Category Archives: Middle East

Madness Down Under: Abbott’s Syrian Refugee Solution by BINOY KAMPMARK

Distant Australia has done its level best to influence the refugee debate in the most negative of ways this century. Its reactionary response has deployed a range of established stereotypes that have targeted the right to asylum. Safety has been … Continue reading

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The Murder of Ali Saad Dawabsha, a Palestinian Infant Burned Alive by Israeli Terrorists

Western liberals came out in their droves to condemn the slaying of Cecil the Lion in Africa. How many will now come out to condemn the savage slaughter of a Palestinian infant, Ali Saad Dawabsha, by Jewish terrorists in the … Continue reading

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The Real Reasons Behind the Iran Nuke Deal by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

Obama is being praised as a man of peace for the nuclear agreement with Iran. Some are asking if Obama will take the next step and repair US-Russian relations and bring the Ukrainian imbroglio to an end? If so he … Continue reading

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If ISIS Doesn’t Liberate Palestine… Who Will? by FRANKLIN LAMB

Ein el Helwe Palestinian camp, Lebanon. This is one of the questions ricocheting between Palestinians in Syria and Lebanon, posed also by ISIS (Da’ish) operatives, as the hot summer months and plummeting quality of existence raise tensions in the refugee … Continue reading

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Drones — One white death can change everything – Dawn – 29 Apr.15

“Let us kill the people who are trying to kill us,” President Obama has been reported as telling his aides in relation to drone attacks. Indeed, drones have been the darlings of the Obama administration; their remote capabilities and their … Continue reading

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A Statement on Saudi Arabia’s Attack on Yemen

This Military Campaign is Illegal Under International Law We write as scholars concerned with Yemen and as residents/nationals of the UK and the USA.  The military attack by Saudi Arabia, backed by the GCC states (but not Oman), Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, the … Continue reading

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Wars for Resources? by JOHN FOSTER

Recent conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine have ostensibly been about “bad guys” who threatened peace with weapons of one kind or another, or stifled freedom and democracy. Whatever the accusation, concerns about petroleum — oil and gas — … Continue reading

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The Problem of Israel in the Modern World by MICHAEL WELTON

The mood of our uneasy times is incredibly bellicose, dark, apocalyptic and vengeful. The “war on terror” is like a virus that infects everything it touches. And it does seem to touch everything, from our popular television shows, to getting … Continue reading

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Three U.S. Lies About Israel and Palestine by ROBERT FANTINA

For decades United States’ spokespeople, from presidents to members of Congress, have, with a straight face, told the most far-fetched lies about Israel and Palestine. Such things as Israel having a moral army, despite its ongoing genocide of men, women … Continue reading

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Who Should be Blamed for Muslim Terrorism? by ANDRE VLTCHEK

A hundred years ago, it would have been unimaginable to have a pair of Muslim men enter a cafe or a public transportation vehicle, and then blow themselves up, killing dozens. Or to massacre the staff of a satirical magazine … Continue reading

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