Politics

From An 8 Percent Jewish Guy | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 28, 2018 This writer recently had a DNA ancestry done. In addition to my ancestry being overwhelmingly Italian, I found out two interesting things: I am both 8 percent Jewish and 8 percent Middle Eastern. My maternal great grandmother was German Jewish and my paternal grandfather had roots in Tunisia. Be that as it may, finding this ...

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From Central America to Syria: The Conspiracy against Refugees | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 4, 2018 Watching the ongoing debate between U.S. liberal and right-wing pundits on U.S. mainstream media, one rarely gets the impression that Was ...

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Netanyahu's Predicament: The Era of Easy Wars is over | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 28, 2018 When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to carry out a limited operation in the besieged Gaza Strip on Nov. 12, ...

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This Flight from Failure | John Michael Greer

Nov. 21, 2018 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I attended an open house at the newly founded What Cheer Writers Club across the river in Providence. Half coworking space, half social center for the ...

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The Tide is Turning: Israel Is Losing on Two War Fronts | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 20, 2018 The Nov. 12 botched Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip is delineating Tel Aviv’s failure to utilize its army as a tool to achi ...

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In Breach of Human Rights, Netanyahu Supports the Death Penalty against Palestinians | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 15, 2018 Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is escalating his war on the Palestinian people, although for reasons almost entire ...

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Why Is Israel Afraid of Khalida Jarrar? | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 6, 2018 When Israeli troops stormed the house of Palestinian parliamentarian and lawyer, Khalida Jarrar, on April 2, 2015, she was engrossed in h ...

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It Is a New Era, But China’s Balancing Act Will Fail in the Middle East | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 28, 2018 Although ties between Washington and Tel Aviv are stronger than ever, Israeli leaders are aware of a vastly changing political landscape ...

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‘A Cruel Choice’: Why Israel Targets Palestinian Schools | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 23, 2018 Several Palestinian students, along with teachers and officials, were wounded Oct. 15 in the Israeli army attack on a school south of Na ...

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Politics interferes with the ability to assess expertise | Joseph Marks

Oct. 23, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Learning about someone's political beliefs interferes with a person's ability to assess expertise, as people judge like-minded peers as being more expert in fields complet ...

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Green Zone Amerika | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 21, 2018 After our nation illegally/immorally invaded and destroyed much of Iraq, we set up a mega city for our new embassy. The Bush g ...

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