Israel is seeking to impose “transportation sovereignty” in the occupied West Bank, with a budget of $228m approved this week for a new tunnel connecting a major settlement, Gush Etzion, with Jerusalem. Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s minister of transport, an MP from the right-wing Jewish Home party, is planning to include Israeli settlements in the framework […]
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Lebanon’s Revolt: Potential Spread of Violence and Bloodshed…
Growing signs that the ongoing revolt in Lebanon, now in its third week, might turn violent following politicization attempts that aim to change the course of the popular uprising against corruption, austerity measures, deteriorating living standards and traditional political hierarchies. Suspicious local and foreign fingers have been spotted inside the demonstrations encouraging violence against the […]
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The Legal Connection Between Washington and Kiev Few Are Bothering to Report…
With the Trump impeachment procedures ongoing and the connection to his conversation about the Biden family with Ukraine President Zelenskyy, there has been very little coverage of an important aspect of the relationship between Washington and Kiev. While none of us can speak to the actual intent of Donald Trump’s remarks be it for personal […]
South America, Again, Leads Fight Against Neoliberalism…
The presidential election in Argentina was no less than a game-changer and a graphic lesson for the whole Global South. It pitted, in a nutshell, the people versus neoliberalism. The people won – with new President Alberto Fernandez and former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) as his VP. Neoliberalism was represented by Mauricio Macri: […]
Britain Set for December 12 Election to Break the Brexit Deadlock…
Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Oct. 29 for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock. As the European Union granted a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, the […]
Why Lebanon And Iraq Are at the Brink of Further Strife…
Today the Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri resigned after -at times- violent protests. In Iraq the gadfly cleric Moqtada Sadr joined protesters after previous protests in Iraq also led to violence. In both countries at least some protesters demand the resignation of their governments. While the demonstrations in both countries are about local economic […]
Is This the End of Netanyahu?…
Ever since he joined politics, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been dogged by scandals and controversies that never seem to go away. Known to his supporters as “Bibi”, in July this year he became Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister surpassing, David Ben-Gurion the founding father of the Jewish state. But just like the proverbial cat […]
21st Consecutive Week: Police Make Arrests Before Protests Begin in Hong Kong…
Clashes flared once again between protesters and local police in Hong Kong on Oct. 27. Police made arrests before a rally was set to kick off, and firing tear gas and other crowd control weapons at protesters to disperse them. The protests mark the 21st consecutive weekend of unrest stemming from opposition to an extradition […]
France Yields on January 31 Brexit Extension…
France has agreed to the three-month Brexit extension suggested by European Council President Donald Tusk, softening its previously hard stance on only granting the U.K. a short technical extension of a few weeks. The change in position happened over the weekend after Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on […]
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Scores of Demonstrators Dead as Major Protests Resume in Iraq…
At least 41 demonstrators were killed in Iraq, a watchdog and security sources said, as mass anti-government protests resumed across the country. Eleven protesters died late on Friday while setting fire to the headquarters of the Badr organisation, a powerful armed faction in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniyah, a security source told AFP news […]
Maria Butina Released from Florida Prison, Heads Home to Russia…
Russian citizen Maria Butina was quietly released from a Florida prison Friday morning and is now set for speedy deportation after having served most of her 18-month sentence for pleading guilty to acting as an unregistered agent for the Kremlin, Fox News has learned. The 30-year-old initially was scheduled to be released from a prison […]
Merkel Says German Multicultural Society Has Failed…
Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have “utterly failed”, Chancellor Angela Merkel says. She said the so-called “multikulti” concept – where people would “live side-by-side” happily – did not work, and immigrants needed to do more to integrate – including learning German. The comments come amid rising anti-immigration feeling in Germany. A recent […]
NATO Chief Warns ‘Fight Against Islamic State Is Not Over’…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned on Wednesday that “Islamic State” could revive itself following the US withdrawal in Syria. In a press conference setting the agenda for an upcoming, high-level NATO meeting, Stoltenberg said the fight against IS must continue. “Ending IS was the reason NATO went in (to northeastern Syria). We have to […]
A Drug Cartel Just Defeated the Mexican Military in Battle…
The southwest U.S. border might be quieter now than it was this spring at the height of the migrant crisis, but south of the Rio Grande the Mexican state is disintegrating. Last Thursday in the city of Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, a battle erupted between government forces and drug cartel gunmen after the […]
By Blocking Boris Bercow Bins any Real Brexit…
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow denied Boris Johnson’s government a meaningful vote on his EU Withdrawal Treaty on Monday after allowing Oliver Letwin to table an amendment designed to force the Government to withdraw it on Saturday. That amendment passed and the vote was withdrawn. And the question now is what’s next? The better […]
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Canadian Election Night – Open Discussion Thread…
Tonight the results of the Canadian election will start to be announced. Canada is a parliamentary system and therefore voters do not vote for a national candidate, instead they vote for a local representative, MP’s, who belong to a national party. There are 338 separate district races called ‘federal ridings’ from coast to coast. In […]
Netanyahu Tells President He Can’t Form Government; Now it’s Gantz’s Turn to Try…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening announced he had failed to muster a coalition after almost four weeks of effort, and therefore returned the mandate to form a government to President Reuven Rivlin. Netanyahu’s 28-day deadline for building a government was due to expire on Wednesday. Rivlin is now expected, probably on Tuesday morning, […]
Military Police Deployed as More Than 500,000 Catalan Independence Protesters Shut Down Barcelona…
Central Barcelona has reportedly been paralyzed as mass protests which international reports estimate to number over a half-million people are driven by outrage at harsh prison sentences for pro-independence leaders handed down by the top Spanish court. Protest leaders are vowing “the streets will be ours” as they push for Catalan independence, and as riot […]
Brexit: Over to Parliament…
I have to confess that I did not anticipate that the EU Council would be willing to sign off on a political draft of a deal where the text that is not final (it has not gone though the legal review) nor been presented to the sherpas for their close reading and advice to their […]
Mass Marches of Pro-Independence Protesters Descend on Barcelona…
Thousands of pro-independence supporters blocked several major roads in Barcelona on Friday as part of a general strike called by pro-independence unions to protest a ruling by the Supreme Court that sentenced nine separatist leaders to prison for their role in the 2017 unilateral breakaway attempt. Earlier in the day, the main highway entry points […]
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