Latest Mideast
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Cohn: Public Pressure Could Halt US Support of Yemen War
US tax dollars are supporting Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen,...
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Fisk: Spare Me the American Tears for the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
This is the dangerous world in which America and its allies now tread, disdainful of the thousands of Muslims who perish under our bombs and missiles and mortars
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Cook: No criticism of Israel is allowed
CNN's firing of Marc Lamont Hill and outrage at Airbnb and the Quakers reveal a complete intolerance of criticism
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Baroud: The Conspiracy against Refugees
Watching the ongoing debate between US liberal and right-wing pundits on US mainstream media, one rarely gets the impression that Washington is responsible for the unfolding crisis in Central America
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Nassar: ‘From The River To The Sea’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
Rather than just lecture Palestinians and their supporters about how certain phrases make them feel, supporters of Israel should get more curious about what Palestinians themselves want
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Cook: Israel’s new war of attrition on Jerusalem’s Palestinians
Israel has never hidden its ambition to seize control of East Jerusalem, Palestinian territory it occupied in 1967 and then annexed, as a way of preventing a viable Palestinian state from emerging.
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Johnson: Ending US Complicity in Saudi Assault on Yemen
In Historic Vote, Senate Advances War Powers Resolution
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Kelly: The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East
The movements that pressured the U.S. Senate to reject current U.S. foreign policy regarding Saudi Arabia and its war on Yemen will continue raising voices
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Baskin: Encountering Peace: Lost love of the homeland
Netanyahu is tearing Israel apart and it is time for Israel to pull itself away from the divisiveness that he has fostered
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Cole: Senate Rebukes Trump, Saudis on Yemen, Advances Withdrawal Bill
The Senate slapped the Trump administration around on Wednesday, voting 63-37 to bring to the floor a proposal to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen
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: Our bodies are a battleground
Reports on women fighting back against Iran's morality laws
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Cole: Trump stops UN Yemen Ceasefire
The Trump administration has turned against a UN Security Council resolution calling for a Yemen ceasefire and is now blocking it
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Barrows-friedman: Canadian student federation backs boycott
In another big blow to Israel’s efforts to thwart the growing boycott campaign, the largest student organization in Canada voted on Monday to support Palestinian rights
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Eid: Questions and Answers from Gaza
Nothing can really force Israel to abide by international law except people of conscience and international civil society
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Baroud: The Tide is Turning: Israel Is Losing on Two War Fronts
Needless to say, $72 million will not turn the tide in favor of Apartheid Israel, nor will it change the course of history that can only belong to the people who are unrelenting on achieving their long-coveted freedom
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Cook: Netanyahu’s ceasefire is meant to keep Gaza imprisoned
A disunited Palestine, divided territorially and ideologically, is in no position to exert pressure on Netanyahu – either through Europe or the United Nations – to begin peace talks or concede Palestinian statehood.
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Fisk: We Remember the Great War, While Palestinians Live It
For these refugees, still in their hovels and shacks as you read these words, the First World War never ended – not even now, today, on the hundredth anniversary of the “end” of the First World War
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Terrell: Ending the War in Yemen- Congressional Resolution is Not Enough
Support for this legislation needs to be accompanied by a somber recognition of its limitations and with the uncompromising and urgent demand that the U.S. end the war in Yemen now
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Falk: The New New Anti-Semitism
Hiding Israel’s Crimes of State Behind False Claims of Victimization...
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Agency: UNGA votes in favor of 8 pro-Palestine resolutions
The votes are proof that the international community stands behind and supports the Palestinian cause despite of efforts by the United States to change that
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Baskin: Encountering Peace: Another round in Gaza
If Israel truly wants a strategic solution for Gaza, it means negotiating the end of the occupation in the West Bank also, allowing Palestine to be a state with two branches and a connection between them
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Fisk: Izzeldin Abuelaish’s three daughters were killed in Gaza
But he still clings to hope for the Middle East
Iran
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: Our bodies are a battleground
Reports on women fighting back against Iran's morality laws
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Cohn: Trump Administration Ramps Up Threats Against Iran
The alleged torture, murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, widely...
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While Iran does not have nuclear weapons, North Korea does. That is North Korea’s insurance policy against U.S. military aggression
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Prashad: There is No Legitimate Reason to Impose Sanctions on Iran
A friend in Tehran tells me that he marvels at...
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Fantina: The Hypocrisy of Trump on Iran
As United States President Donald Trump slowly descends into madness in front of the entire world, he seems determined to destroy Iran in the process
Israel/Palestine
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Abudayyeh: Marc Lamont Hill must be reinstated
Marc Lamont Hill is a principled friend and comrade to Palestinians across the world, and must be immediately reinstated as a commentator at CNN. Palestinians and Black people in the US demand nothing less
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Cook: No criticism of Israel is allowed
CNN's firing of Marc Lamont Hill and outrage at Airbnb and the Quakers reveal a complete intolerance of criticism
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Samaana: In Both Irelands, Movement to Stand against Settler Occupation of West Bank
Ireland is best positioned to show Europe the way in standing firm against injustice and oppression
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Nassar: ‘From The River To The Sea’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
Rather than just lecture Palestinians and their supporters about how certain phrases make them feel, supporters of Israel should get more curious about what Palestinians themselves want
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Cook: Israel’s new war of attrition on Jerusalem’s Palestinians
Israel has never hidden its ambition to seize control of East Jerusalem, Palestinian territory it occupied in 1967 and then annexed, as a way of preventing a viable Palestinian state from emerging.
Iraq
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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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Wallerstein: Sadrist Victory in Iraq: Victory for Whom?
On May 12, 2018, Muqtada al-Sadr’s list unexpectedly won a plurality in the Iraqi legislative elections
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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...