Latest Mideast
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Cockburn: What Revolutionaries Have Learned Since the Arab Spring
Two very different political waves are sweeping through the Middle East and north Africa
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Aziza: Trump’s Veto on Yemen War
For his ongoing support, which includes billions in arms sales, Trump has expected cooperation from the Saudis on his own regional agenda, including in his efforts to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict
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Baroud: War Versus Peace: Israel Has Decided and So Should We
Israelis are divided on some issues that are particular to their social and economic makeup. But they are also resolutely unified around the issue that should concern us most: the continued subjugation of the Palestinian people
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Critics are demanding answers after the Trump administration refused to allow prominent Palestinian human rights activist Omar Barghouti to enter the United States for a speaking tour, despite his valid U.S. visa
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Buttu: A Palestinian View Of Recent Israeli Elections
The BDS movement is picking up at an exponential rate
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Bennis: Trump’s Embrace of Netanyahu Will Haunt the Middle East for Years
The flurry of favors the president did for Bibi could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come
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The question is increasingly not whether, but what kind of, annexation Netanyahu plans
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Chomsky: Confronting “Ultranationalist, Reactionary” Movements Across Globe
A talk and interview on the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia and other topics
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Mackey: Israelis Vote for Never-Ending Military Rule of Palestinians
Voters in Israel delivered an overwhelming endorsement of the status quo by re-electing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Sokolsky: More from the War-with-Iran Playbook
The intent of Pompeo and Bolton is clear: provoke Iran
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Cook: Netanyahu and Gantz are two sides of the same coin
Whether Netanyahu or Gantz wins, more legislation will be drafted to advance institutional discrimination against the Palestinian minority, and the abusive treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories will intensify
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Cole: Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen
The House of Representatives voted Thursday 247 to 175 to end the US involvement in supporting the Saudi-led war effort in Yemen. 16 Republicans voted with the Democratic majority
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Baskin: The birth of the state of Palestine in Gaza
Now we are witnessing the final stages of the implementation of the plan devised by Sharon, and likely to be completed if Netanyahu wins the elections on April 9
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Barrows-friedman: Students vote to divest at Brown, Swarthmore
The divestment campaign is sponsored by the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and is endorsed by nearly two dozen student organizations
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Jordan: A Palestinian Boy with a Gun to His Head Asked If I Was OK
On a bus in the West Bank, fearing for our lives, this 13-year-old boy taught me the true power of empathy
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Eid: On the one-year anniversary of the Great March of Return
Our activism in Gaza connects all forms of popular resistance
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Fisk: Why Does the US Continue to Grovel to Israel?
By recognizing Israel’s annexation of Golan, Trump merely recognized that Israel has annexed America
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Cohn: Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes
On the eve of the first anniversary of the “Great...
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Cole: Israeli Snipers Kill 4, wound 207 as 40,000 Palestinians March Peacefully
Despite occasional UN condemnation of the Israeli blockade on Palestinian civilians (which is illegal in international law, especially given that Israel is still the Occupying Power in Gaza), the world has turned a blind eye to this ongoing Israeli atrocity
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Barnard: The Great Return March is rekindling Palestinian resistance
From the Land Day protests in 1976 to the Great Return March of today, the Palestinian struggle against colonial dispossession continues despite incredible odds
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Postel: Progressive Surge Propels Turning Point in US Policy on Yemen
The House resolution was the first time Congress flexed its War Powers muscle in the 45 years since that resolution’s passage
Iran
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Oberg: The Iran Floods and US Sanctions
10 Million at Risk, But Who Cares?
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Sokolsky: More from the War-with-Iran Playbook
The intent of Pompeo and Bolton is clear: provoke Iran
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Benjamin: An Apology for a Different Plane Crash, 30 Years Later
While most Americans have no memory of this incident, in Iran the date of the deaths of 290 innocent people at the hands of the U.S. military is marked every year just as the 9/11 attack is remembered every year in the United States
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Benjamin: How US Sanctions are Hurting Iran: A Firsthand Report
Trump's economic strangulation is having devastating people on the Iranian people
Israel/Palestine
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Baroud: War Versus Peace: Israel Has Decided and So Should We
Israelis are divided on some issues that are particular to their social and economic makeup. But they are also resolutely unified around the issue that should concern us most: the continued subjugation of the Palestinian people
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Critics are demanding answers after the Trump administration refused to allow prominent Palestinian human rights activist Omar Barghouti to enter the United States for a speaking tour, despite his valid U.S. visa
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Buttu: A Palestinian View Of Recent Israeli Elections
The BDS movement is picking up at an exponential rate
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Bennis: Trump’s Embrace of Netanyahu Will Haunt the Middle East for Years
The flurry of favors the president did for Bibi could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come
Iraq
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Cole: Calls to Expel US Troops from Iraq
Trump’s assertion that he intends to keep US troops in Iraq to spy on Iran has produced a firestorm of protest and controversy in Baghdad
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Cockburn: After Four Decades of Chaos is Iraq Finally Stabilizing?
All Iraqi governments are, to a greater or lesser extent, fragile because of religious and ethnic differences, but the new government is a sign that Iraq is stabilising after four decades of violence and division
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Cockburn: Haider al-Abadi is losing his grip on power
Prime Minister Abadi has been left with little choice but to leave his post, but it is likely to mean little in a system that favors political stalemate
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Bacon: Iraq’s Oil Union Defends Protesters
Iraq’s trade unions, especially the oil workers, have played a central role in organizing the demonstrations
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Multi-Billion Dollar Budget Needed To Keep Iraq’s Water Flowing
ZMag Mideast
Mideast Video
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Bennis: The Crisis in Gaza and a Potential Ceasefire
Discussing the recent Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that killed 7 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, as well as Israeli air strikes and a potential ceasefire
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Israel, with U.S. backing, has caused a "humanitarian disaster" in Gaza, and international human rights groups have failed to uphold justice for its besieged people
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Hever: The Military Industrial Complex of Israel – Part 1
In this video Dr. Shir Hever talks about the history...
Mideast Blogs
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Tripathi: Behind Netanyahu’s ‘leaked’ plan to attack Iran
The American presidential election is just two months away, and...
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Tripathi: What’s Changed in Egypt?
CounterPunch, 5 June 2012; Palestine Chronicle, June 4, 2012 The day...
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Tripathi: On Power and Delusions of Grandeur
International Policy Digest First the video of United States Marines...
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Tripathi: When Netanyahu Crossed the Line
CounterPunch The bombing of an Israeli embassy car in Delhi...