Middle East

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu failed to begin the theft of substantial swathes of the Palestinian West Bank on July 1, as he had once pledged, according to UPI. The reasons for the hold up are a little murky, but here are some considerations. 1. Peter Beaumont and Rosie Scammell […]

African-Americans

The Black Lives Matter movement’s stand with Palestinians has a history

Asa Winstanley

Middle East Monitor – It is common to think of Black Lives Matter as a single group when it isn’t; it is a movement. Indeed, it is a movement for Black liberation which first erupted in response to police brutality in 2014, following the killing of two African Americans: Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and […]

Israel/ Palestine

On this Day in 1920, Receipt was Given to Colonial Britain for ‘One Palestine, Complete’; Jews were 11%

Middle East Monitor

By Jehan Alfarra | – On this day in 1920, the first High Commissioner for Palestine Herbert Samuel, was handed the administration of the country by the British government and signed a receipt saying “one Palestine, complete” On this day in 1920, the first High Commissioner for Palestine, 1st Viscount Samuel, Herbert Samuel, was handed […]

Congress

Sanders, AOC, Tlaib Threaten to Cut Israeli Funding if Netanyahu Annexes 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Progressive members of Congress will circulate a letter on Tuesday threatening US funding for Israel if the Netanyahu government proceeds with its plans to steal one third of the Palestinian West Bank in July. Hassan Abbas at The Arab-American saw an advance copy of the letter. The letter to secretary […]

Donald Trump

Sauce for the Gander: Iran Seeks Interpol Red Notice on Trump for Soleimani Murder

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mehr News Service reports that Tehran prosecutor Ali al-Qasi Mehr issued an arrest notice with Interpol on Monday for President Donald Trump and 35 other American officials. The request was for Interpol to issue a “red notice” for an act of murder and terrorism, to wit, the assassination on January […]

Christianity

As Odd Bed Fellows Fall out, Israel bans Evangelical GOD TV for Evangelizing Jews

Juan Cole

What did the Likud Government Expect? “Evangelical” is right there in their Name

Epidemics

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Palestinian Farmers Struggle against Annexation and the Pandemic

Open Democracy

By Salena Fay Tramel | – ( Opendemocracy.net ) – It has not been an easy year for Palestinians, if there ever was such a thing. With the turn of a new decade in January, the U.S. administration unveiled the paradoxically branded “deal of the century” plan—calling for Israel to unilaterally annex about a third […]

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia was hoping to replace Failing Oil with Tourism: Then Covid-19 Hit

The Conversation

By Seán McLoughlin | – Saudi Arabia has finally clarified that due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic only very limited numbers of local pilgrims will be allowed to perform Hajj in 2020. During the past decade, the kingdom has typically welcomed between 1.9 to 3.2 million pilgrims per year from across the Muslim world, generating […]

Israel/ Palestine

As Palestinians Brace for Annexation, Does Nonviolent Protest Work? Juan Cole on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Juan Cole

Ralph Nader Radio Hour Does Non-Violent Protest Work? Juan Cole is a public intellectual, prominent essayist and Professor of History at the University of Michigan. His work seeks to put the relationship between the West and the Muslim world into a historical context. He had written about the upheavals in the Arab World since 2011. […]