Trump and Netanyahu — ‘birds of a feather’ getting together
Feb 28,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Donald Trump’s December 6th decision to shift the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his announcement last week that the ambassador […]
Hundreds gather at church for blessing ceremony featuring AR-15s
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — Hundreds of crown-wearing worshipers clutching AR-15 rifles drank holy wine and exchanged or renewed wedding vows in a commitment ceremony at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday, prompting […]
Air Force Chief Goldfein: ‘We’ll be fighting from space in a matter of years’
by Sandra Erwin — February 24, 2018 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein speaks at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 23, 2018. Credit: […]
No Peace after Islamic State: Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]
(old news, but still …): Clinton: Destroy Syria for Israel
March 22, 2016 A newly-released Hilary Clinton email confirmed that the Obama administration has deliberately provoked the civil war in Syria as the “best way to help Israel.” In an […]
Pakistan’s critical role in the New Cold War
M. K. Bhadrakumar – February 23, 2018 1.8k SHARES ShareTweetPrintMail M K Bhadrakumar | Afghanistan, no doubt, was what brought Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to Moscow on a ‘working […]
U.S. trying to ’embarrass’ Pakistan with terror financing list – minister
. Reuters International This content was published on February 26, 2018 By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s de facto finance minister, Miftah Ismail, has brushed off concerns that economic growth will suffer because of the country’s re-inclusion on a terrorist financing watch list, and lashed out against the […]
As Muslim women we don’t need you to speak for us, and we don’t need to be saved
Ghena Krayem We face an ongoing struggle to be heard. This denies us the very agency that is claimed we don’t have in the first place Fri 23 Feb 2018 […]
True definition of terrorism
Feb 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Walid M. Sadi The conflict, or much rather conflicts, in Syria have exploded a flurry of definitions for terrorism with practically all fighting factions in the wider armed conflict in the war-torn country calling their “enemies” terrorists to justify their carpet bombings, barrel bombings, rocket […]
Opinion: What can the Swiss teach the US about guns?
By Erin Zimmerman This content was published on February 23, 2018 Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership, but lower shooting incidents. (Keystone) In the wake of the […]
Let Us Celebrate President George Washington’s Birthday Today: A Collection of Articles
Epigraph: “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” — George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731][Note 1][Note 2] – December […]
Six radical ways to tackle US school shootings
By Owen Amos BBC News, Washington DC 20 February 2018 After 17 people were killed in Florida, could these measures stop US school shootings? 1. Don’t name the shooter In […]
Abbas calls for Mideast peace conference in rare UN speech
By AFP – Feb 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, the US, […]
Can Israel go to war against Iran?
EMRE GÖNEN For the first time in a long while, Israel cannot count on clear backing from the U.S., because of the very hesitant and sometimes criminally unintelligible U.S. […]
Fifteen years later
Feb 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Over the next few weeks, I want to take a look back to February and March of 2003, to those fateful days leading up to the Bush administration’s disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq. I remember all too well the lies […]
The strange power of the ‘evil eye’
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: BBC From the Eye of Horus to Gigi Hadid, ‘for thousands of years the eye […]
Turks propose joint deployment with US in Syria as allies aim to mend ties
Reuters International This content was published on February 16, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a news conference in Ankara, […]
Book Review: How Democracies Die?
Source: Amazon Book by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, both are Professors of Government at the Harvard University “Cool and persuasive… How Democracies Die comes at exactly the right moment.” —The Washington Post Donald […]
Video: LeBron James Doubles Down, Says He ‘Will Not Just Shut Up And Dribble’
Source: Huffington Post The Cleveland Cavaliers star said he will “talk about what’s really important” when it comes to the state of race relations in America. LeBron James made it […]