Tag: Refugees
From Central America to Syria: The Conspiracy against Refugees
Dec 6, 2018 | Viewpoints, Americas, Middle East, Politics, US
Refugees escaping to the US or Europe are perceived as the invaders, rather than the US and its allies who’ve helped cause the reasons for their flight.
Read MoreLest We Forget, One of Washington’s Greatest Crimes: the NATO Intervention in Libya
Sep 29, 2018 | Viewpoints, Europe, Middle East, Politics, US
Muammar Gaddafi warned the US and its NATO partners that overthrowing him would result in a flood of refugees and emigrants into Europe. They didn’t listen.
Read MoreEurope’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis is about to Worsen
Jul 10, 2018 | Viewpoints, Africa, Europe, Politics
As long as Europe continues to approach the refugee crisis without addressing its root causes, the crisis will continue to grow.
Read MoreEnd the Wars to Halt the Refugee Crisis
Jun 19, 2018 | Viewpoints, Africa, Europe, Middle East, Politics
If European politicians continue to ignore the root causes of the problem, the refugee crisis is going to persist unabated.
Read MoreSouth Sudan: A ‘Fragile’ Country Ravaged by Famine and War
Mar 21, 2018 | News & Analysis, Africa, Politics
The world’s hopes for South Sudan have been dashed as the young country has been devastated by human rights violations. The question now is how to act to put an end to the violence.
Read MoreThe Trials of Africa and the Real Dr. King They Want Us to Forget
Jan 25, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The legacy of Dr. King, as presented in mainstream media, has become about the whitewashing of a racist, militaristic and materialistic system, although King himself championed the exact opposite.
Read MoreHistoric Government Crisis in Germany
Dec 1, 2017 | News & Analysis, Europe
Merkel’s future is in peril while the far-right anti-immigrant AfD benefits from the recent breakdown of coalition talks.
Read MoreEuropean Subservience to Washington: What Can Be Done?
Sep 28, 2017 | Viewpoints, Europe, Politics
Western Europe is captive by Washington and will go to its destruction rather than dissociate from Washington’s foreign policy.
Read MoreWhy the US Moving Its Israel Embassy to Jerusalem Would Be Illegal
Jun 23, 2017 | News & Analysis, Featured, Palestine, Politics, US
The mainstream media serve Israel’s occupation regime by failing to inform that for the US to relocate its Israel embassy to Jerusalem would be illegal.
Read MoreTrump’s Travel Ban Is an Affront to Civilized Values
Feb 1, 2017 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
How could an individual or a country that constantly lectures the world on human rights take such crass and inhuman action?
Read MoreThe Profound Disappointment of Angela Merkel
Dec 9, 2016 | Viewpoints, Europe, Politics
Obama and his political associate, Hillary Clinton, are total failures as figures of principle and as leaders, and Merkel very much resembles them.
Read MoreHonoring Aylan Kurdi by Ending the War in Syria
Sep 23, 2016 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics
The future of Syria’s children cannot be determined according to the whims of American and Russian politicians but the Syrian people themselves.
Read More‘Activism’ and Its Consequences: Syrian Refugees Are Not Subjects for a Social Media Gallery
Sep 2, 2016 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics
Humanitarianism is not a photo op. A true humanitarian activist is one who is able to make a tangible difference in the lives of others.
Read MoreFarewell to Yarmouk: A Palestinian Refugee’s Journey from Izmir to Greece
Jul 29, 2016 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Politics
This article is based on interviews with Palestinian refugees from Syria.
Read MoreThe European Migrants Crisis: The West Has Lost the Moral High Ground
Jul 8, 2016 | Viewpoints, Europe
Migrants wait as the self-important leaders of Europe decide whether political expediency has a higher value than that of human life.
Read MoreBoat Migrants, Americans, and the Repeat of History?
Jul 1, 2016 | Viewpoints, Europe, US
We should remember that many of us would not have the life we lead now were it not for our courageous ancestors who made similar voyages.
Read MoreUse of armed force against refugees deemed justifiable by 29 percent of Germans
Mar 4, 2016 | Viewpoints, Europe
An alarming number of Germans favor using violence against human beings who are desperately fleeing their countries from war and misery.
Read MoreAn Action Plan for Syria’s Exodus
Feb 12, 2016 | Middle East, Viewpoints
David Miliband on what needs to be done to ease the plight of Syrians
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