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Donald Trump and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Gage Skidmore/CC 2.0, Daniella Zalcman/CC 2.0)
Trump and Ahmadinejad: A tale of two fantasists
Donald Trump and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have plenty in common — including a propensity for outlandish claims and bombastic speeches that veer into messianism. By Jim Lobe It was almost a year ago that Shervin Malekzadeh published a brief but incisive essay — which we republished immediately after the November 8 election — on the…
By +972 Magazine January 31, 2017
Malcolm X. (photo: Ed Ford, Library of Congress
What Malcolm X taught me about my best friend’s murder
Malcolm X’s descriptions of the black experience in the United States helped me understand that Amir’s death was not ‘normal,’ but rather a result of Israel’s policies toward its Palestinian minority. I lost my best friend on the night between June 28-29th, 2000. Amir Qadri (Arafat) was killed by a stray bullet shot by armed…
By Rami Younis February 22, 2015
Illustrative photo of protests against Guantanamo (Photo by Lilac Mountain/Shutterstock.com)
U.S. torture report shows the danger of Israel’s legal loopholes
In American discourse, torture is a dark stain on the country’s recent history. In Israel, there is no law against torture and the justification of its use is still mainstream. By Nadeem Shehadeh and Amjad Iraqi The United States Senate this week released its long-awaited report on the CIA’s use of torture during the so-called…
By Amjad Iraqi December 13, 2014
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