By Julie Ingersoll | (The Conversation) | – – President Trump’s announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 6 that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel received widespread criticism. Observers quickly recognized the decision as related not so much to national security concerns as to domestic U.S. politics and promises candidate Trump made to […]
In Photos: Israeli police use force to break up protest in East Jerusalem
Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli police on Saturday entered occupied East Jerusalem on foot and on horseback, and suppressed a peaceful Palestinian demonstration against US President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Witnesses said police stormed into the crowd of local activists, students and ordinary citizens who were […]
Saudi Crown Prince splashed $450 mn on Jesus painting
Middle East Monitor | – – Mystery over the secret buyer of a record $450.3 million painting was solved after it was discovered that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman had used a proxy to get hold of one of the prized assets in the arts world. The power hungry de-facto ruler of the Kingdom […]
Starving Polar Bear on Iceless Land: Heart-Wrenching Climate Change Video:
National Geographic | – – Dec. 7, 2017 – This is what climate change looks like. This starving polar bear was spotted by National geographic photographer Paul Nicklen while on an expedition in the Baffin Islands. As temperatures rise, and sea ice melts, polar bears lose access to the main staple of their diet—seals. Starving, […]
Jared Kushner: “Peace Envoy” & Funder of Illegal Israeli Squatters in Palestine
By Justin Elliott | ( ProPublica) | – – While Jared Kushner is working on a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the Kushner Companies Charitable Foundation is funding a controversial West Bank settlement. As Jared Kushner leads the U.S. government’s effort to develop an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, the Kushner Companies Charitable Foundation […]
1% plans Blade Runner Walls against 250 mn Climate Refugees
By Todd Miller | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When I first talked to the three Honduran men in the train yard in the southern Mexican town of Tenosique, I had no idea that they were climate-change refugees. We were 20 miles from the border with Guatemala at a rail yard where Central American refugees […]
Over 50 injured in Trump-caused in clashes across Palestinian territory
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The number of injured Palestinians continues to climb on Thursday as clashes with Israeli forces continue to escalate across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestinian and world […]
A Bitter Pill for Far Right: Europe’s Muslim Immigrants create Jobs, boost Economy
Maha Akeel | (Euractiv.com) | – – Immigration has been shown to boost Europe’s economies and should be encouraged as indigenous populations get older. At a time of challenge, Europe still has what some might think is a surprising ace up its sleeve – immigration, writes Maha Akeel. Maha Akeel is the director of the […]
Ethnically Cleansed Burmese Rohingya reach 600,000 in Bangladesh Camps
By Naimul Haq | (Inter Press Service) | – – IPS Correspondent Naimul Haq interviews WILLIAM LACY SWING, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 5 2017 (IPS) – In less than four months, over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled brutal persecution in Myanmar to seek safety across the border […]
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