Middle East

Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman bragged about his close relationship with Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son-in-law to US President Donald Trump, telling his UAE counterpart that Kushner was “in his pocket”, according to a report https://theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jared-kushner-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/”> released yesterday by the Intercept. The Crown Prince reportedly made the […]

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Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just “Hawkish”

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred thousand Iraqis, wounded over a million, and displaced 4 million from their homes, helped deliver Baghdad into the hands of Iran, and helped create ISIL, which blew up Paris. In […]

Israel/ Palestine

More British universities join Israeli Apartheid Week

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Middle East Monitor | – – Two new UK universities have joined Israeli Apartheid Week this year, further increasing the reach of the global event. Keele University and City University of London are both hosting activities to highlight the plight of Palestinians as part of the annual campaign. Universities and Palestinian solidarity groups across the […]

Arms Sales

US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

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TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia bought the almost 7,000 TOW missiles – plus an additional 96 for training purposes – for a total of US$670 million. The U.S. Congress has one month to counter the Trump administration’s approval of a US$1 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, with almost 7,000 anti-tank missiles thrown into […]

Israel/ Palestine

Israel: 8 months for slap in teen journalist Ahed Tamimi Plea Bargain

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Middle East Monitor | – – Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi is to serve eight months in an Israeli jail after reaching a plea bargain, Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported. Details have yet to be made public after the court held a closed session today, however the paper reported that Tamimi would plead guilty to four […]

Displaced and Refugees

Turkey: Mass Deportations of Syrians to dangerous Areas

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Human Rights Watch | – – EU Should Raise Issue, Pledge Aid at Conference (Brussels) – Turkish security forces have routinely intercepted hundreds, and at times thousands, of asylum seekers at the Turkey-Syria border since at least December 2017 and summarily deported them to the war-ravaged Idlib governorate in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. […]

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Syria: A Market bombing kills 38 and Explains why Government won Syria War

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A rocket fired by rebel forces at a market, Kashkul, in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus on Wednesday killed dozens of people. It strikes me that this incident encapsulates the deep tragedy of the Syrian civil war. Jaramana is a mixed Christian and Druze neighborhood 3 […]

BDS Occupied Territories

Actor Cynthia Nixon, NY Governor Hopeful, attacked over Israel Boycott

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Middle East Monitor | – – A leading pro-Israel activist is attempting to derail an American actor’s bid to become the governor of New York over her support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel. Cynthia Nixon, one of the stars of the “Sex and the City” television series and movies, announced on […]

Authoritarianism

French Ex-President Sarkozy arrested over Libya Campaign money Charges

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – Sarkozy has categorically denied receiving any campaign funding from the North African country. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was detained by police officers early Tuesday, Reuters reported. The ex head of state was being questioned by magistrates in relation to allegations he received US$61 million in funding for his 2007 election […]