestinians and other Arabs peoples. But the facts simply don’t bear this out. Let’s take a cursory examination of […]
Will Trump Strike Iran as his October Surprise?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Was Donald Trump’s January 3rd drone assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani the first step in turning the simmering Cold War between the United States and Iran into a hot war in the weeks before an American presidential election? Of course, there’s no way to know, but behind by double digits […]
Before Kamala Harris became Biden’s running mate, Shirley Chisholm and other Black women aimed for the White House
By Sharon Austin | – U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. If Biden wins in November, Harris would break three centuries-old barriers to become the nation’s first female vice president, first Black vice president and first Black female vice president. Geraldine Ferraro […]
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