Europe
Greece: populist bloc with xenophobes
Syriza needs anti-austerity partners for its economic program, but its alliance with the anti-immigrant Independent Greeks further mainstreams very dangerous politics.
Tag: politics of anti-Semitism
Europe
UN meeting on anti-Semitism… Oy vey
The UN hearings on anti-Semitism will certainly enflame anti-Semitism—affording Israel the opportunity for propaganda exploitation, and for Jew-haters to exploit the backlash.
Europe
#JeSuisCharlie hypocrisy goes off the charts
Under the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie, an attack on free speech is being used to justify further attacks on free speech… in the paradoxical name of protecting free speech.
Europe
#JeSuisCharlie, #JeSuisMusulman: contradiction?
The dueling hashtags #JeSuisCharlie (I am Charlie) and #JeSuisMusulman (I am Muslim) reveal a pathological dichotomy: we can defend free speech and oppose Islamophobia.
Greater Middle East
Nazi fugitive trained Syrian torturers: report
The Simon Wiesenthal Center says Alois Brunner, the world's most-wanted Nazi fugitive, died a free man in Syria, where he trained interrogators for sucessive regimes.
North Africa
Tunisia boots jihadi ‘godfather’ Bernard Henry Levy
French philosopher Bernard Henri Levy was expelled from Tunisia following mass demonsrations that accused him of coming to the country to plot with Libyan jihadists.
Greater Middle East
Peshmerga come to aid of Kobani: strings attached?
Peshmerga fighters have joined the battle for Kobani, with Turkish acquiescence. But will Ankara and the West wrest a political price for this aid from Syria's Kurdish resistance?
The Andes
Hezbollah operative busted in Peru: police
Peru's special anti-terrorist force announced the arrest of a Hezbollah operative who was supposedly planning to carry out attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets.
Iraq
US arms Kobani defenders —heightening contradictions
The US has started to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces defending Kobani against ISIS—opening a new set of contradictions for the Rojava autonomous zone.
The Andes
Anti-Semitic attacks in Bolivia: usual confusion
A blast at a Jewish cemetery in Bolivia follows attacks on a synagogue. Jewish commentary on the attacks emphasizes Evo Morales' protests of the Gaza bombardment.
Palestine
Anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism and ‘bad facts’
Did a war surgeon who published an open letter protesting Israel's war crimes in The Lancet promote a David Duke video, as alleged by an Israeli journalist? We dive into the muck…
Europe
Fascist pseudo-anti-fascism advances in Russia
Putin's political machine convened an "anti-fascist" summit at Yalta in annexed Crimea, attended by Hungary's Jobbik party, the British Nationalist Party and other neo-fascist entities.