Trump’s move, one of the most ill-considered US actions in the Middle East for a generation is just the latest iteration of a dynamic between a horribly unqualified president and the millstone of poison ideologies which will grind the region into dust.
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News about the struggle for better democracy in Israel. According to Freedom House, Israel is an electoral democracy where the "vote threshold for a party to win parliament seat is the world’s lowest leading to regular formation of niche parties". Also see our articles on Palestine and the Middle East.
The 20th-Century Jewish Exodus Map You Have Never Seen Before
As far as I can tell, there is no map that shows the geographic extent of the exodus of Jewish people in the 20th Century. I decided it couldn’t be too hard to make my own.
Israel, Saudi, UAE Team Up in Anti-Qatar Congressional Lobbying
Qatar sanctions sponsored by 10 US lawmakers who received more than $1m from lobbyists
The Left Out Forum of Panelists Banned From 2017 Left Forum
The Left Forum banned four of five so-called Deep State panels. The speakers refused to be silenced and held a “Left Out Forum” due to a pattern of harassment to shut down free speech
UK Band Radiohead Hits Controversy With Israel Concert
Radiohead have hit back at a campaign urging the band to cancel a scheduled concert in Israel
Why Lebanon Wants to Ban Wonder Woman From Its Cinemas
Ministry says it has asked the country’s security agency to ban the 2017 Wonder Woman movie
Amnesty: Palestinian Writer Qatamesh is Prisoner of Conscience
The international rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on Israel to release writer Qatamesh
What’ll Happen in the Syria Civil War?
Only a fool would predict, so here goes: Lebanon’s war lasted 15 years, but Syria’s will last longer because the foreign backers are in it for the long haul: for global, not regional, victory.
West Bank Vote Highlights Worrying Palestinian Split
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are holding municipal elections for representatives
Faith-Based POTUS Tourism
For his inaugural trip abroad our President has picked an unpredictable but thematically consistent itinerary. He’ll be stopping at the Vatican, then on to Israel and Saudi Arabia.