Middle East

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump shook up the Washington establishment and Middle Eastern and world politics on Wednesday by abruptly announcing by Tweet a full and immediate withdrawal of US military forces from northeast Syria. Trump’s motives for what he does are never easy to fathom. He may have been driven by a desire […]

BDS

Why Politics in 2019 will have a Lot More Backbone

Tracey L. Rogers

(Otherwords.org) – As Democratic leaders sharpen their challenge to President Trump, movement leaders are stepping up to challenge the party leadership. By Tracey L. Rogers | December 19, 2018 As I reflect on the controversies that plagued the Trump administration throughout 2018, the unforeseen political power plays that shocked our nation, and the party stalemates […]

Turkey

Trump Leaves Syria, then Turkey Announces $3.5 bn Patriot Missile Buy

AFP

By Shaun Tandon | – Washington (AFP) – The United States said Wednesday it approved the sale of $3.5 billion in missiles to Turkey, offering an ultimatum after US outrage over the NATO ally’s plans to buy from Russia. The announcement came as President Donald Trump said that US forces would withdraw from neighboring Syria, […]

Donald Trump

What did Flynn Know about Russian ties to Trump and When did he Know it?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Disgraced former National Security Adviser to Donald Trump, Michael Flynn, had his sentencing postponed until March on Tuesday after Judge Emmett Sullivan raked him over the coals for lying to the FBI in the White House and for intimating that he was not really guilty and had been entrapped by […]

Yemen

Trump Admin. Relents, will Waive Muslim Ban to let Yemeni Mother see Dying Son

AFP

San Francisco, CA | AFP | Shaima Swileh, a native of Yemen, was granted a US visa to visit her dying two-year-old son Abdullah Hassan, a US citizen like his father Ali — both of whom are picture here at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland on December 16, 2018 A mother from Yemen was […]

Constitution

Congress must reject Israel Anti-Boycott Act

Human Rights Watch

By Omar Shakir | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Today the US Congress is weighing draft legislation based on problematic logic that conflates a call for businesses to stop operating in West Bank settlements, which are unlawful under the 1949 Geneva Conventions that prohibit transferring civilians into occupied territory, with a boycott of Israel. […]

Constitution

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Protect Your Right to Free Speech for Palestine!

ADC

Washington, D.C. | www.adc.org | December 18, 2018 – ADC condemns in the strongest terms the unconstitutional bill, SR. 70, The Israel Anti-Boycott Act. Senator Ben Cardin re-introduced the proposed bill to the 2019 annual omnibus legislation, that can be a voted on any day! It is URGENT that YOU ACT NOW and contact Congressional […]

Featured

Why Airbnb is not backing Down on Boycotting Israeli Squatter Housing in Palestinian West Bank

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The living space- sharing company Airbnb on Monday denied an allegation by the Israeli tourism minister that it had suspended its delisting of apartments in Israeli squatter settlements (which are Jewish-only) in the Palestinian West Bank. Airbnb has to boycott the Israeli squatter settlements because they are illegal. The European […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Son Banned from Facebook after Call to Expel 2 mn. Muslims

Middle East Monitor

Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was yesterday banned from Facebook for posting anti-Muslim content. The saga began on Thursday after Yair Netanyahu wrote on Facebook that: “There will not be peace here [in Israel-Palestine] until: 1. All the Jews leave the land of Israel. 2. All the Muslims leave the […]