TeleSur | – – The Israeli right-wing leader tried to negotiate with the owner of a critical and highly circulated newspaper to get positive coverage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police investigation for suspected corruption, was caught on tape negotiating mutual benefits with an arch enemy, the owner of one of Israel’s largest-selling newspapers, […]
10 Social Media Lessons from the Middle East for 2017
by Damian Radcliffe | ( Mediashift.org ) The past year has been another fascinating 12 months for social media watchers in the Middle East. I’ve been charting these developments in an annual round-up for the past five years, with my 2016 report showing an intensifying of a several previously highlighted trends. In particular, we’ve seen […]
Liberal Berlin Fights Fake Nazi anti-Muslim News by Bannon’s Breitbart
TeleSur | – – The “news” story portrayed a deliberate attack on a Dortmund church by a “mob” of Muslims. Far-right white nationalist website Breitbart has been criticized by German authorities and media for falsifying a story of a new year’s eve where a church was supposedly set on fire by a group of Muslims […]
Under Saudi Bombing, Specter of Famine Haunts Yemen’s Children
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 2017 (IPS) – Millions of Yemenis could soon face widespread famine if no action is taken to improve food access through humanitarian or trade means, an early warning system has said. Up to eight million Yemenis are severely food insecure while […]
Pain and torture: state violence in Egypt
By Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The root of state violence and torture is not poor police training, nor a political decision that can be reversed, it is the nature of the regime and the political order it has created. Arabic on the banner reads, “remove our shackles.” Cairo. 3 May 2016. […]
Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance
TeleSur | – – On Thursday multiple mainstream media outlets reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Republican Senator Dan Coats, an outspoken advocate of illegal domestic surveillance programs, to be director of national intelligence. While yet to be formally announced, anonymous Trump transition team members told multiple outlets that the pick would […]
Violence brought us Trump, but Nonviolent Protest will Stop Him
Kazu Haga | ( Waging Nonviolence ) What’s next? That is the big question facing this country after the election. And many people have been sharing their thoughts on that over social and traditional media, over dinner conversations, at the office and on the bus with complete strangers. And, as expected, people are all over […]
Yes, Whites are victims of Hate Crimes, too, but most Victims are Minorities
By Joe Sexton | ProPublica | – – The meaning and enforcement of the Illinois hate-crimes statute seems destined for intense scrutiny with the arrest this week of four young black adults in Chicago in connection with the assault of a mentally disabled white man. The arrests by the Chicago Police Department resulted in part […]
Netanyahu supports pardon for Israeli soldier who killed defenseless Palestinian Prisoner
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out on Wednesday in support of pardoning Elor Azarya, as right-wing Israeli officials further coalesced in support of the Israeli soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for the point-blank shooting of a Palestinian in Hebron. The Israeli military court gave […]