By John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – He was a rich businessman, an outspoken outsider with a love of conspiracy theories. And he was a populist running for president. In 1990, when Donald Trump was still beyond the furthest outskirts of American politics, Stanislaw Tyminski was trying to become the new president of […]
Yemen: Ali Abdullah Saleh Leaves Behind Grim Legacy
Human Rights Watch | – – Ex-President’s Death Underscores Need for Impartial Investigations (Beirut) – The killing of former longtime Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, on December 4, 2017, underlines the need for governments to support the new United Nations expert panel to investigate abuses by all sides to Yemen’s war, Human Rights Watch said […]
Navajo Nation to Sue Trump over Shrinking Bears Ears Monument
TeleSur | – – The Navajo Nation has vowed to sue U.S. President Donald Trump over his decision to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. Hundreds of people – including native tribe, the Navajo, and others – along with environmentalists gathered in Washington to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s damning decision to […]
Bethlehem Olive Tree decorated to Reflect City’s Suffering under Israeli Occupation
IMEMC News | – – In a ceremony attended by a group of Palestinians and Internationals, under the initiative of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF), as part of Bethlehem Heart of Christmas, Bethlehem Museum celebrated the lighting of its Christmas tree which was decorated with gas bombs and live bullets fired by the […]
Jared Kushner didn’t report Funding Illegal Israeli Squatter Settlements
TeleSur | – – The news organization, Haaretz, printed a report in 2016 stating Kushner’s parents invested thousand dollars in organizations nestled in the West Bank region. Researchers from American Bridge and Newsweek have revealed Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior advisor failed to mention to the Office of Government Ethics, during his […]
How GOP Tax Bill’s assault on Universities will Devastate US Economy
By Benjamin J. Cohen | (The Conversation) | – – With the Senate’s passage of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” President Donald Trump seems close to notching his first legislative victory – a huge tax cut for the 1 percent. All that remains is the need to reconcile the Senate bill with the version […]
Australian billionaire implicates Israel’s Netanyahu in alleged corruption scandal
Middle East Monitor | – – Australian businessman James Packers has confirmed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded gifts for himself and his wife in return for advancing Packer’s business interests, according to the Times of Israel. The billionaire, who runs the Crown gaming empire and reportedly has a close relationship with Netanyahu, voluntarily […]
Hamas Calls for ‘Intifada’ Should US Deem Jerusalem Israel’s Capital
TeleSur | – – The statement has come amid speculation that Trump will announce next week his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas called for a new “intifada” Saturday should U.S. President Donald Trump go ahead with his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “We warn against […]
Gold trader implicates Turkish Pres. Erdogan in Iran money laundering
EURACTIV.com with Reuters | – – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader yesterday (30 November) told jurors in a New York federal court that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan authorized a transaction in a scheme to help Iran evade US sanctions. Reza Zarrab is cooperating with US prosecutors in the criminal trial of a Turkish bank executive […]
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