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How Trump’s New Anti-Semitism Order Effectively Criminalizes Dissent

Trump’s anti-Semitism bill is unlikely to dampen the flames of hatred towards Jewish Americans or make them feel safer; indeed, outlawing criticism of Israel may have the opposite effect.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today purporting to target anti-Semitism on college campuses. However, the measure is understood on all sides as an attempt to outlaw the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and criticism of Israel more generally. The order would mean educational institutions receiving federal

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Elected by Donors: How the University of Cape Town Was Bullied into Embracing Israel

While the story may only seem relevant in South Africa’s political and academic contexts, in reality, it exemplifies the nature of a brewing war between supporters of Palestinian rights and Israeli interests, worldwide. 

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
University of Cape Town Israel

It was a scandal of the highest caliber. On November 23, the Senate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa was practically bullied to reverse an earlier decision that called for the academic boycott of Israel. While the story may only seem relevant in South Africa’s political and academic contexts, in reality, it exemplifies the

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Majority of Mexicans See United States as Greatest Threat, New Poll Shows

This is not the first time that a US-based outfit has concluded that the US government is a menace to other countries. A 2014 survey of world public opinion found that the United States was overwhelmingly considered the greatest threat to world peace.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Mexico Anti-US Feature photo

A poll published last week by the Pew Research Center shows that 56 percent of Mexicans view the United States as the greatest threat to their country. Russia and China came an extremely distant second and third, with six and five percent respectively. Thus, of the 195 states recognized by the United Nations, most Mexicans identified just one as a

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Yemenis Know Firsthand the Extremist Underpinnings of the Pensacola Shooter

In Yemen, Saudi forces routinely target civilians based on ideological underpinnings, a fact morbidly demonstrated by the large number of civilian casualties in the country.

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
Saudi soldiers feature photo

SANA'A, YEMEN -- The attack on U.S. Naval base in Florida exemplifies the harsh reality of life in Yemen where Saudi pilots routinely kill "nonbelievers" according to an extremist Salafi ideology that serves as the central building block of the Saudi government, and by extension, the Saudi military. With a cracked skull, a ruptured intestine and

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Israel’s Case Against Human Rights Watch Reveals How Its Normalizing West Bank Land Theft

The argument made by an Israeli court has been defacto reality in Israel since 1967: there is no West Bank, instead, the region is called Judea and Samaria, legitimate parts of the State of Israel. 

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Omar Shakir Israel

The Occupied West Bank -- In November 2019, following a long legal battle, Israel revoked the work visa and deported Human Rights Watch (HRW) director Omar Shakir.  According to HRW, Israel argued that the state, “revoked the work visa of Shakir, a United States citizen, in May 2018 on the assertion that his advocacy violated a 2017 law that bars

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UPS Joins Media Chorus In Thanking Police For Murder of Frank Ordonez 

In a clear example of a US establishment shielding police from brutality, UPS released a bizarre statement thanking police for killing their driver, while CNN and NBC obscured officers from any wrongdoing. 

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
UPS Shootout Feature photo

27-year-old UPS driver Frank Ordonez was killed as police officers riddled his vehicle with bullets Friday. A pair of suspected robbers had hijacked his truck as he drove through Broward County in Southeastern Florida. Ordonez was an unwilling participant in a long and dangerous chase, as police followed the truck speeding through red lights,

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