Latest Mideast
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The ability to successfully utilize BDS as a tactic in support for peace and justice will therefore be greatly enhanced if put as one component of a multifaceted campaign for peace, security, and equality for Palestinians and Israelis
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Cook: In Hebron, Israel removes the last restraint on its settlers’ reign of terror
You might imagine that a report by a multinational observer force documenting a 20-year reign of terror by Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers against Palestinians would provoke condemnation from European and US politicians
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Mackey: Democrats Echo Israel’s Far-Right
While right-wing Israelis prefer to say that the land where they rule a Palestinian population that is denied basic civil rights is contested, the occupation is a fact under international law
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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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Falk: The future of statehood: Israel & Palestine
There are signs that a position of balanced support as between Israel and Palestine is gaining strength in the West, especially among the American public
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Fisk: Deaths of Journalists Brushed Aside in Middle East
Why is the fate of the Saudi reporter of infinitely more pressing importance than that of Yaser Murtaja, shot by the Israelis in Gaza?
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Baroud: Why African Countries Are Normalizing with Israel
Diplomatic ties with Chad and Mali may garner Netanyahu a few more votes next April, but they will also contribute to the Israeli illusion that it can be an international darling and an Apartheid regime, simultaneously
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Fisk: Why U.S. figures like Michelle Alexander are breaking their silence on Israel
The host of critics who now assault the latest taboo-breaking liberal academic realize just how serious her willingness to speak could be
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Cook: Israeli general mounts challenge to Netanyahu by flaunting Gaza carnage
With April’s elections looming, Benjamin Netanyahu has good reason to fear Benny Gantz, his former army chief
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Cohn: Michelle Alexander Is Right About Israel-Palestine
As a progressive Jew, I find that many of my...
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of Rojava: Stand with Rojava, oppose Turkey’s war
This weekend, Kurds and their allies are organizing two global days of action to stop the invasion of Rojava threatened by Turkey and Islamist mercenaries
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Baroud: False ‘Victories’: Is the PA Using the ‘State of Palestine’ to Remain in Power?
While a greater support for the ‘State of Palestine’ is a positive sign indicating a changing world order, it is, sadly, used by the Palestinian leadership to sustain its own oppressive, futile and corrupt political gambit
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Baroud: The Moral Travesty of Israel Seeking Arab, Iranian Money for its Alleged Nakba
For Israel to be seeking compensation from Arab countries and Iran is a moral travesty, especially as Palestinians refugees continue to languish in refugee camps across Palestine and the Middle East
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Cook: Israeli politics is being dragged into the grubby realm of reality TV
As Benjamin Netanyahu demands a televised showdown with his corruption accusers and Roseanne Barr prepares to address the Knesset, the poverty of public discourse has never been more apparent
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Falk: Toward Geopolitical Disengagement: Uncertain yet Desirable
For the first time in the 21stCentury it is possible to envision positive developments in the region as reducing the level of violence and turbulence
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Falk: Palestinian Aspirations versus Zombie Geopolitics
How can we explain the durability of the two-state mantra in the domain of geopolitics?
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Grim: U.S. Senate’s First Bill a Bipartisan Defense of Israeli Government from Boycotts
When each new Congress is gaveled into session, the chambers...
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Dolack: Why are Leftists cheering potential demise of Rojava’s socialist experiment?
To ignore what the Kurdish people, in attempting to build a socialist, egalitarian society, have to say are acts of Western chauvinism
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Zunes: Despite Everything, U.S. Troops Should Leave Syria
A small detachment of U.S. troops won’t protect the Kurds from Turkish aggression, but putting conditions on arms transfers might
Iran
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Wu: How The CIA Overthrew Iran’s Democracy In 4 Days
Over the course of four days in August 1953, Roosevelt would orchestrate not one, but two attempts to destabilize the government of Iran
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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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Davies: Will Iran Sanctions Herald the Fall of the Imperial Dollar?
It’s a good time for Americans to start thinking about how we can instead cooperate with all our neighbors in a smooth, peaceful transition to a sustainable, multipolar world
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Hallinan: Edging Toward War With Iran?
It’s unpopular at home and abroad, and regional politics don’t favor it. But we should take neocons like Bolton at their word
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Pepper: US sanctions have caused a crisis for Iranian Kurds
An economic recession and a brutal government crackdown have put the people of Rojhilat in a precarious situation
Israel/Palestine
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The ability to successfully utilize BDS as a tactic in support for peace and justice will therefore be greatly enhanced if put as one component of a multifaceted campaign for peace, security, and equality for Palestinians and Israelis
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Cook: In Hebron, Israel removes the last restraint on its settlers’ reign of terror
You might imagine that a report by a multinational observer force documenting a 20-year reign of terror by Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers against Palestinians would provoke condemnation from European and US politicians
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Mackey: Democrats Echo Israel’s Far-Right
While right-wing Israelis prefer to say that the land where they rule a Palestinian population that is denied basic civil rights is contested, the occupation is a fact under international law
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Baroud: Gaza Rallies for Caracas
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of besieged Gaza to show their support of the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and it’s legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro
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
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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...