Economic pressure on Israel expresses faith that it has enough democracy to be influenced by this.

Under Israeli rule, Arabs are imprisoned for statements on the internet, which are called "incitement". Jews do it too, but they are never charged.

Some of these kinds of "incitement" are properly crimes. Some of them are exercise of free speech, and would be protected in the US by the First Amendment.

US citizens: thank Obama for pursuing peace with Iran.

My overall opinion of Obama is that he is a flunky for the plutocrats, but on this issue he did the right thing.

John Pilger: the UK was planning to fund rebels in Syria "two years before the Arab Spring".

I don't entirely agree with him in regard to dealing with PISSI. Using air power to stop PISSI's advance was justified and effective. Recapturing Sunni cities with Shi'ite militias is a different matter.

Texas is denying birth certificates to children of immigrants.