Monday, January 6, 2025

Tag: Middle East

Three Days of Infamy

On Monday, December 8th, 1941 FDR stood before Congress and said "December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy..." and...

The world’s most dangerous divide

If nuclear war comes, it will happen because of a calculation or miscalculation by India or Pakistan.

Is a war with Iran on the horizon?

As the Trump administration accelerates its efforts to seek a confrontation, will they find an echo among Iranian hardliners who’d like nothing more than a face-off with the United States?

A teenage war resister in Israel

An antiwar story from the embattled Middle East.

Following the foreign-policy money trail in Washington

How Middle Eastern powers fund think tanks.

Planet of war

Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the U.S. military prepares for global combat.

Lack of global leadership spurs instability in the Middle East

President Donald J. Trump has proven to be more partisan than Mr. Obama in his backing of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel and his confrontational approach of Iran.

SCOTUS votes in favor of Trump’s ‘Muslim’ travel ban

"I am deeply disappointed that this ruling gives legitimacy to discrimination and Islamophobia."

Too easily forgotten: The tragedy of Yemen

The ugly face of this senseless war, as in most contemporary conflicts involving large aerial campaigns, is often hidden behind closed doors.

Infinite war

The gravy train rolls on.

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Human rights groups condemn global complicity in Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.

Genocidal President, genocidal politics

"I call it cruel and maybe the root of all cruelty to know what occurs but not recognize the fact."

Vermont faces legal challenge from big oil over law requiring climate damage payments

A lawsuit from major fossil fuel groups aims to derail Vermont’s groundbreaking plan to make polluters pay for climate disasters.

Biden administration approves $8 billion arms sale to Israel amid allegations of genocide in...

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