Middle East Monitor | – – Israel’s Channel 7 has reported that the Israeli government has approved the allocation of $230 million to finance the construction of settlement roads in the occupied West Bank. According to the channel, which is close to the settlers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the Head of Shomron Regional Council […]
Is China’s dominance of Green Energy Markets a path to Global Dominance?
By Chris G. Pope | (The Conversation) | – – If there is to be an effective response to climate change, it will probably emanate from China. The geopolitical motivations are clear. Renewable energy is increasingly inevitable, and those that dominate the markets in these new technologies will likely have the most influence over the […]
Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Backfires, Improves Attitudes Toward Them
TeleSur | – – A recent study shows the U.S. “Muslim ban” became unpopular among U.S. voters after its implementation, media coverage contributed to shift. Political scientists revealed that public opinion on the so-called Muslim ban has shifted after a nationwide debate on immigration, racism and religion in the U.S. was sparked as a result […]
Unused to Real Journalists, Trump envoy to Hague Stunned at Questions on his Bigoted Lies (Video)
Pete Hoekstra told Whoppers defaming Muslims and the Netherlands
How Iran’s Bread Riots turned anti-Systemic & what it means for the Future
Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran started 2018 with protest rallies and anti-riot police in many cities across the country. Public protests against the regime caught many observers by surprise, just as the 2011 Arab Spring had done. But displays of public anger in Iran are not new. Throughout 2017, Iran witnessed […]
Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?
Military-Industrial Complex Set for Huge Expansion
Burn Pits and Toxins: Are 800 US Bases abroad Scofflaw Polluters?
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – My nephew, an Army veteran who spent most of his 20 plus years military service as an officer in South Korea, is now a civilian military contractor living on a base in Afghanistan. Our only conversation about US military pollution in South Korea was something of […]
Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring
TeleSur | – – Protests have been taking place across the North African country over the past several nights in protest against government austerity measures at the behest of the IMF. At least one person is dead and 200 people have been arrested during several nights of protests in Tunisia, according to The Guardian. Protests […]
EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month
Middle East Monitor | – – The stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea could burn for as long as one month, South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries told Reuters on Wednesday, as the blaze raged for a fourth day following a collision with a freight ship. Dozens of rescue boats battled […]
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