Archives for أبريل 2020

As US Economy Tanks, Study Finds Unemployment Numbers Likely Double Official Figure

“These findings on the millions of frustrated filers and the UI system’s low payment rate highlight the need for policies to improve rather than hinder the UI application process,” noted the studies authors.

بواسطة Alan Macleod
Coronavirus unemployment Feature photo

As COVID-19 rips through the United States, a record 26.5 million Americans have filed for jobless benefits since mid-March alone; numbers not seen since the height of the Great Depression. Tens of millions have been laid off, furloughed, or seen business dry up in a matter of weeks. “Prepare yourself,” said a worried Kevin Hasset, senior economic

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel’s New Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Takes Aim at the Holy Sanctuary

Israel’s right-wing poster boy has been slated for the role of Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, giving him both the position and power to carry out his apocalyptic vision of building a Jewish Temple on the site of the Dome of the Rock.

بواسطة Miko Peled
Bezalel Smotrich Feature photo

Zionism is founded on the idea that Jews today have rights to a land they had not inhabited for thousands of years. These rights supersede the rights of the Palestinians, even though they have been living on that land for thousands of years. Zionists have been so successful in selling this absurd idea, that for over one hundred years, they have

“We are so F****d”: Joe Biden Town Hall Sparks Fears of a Clinton Rerun

Some are describing the prospect of Biden-Clinton ticket as a “kiss of death” for the Biden campaign.

بواسطة Alan Macleod
Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden Feature photo

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden held a public online discussion with 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton yesterday, where she officially endorsed him for president. The 55-minute long event was branded a “women’s town hall,” as the two veteran Washington insiders discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has hit women in

Hate as a Common Ground: Why Israel’s Coalition Government Is Likely to Survive

Israeli leaders insist that democracy, transparency, and inclusion are achievable, even when millions of the country’s Arab citizens are marginalized and continue to be victims of institutional racism that dates back to the very foundation of Israel.

بواسطة Ramzy Baroud
Israel Politics Feature photo

Shortly after an agreement to form a “national emergency government” in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that ‘democracy’ in Israel has been ‘safeguarded’.  But how is a deal that would grant Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial

As US Approaches Record Deficit, Israel Asks for Record Handout

The request would work out to almost $21 million per day from American taxpayers, even as the U.S. is approaching a $4 trillion deficit (the largest in the world), and Israel typically has a lower unemployment rate than the United States.

بواسطة Alison Weir
US Israel military aid Feature photo

Menifee, CA (IAK) -- Breaking Defense, a digital magazine that covers military issues, reports that Israel may ask for its U.S. aid early, possibly in a lump sum that could be as high as $7.6 billion. This would work out to almost $21 million per day from American taxpayers, even though the U.S. is approaching a $4 trillion deficit (the largest

Your Freedoms Don’t Have to Be Muzzled Just Because You’re Wearing a Mask

The decisions we make right now about how far we allow the government to go in “protecting” us against this virus will haunt us for a long time to come.

بواسطة John Whitehead
Coronavirus protest feature photo

CHARLOTTESVILLE (Rutherford) –– Despite all appearances to the contrary, martial law has not been declared in America. We still have rights. Technically, at least. The government may act as if its police state powers suppress individual liberties during this COVID-19 pandemic, but for all intents and purposes, the Constitution—especially the