By Vijay Prashad. This article was first published on AlterNet To say that those who criticize Israel are hateful because they deny its right to existence are repeating a fabrication. BETHLEHEM, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES – NOVEMBER 6: Palestinians protest Israeli settlements in the midst of peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, November 6, 2013. […]
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The Real News of the Day – Tuesday, December 20
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The Qatar Crisis
By Adam Hanieh / Socialist Project The June 5 decision by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt to suspend diplomatic ties with Qatar has sent shockwaves through the Middle East. The ensuing blockade shut down much of the Gulf’s maritime and land trade with Qatar, provoking fears that the tiny state […]
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The Qatar Crisis
The June 5 decision by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt to suspend diplomatic ties with Qatar has sent shockwaves through the Middle East.
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The Real News of the Day – Wednesday, November 23
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Trump’s Needless Fight With Qatar Will Hurt American Interests and Empower ISIS
All to appease Saudi Arabia. By Vijay Prashad / AlterNet National flags of Qatar.Photo Credit: Philip Lange As news came that Saudi Arabia and six other countries had cut ties with Qatar, I called an acquaintance who retired from the Qatari foreign service. ‘What do you think of this mess,’ I asked him. He was […]
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Israel’s shadowy role in Guatemala’s dirty war
By Gabriel Schivone. The Electronic Intifada Israel’s well-documented role in Guatemala’s Dirty War that left more than 200,000 dead has not been met with justice. William Gularte Reuters Last year was a busy one for Guatemala’s criminal justice system. January 2016 saw the arrests of 18 former military officers for their alleged part in the country’s dirty […]
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Western Aggression: The Highest Form of Terrorism
By Edward S. Herman Aggression is arguably the highest form of terrorism as it invariably includes the frightening of the target populations and their leaders as well as killing and destruction on a large scale.. The U.S. invaders of Iraq in 2003 proudly announced a “shock and awe” purpose in their opening assault, clearly designed […]
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Algerian lessons for the Syrian War
By Vijay Prashad. This article was first published on AlterNet Blood has flowed in Aleppo and will likely flow for the foreseeable future. Photo Credit: Vijay Prashad For the first time – on 14 December – Algerian state television used new language on Syria. Previously, the language was ‘neutral’. No obvious position was taken on […]
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The Manchester Bombing is Blowback from the West’s Disastrous Interventions and Covert Proxy Wars
By Max Blumenthal / AlterNet How the US and UK helped bring jihadists like Salem Abedi to Libya and Syria Sens John McCain and Lindsey Graham with Libyan Islamic Fighting Group leader Abdelhakim Belhaj The heinous suicide bombing by British-born Salman Abedi of an Arianna Grande concert in Manchester was not merely the work of […]
