Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Jordan's king tells The United Nations that Israel's 'expansionist appetite' is a regional threat.... “This sense of impunity has reached terrifying levels,” he continued, warning that “no one in this assembly should assume [Israel's] ambitions stop at Palestine.”

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Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, on 22 September 202...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Never forget also means remembering who else was hurt on 9/11 | - Ann Van Dyke, PennLive letters

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 Published: Sep. 16, 2026 Twenty-five years ago, I worked for the PA Human Relations Commission. Part of my job was to follow up on report...
Monday, August 24, 2026

"Meanwhile, with his unwinnable war in the Middle East, capricious tariff regime and penchant for self-enrichment on an epic scale, Trump is turning the US into an increasingly unpredictable player in the global economy. Instead of the guarantor of rules-based markets and open global trade routes, the US has become a source of uncertainty and chaos." Heather Stewart in The Guardian

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Economics viewpoint   US economy   Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis Treasury secretary Scott Bessen...
Monday, July 27, 2026

".... diplomacy, multilateralism and global standards are a better choice than a race for the bomb."

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The Guardian view on a US-Saudi nuclear agreement: an offer that further erodes international safeguards Editorial Opinion   US foreign poli...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

"Bombing the infrastructure people rely on will not make Iranians [or Palestinians] embrace those carrying out the attacks." .... ‘It’s truly hell here’: airstrikes, repression and water shortages become ‘new normal’ for Iranians

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Iranians describe how daily life is becoming ever harder as conflict continues and human rights crisis worsens  Three boys play in the shal...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

United Nations photo- Palestine Refugees, Middle East, 1951: "The Palestinian conflict forced into exile nearly a million Arabs. Great efforts were made by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency [UNRWA] to provide work and pay for the refugees. But available funds were [are] only sufficient to provide employment for a small minority, without producing lasting economic effects. Refugees make materials and clothes for their own use."

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United Nations Photo Palestine Refugees, 1951 Palestine Refugees, Middle East, 1951 The Palestinian conflict f...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

"I learned about the Holocaust even in rural Oklahoma. I read the Diary of Anne Frank when I was 10 years old. My mom watched Holocaust documentaries with me. We talked about it in high school -- to always, always, always look around and make sure we weren't BEING Nazis in some way...." Pamela Olson, author of Fast Times in Palestine

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  Pamela Olson  https://pamolson.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pamolson4/posts/pfbid02B46Qg3dgY9LaoGTjqRnfC9HDtioQYTizhiXqdEqXtuhEc8fmyH4tq...