Category Archives: Mid East
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Creating a Positive, Permanent Peace in Israel and the Occupied Territories
I have respect for people’s beliefs. I don’t diminish or condemn religious beliefs, but rather dogma, and radical, violent scripture and actions. Every one is on a journey for some kind […]
The Arms Race and the Cold War that Never Ended
A headline today from RT reported Russia now has more nuclear weapons than the US: http://rt.com/news/193604-russia-nuclear-capacity-start/ This is accurate. Russia and the US have far more nukes than any other country on Earth: […]
A Short History of Israel, Palestine, Surrounding Territories, and an Endless Cycle of Religious Wars
(This post contains a graphic image.) When religion turns violent, devoutly religious people are often the first to defend their religion and explain the violent ones aren’t “real” followers or […]
Major cities in Iraq and Syria conquered by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The situation in Iraq and Syria right now is sobering. Due to the poverty of the region, many common Iraqis and Syrians have given in to the rule of the Islamic […]
Death Toll in Gaza from this Month’s Israeli Strikes Reaches Over 1000
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/gaza-crisis-obama-ceasefire-fighting-goes-on This is a sad update to the situation in Gaza. I wrote another article about the conflict in Israel and Palestine along with other related issues in September of […]
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The Arab Spring, the Middle East, North Africa, and Bringing Peace and Justice to the World
(This post contains a graphic image.) The Arab Spring was a time of such hope for so many during so much strife. It showed the immense power of assembly and collaboration […]
Nations with Serious Health Risks
I’ve been doing some more reading about global health, and I thought this would be a good follow up to the last book excerpt I posted. I’ll likely add this […]