By Raed Jarrar | ( Otherwords.org) Both Democrats and Republicans are spreading the same Islamophobic message: you're either with us, or you're against us. On August 31, Nazma Khanam, a 60-year-old Muslim woman, was stabbed to death while walking near her home in Queens. The culprit was charged with second degree murder and robbery. But […]
Endangering the Planet: Populist New Right opposes Climate Action as much as Immigration
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels, ratification of the December 2015 Paris climate summit agreement — already endorsed by most nations — should be a complete no-brainer. That it isn’t tells […]
Israeli forces evict Palestinian family in East Jerusalem to make room for Israeli Squatters
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces Thursday evicted a Palestinian family from their home in the neighborhood of Saadiya in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem in order to make room for Jewish-only housing managed by right-wing settler group Ateret Cohanim. The family of Mazen Qirrish was evacuated from […]
Busting the Myths about Syrian Refugees in the US
Jeffrey H. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – On Sept. 12, a new cease-fire took effect in Syria. With a lull in fighting, some are hopeful for an end to the nation’s ongoing civil war. Yet, even if the war ends soon, rebuilding the country will take time. As many refugees anxiously wait and […]
Israel gets $38 Bn from US as it Strangles Palestinian Economy
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian economy remains “worrying” as growth stagnation, delays in aid delivery, and Israeli restrictions continue to seriously impede improvements to the Palestinian financial situation, a World Bank report revealed on Thursday. According to the report, which will be presented to the Ad Hoc Liaison committee […]
Obama has one last Chance to remedy his Colossal Failure on Palestine/Israel
By Carl Bildt | ( Project Syndicate ) | – – STOCKHOLM – Next year marks the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, the British statement that paved the way for Israel’s founding in 1948, and for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as the larger Arab world, that continues today. World leaders […]
Making Case for Pardon, Snowden Says Leaks Were ‘Necessary, Vital Things’
by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – ‘I think when people look at the calculations of benefit, it is clear that in the wake of 2013 the laws of our nation changed,’ Snowden tells the Guardian In a new interview with the Guardian, whistleblower Edward Snowden explains why U.S. President Barack Obama […]
Right-wing Israeli ministers meet with Facebook to discuss censoring ‘anti-Semitic incitement’
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two right-wing Israeli ministers reportedly met with top Facebook executives on Monday in an effort to “minimize online anti-Semitic incitement,” according to Israeli news website Ynet. The site reported that Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, members of right-wing Israeli parties […]
End of the ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq? After Qayyarah, Mosul hangs in the Balance
Special Correspondent | (Niqash.org) | – – The liberation of the northern Iraqi town of Qayyarah from the [so-called] Islamic State group [IS] is a strategic victory in defeating the extremists, in addition to being a major financial blow to their efforts. Since it was liberated by Iraqi forces last month, Qayyarah has come to […]
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