By Ralph Nader Over the years, the Democratic Party’s blunders, arrogance and dependence on commercial campaign money and corporate-conflicted political/media consultants have put the two-party duopoly races for the Presidency, the Senate and the House next week into razor-thin elections. The polls show Democrats in neck-and-neck races with th...
LONDON (AA) – The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staffers of providing Israel favorable coverage in its reporting on the war against the Gaza Strip, calling on the broadcaster to “recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality.” The letter sent to BBC Director General Tim Davie was signed by more than [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 75 million Americans voted early in the US presidential election, according to data released late Saturday. The figures from the University of Florida’s Election Lab tracker show 75,093,872 people have voted either by mail or in person at polling stations. More voters chose to vote in person than by mail...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has warned that the Israeli government plans to bring in illegal settlers and force Palestinians out of their villages in the occupied West Bank. Senior Hamas figure Mahmoud Mardawi, in an official statement, said: “We warn of the grave danger posed by the plans led [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has reported that it had killed and injured Israeli soldiers, targeting Israeli military vehicles in besieged northern Gaza. In a statement, Al-Qassam reported hitting an Israeli D9 bulldozer with a Yassin 105 shell and targeting ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Residents of Palestinian refugee camps in the occupied West Bank say Israel’s move to terminate the activities of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is intended to end their right to return to their lands. The Israeli Knesset passed a bill on Monday banning UNRWA from operating, which would eventual...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a stern warning to the US and Israel, pledging a “crushing response” for actions against his country. “The enemies – whether the Zionist entity or the United States – should know that they will certainly face a crushing response for their actions agai...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – The US Muslim vote could play a major factor in the 2024 presidential election, according to a poll released Friday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. Topping the list of candidates in the new CAIR poll is not Vice Presiden...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 25 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli attacks targeting northern and central Gaza Strip on Saturday. A medical source at the Al-Shifa Hospital told Anadolu that the hospital received the bodies of 10 Palestinians and several injured individuals after Israeli forces targeted homes in Nuse...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of additional military assets to the Middle East, the Pentagon said Friday. “In keeping with our commitments to the protection of U.S. citizens and forces in the Middle East, the defense of Israel, and de-escalation through deterrence and diplomacy, the S...
