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Institutional Racism Lies at the Heart of Israel’s Internal Political Struggles

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The Coronavirus Outbreak is Revealing the Appalling Conditions Faced by Palestinians in Israeli Prisons

“Ailing prisoners traveled three days in a metal van tied to metal chairs with feet and hands cuffed. They don’t have access to food or a toilet as they spend hours picking up other sick prisoners. Most sick inmates won’t even go to Ramleh [Hospial] because they know how excruciating the journey can be.”

Delilah Boxstein
بواسطة Delilah Boxstein
Palestinians Coronavirus Feature photo

Ramallah, West Bank -- Palestinian political prisoner Muwaffaq Arouq, 77, is now in critical condition. He has lost weight, has a fever and can only eat through a feeding tube inserted into his abdomen, according to the Committee of Prisoners and Former Prisoners’ Affairs. Doctors discovered Arouq had cancer in July, but the Israeli Prison Service

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How Cuba is Leading the World in the Fight Against Coronavirus

As Cuba sends doctors around the world to help fight coronavirus, a Cuban antiviral drug, Interferon Alpha 2b, is helping countries like China stem the tide of the outbreak.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Coronavirus Cuba Feature photo

While the United States government is complicating efforts to treat coronavirus across the world and is using the pandemic to increase pressure on countries already struggling under U.S. sanctions, including Iran, Syria, and Venezuela, the small island of Cuba, itself a target of Washington’s ire, is leading the fight against the spread of

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As Coronvirus Grips the US, Americans Get a Taste of Life Under Sanctions

Crippling shortages, travel restrictions and overwhelmed medical services will give Americans a taste of what it is like for the millions of people living under US sanctions worldwide.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Coronavirus Sanctions Feature photo

Across fifty states, Americans are collectively bracing for the incoming COVID-19 pandemic to hit. In the face of the virus, people are resorting to panic buying, stocking up on vital foods and goods, leading to pressing shortages of key products like hand sanitizer and toilet paper. Perhaps more concerning, however, is that health experts all

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Amid Coronavirus Outbreak: America’s Hybrid War on Venezuela Heats Up

US sanctions on Venezuela have already forced the country to spend three times as much for testing kits as non-sanctioned countries.

Leonardo Flores
بواسطة Leonardo Flores
coronavirus Venezuela Feature photo

The first quarter of 2020 has seen the Trump administration escalate its rhetoric against Venezuela. At the State of the Union, President Trump promised to “smash” and destroy the Venezuelan government. This was followed by a renewed threat of a naval blockade on the country, which is an act of war under U.S. and international law. Then the State

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A Policeman, A Pastor and A Palestinian: The ‘Chilestinians’ as a Model for Palestinian Unity

The Palestinian diaspora in Chile, the Chilestinians, have had unique success in learning how to accept their political differences and unify over thier common cause.

Ramzy Baroud
بواسطة Ramzy Baroud
A woman protests U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, outside the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 11, 2017. The protest was organized by the Palestinian community in Chile. (AP/Luis Hidalgo)

I was only introduced to the term ‘Chilestinians’ last February at a conference in Istanbul, during a presentation by the Director of the Palestinian Federation of Chile, Anuar Majluf. When Majluf referred to the well-rooted Palestinian community in Chile, who number between 450,000 and half a million, using that unfamiliar and peculiar phrase,

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Government Spends Equivalent of Entire US Student Debt to Rally Stock Market for 15 Minutes

The money spent was equal to the total amount of US student debt, more than twice as much as the Wall Street bailout of 2008 and nearly 30 times the net worth of former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the richest man to ever run for president.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Coronavirus stock market Feature photo

With financial markets in a state of near panic over an incoming COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York took the extraordinary step of injecting over $1.5 trillion into the stock market yesterday in a bid to calm investors’ fears about a collapse. To put that into perspective, that number is equal to the total amount of student

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