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The most strident, influential voices in right-wing American politics have ratcheted up their rhetoric on race, with Fox News' Tucker Carlson talking up conspiratorial demographic replacement theories, and "Hillbilly Elegy" author-turned-populist J.D. Vance backing him up, adding his own target: un-American "globalists." Noah Berlatsky explains what he's really saying about Jews.

What just happened in Jordan? Marwan A. Kardoosh steps behind the spin, censorship and rumors of a "fake coup" to assess the extent of Amman's royal crisis and the kingdom's simmering dissent.

Residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan live under the constant pressure of intimidation, extortion and eviction at the hands of well-funded settler groups. Jawad Siyam gives an exceptional first-person account of what it's like.

Thanks to Netanyahu, the regressive, misogynist theocrats of Noam are now within touching distance of political power. Ariela Karmel investigates how a medieval mindview on women threatens today's Israel.

Ahead of Saturday's Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, Eldad Ben Aharon queries the conventional wisdom that the more Israel's relations with Ankara and Erdogan deteriorate, the more likely it is for the Knesset to recognize the Armenian genocide. There's just one problem, he writes: It's not true.

On Sunday, the Oscars will be awarded, and there is one stand-out contender, says Hikmet Karcic: "Quo Vadis, Aida?" It's a harrowing account of the Srebrenica genocide, Serb brutality and UN betrayal – and a stark warning about reliance on the fluctuating conscience of the international community.

 
 
 
 
 
The state memorial to victims of the Armenian genocide in Yerevan, Armenia
 
 
Why Won't Israel Recognize the Armenian Genocide? It's Not Just About Turkey
Eldad Ben Aharon | 21.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
Before he started raging against 'Big Tech' and 'global oligarchs', J.D. Vance was a venture capitalist at home at conferences featuring the world's most wealthy, powerful businesspeople
 
 
What ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Author J.D. Vance Is Really Saying About Jews, and Why It Matters
Noah Berlatsky | 20.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
King Abdullah II and his son Crown Prince Hussein at the Martyrs' Memorial in the capital Amman during an official ceremony marking Jordan's centennial
 
 
Fake Coups, Saudi Sedition and Spin: The Real Dissent Behind Jordan’s Royal Crisis
Marwan A. Kardoosh | 18.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
Activist Issa Amro at an Israeli military court in January.
 
 
Israeli Settler Slapped a Palestinian Activist. A Jerusalem Court Slapped Her Back
Amira Hass | 19.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
After 25 years of fighting the Elad settler organization in the courts, the Siyam family is evicted by force from their Silwan home
 
 
Intimidation. Extortion. Eviction: This Is the Brutal Reality for Palestinians in Silwan, Jerusalem
Jawad Siyam | 12.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
Palestinian women take part in a protest against the cuts in food aid distribution, outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Gaza City last month
 
 
Don't Be Scared of Biden's Commitment to Palestinian Refugees
Abe Silberstein | 12.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) member at an Iran-Russia naval exercise in the Indian Ocean earlier this year. The IRGC is implicated in two bomb attacks against Israeli targets in India
 
 
Iranian Terror: An Immediate Threat to Israeli Interests in India
Abhinav Pandya | 11.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
Trifecta of hate: Noam head Avi Maoz (L), Religious Zionism head Bezalel Smotrich (C) and Otzma Yehudit head Itamar Ben Gvir celebrate the exit polls on election night this year
 
 
Israel's Medieval, Anti-woman Party Is More Powerful Than Ever, and Channeling Erdogan
Ariela Karmel | 12.04.2021
 
 
 
 
 
Bosnian Muslim refugees from Srebrenica, fleeing the eastern Bosnian village of Potocari to Bosnian Muslim-held Kladanj near Olovo. July 13, 1995
 
 
Oscar-nominated 'Quo Vadis, Aida?' Is This Year's Most Devastating, Urgent Contender
Hikmet Karcic | 19.04.2021
 
 
 
 
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