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Obama needs Europe in responding to MH17 Crash, but NSA Spying a Bar
By Simon Reich, Rutgers University The tragic circumstances surrounding the downing of Malaysian Airlines’ flight MH17 remain unclear. The three parties who might be responsible […]
Gaza: Netanyahu, Goaded by Israeli Far Right, Risks Breaking Int’l Law
Gaza invasion gets underway as pressure mounts on Netanyahu By Simon Mabon, Lancaster University “Phase two” of Operation Protective Edge has begun: Israeli military forces […]
Gaza meets the New Politics of the Middle East: “Islamic State,” Egypt, Turkey
By Juan Cole The Israeli security establishment was almost certainly encouraged to launch its military assault on little Gaza by the current divisions over political […]
Health Catastrophe in Gaza after Israel bombs water infrastructure
By: Ahmed Hadi Gaza – Bassem Siam carried two plastic gallons as he left his home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza, ignoring […]
Blow-Back: How Bush-Cheney Reduced Iraq to Ashes
By Dahr Jamail [This essay is a joint TomDispatch/Truthout report.] For Americans, it was like the news from nowhere. Years had passed since reporters bothered […]
Besieged and Blockaded: What Gaza is fighting Back Against
Ed. note: When war breaks out there is a tendency to focus on the nitty-gritty detail of tit for tat. But all wars have a […]
Where’s the Outrage over Spying on US Muslim Civil Rights Leaders?
TheRealNews: “Where’s the Outrage Over Spying on Muslim Civil Rights Leaders?”
Falluja and Gaza: Why Counter-Terrorism fails when the Problem is Political
By Juan Cole There are such things as small terrorist groups that do a lot of harm and lack any significant social or political support. […]
Netanyahu’s Last Stand: Why he Cannot Win by Bombing Gaza
Published on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by Common Dreams By Ramzy Baroud When the bodies of three Israeli settlers – Aftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, […]