'White supremacy' was behind child separations — and
Trump officials went along, critics say: "The consequences have been
horrific,” historian Monica Muñoz Martinez said of not challenging the humanity
or morality of the administration's policy.
Immigrant Marine Corps veteran works to return deported
former service members
How Washington Should Handle Turkey's Summer of Flex:
Turkey looks less like a treaty ally and more like a competitor.
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/08/how-washington-should-handle-turkeys-summer-flex/167909/
Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar seeks answers about 'alarming
allegations' of abuse at ICE facility
Xi calls for building “new modern socialist” Tibet,
favours Tibetan Buddhism’s sinicisation
http://sunyat.free.fr/?fbclid=IwAR08oQm518Nr-NlGmqLd8xOjvG9U-LJVcP13gf79BmbGRpYQCQ1qHmF9spQ
A New Engineering Report Finds That a Privately Built
Border Wall Will Fail: The report, set to be filed in federal court this week,
confirms that portions of the wall are in danger of overturning if not fixed.
Confronting China’s Suppression of Religion: Instead of
the Communist party’s intolerance, democratic Taiwan offers a positive example.
https://thediplomat.com/2019/08/confronting-chinas-suppression-of-religion/
CHINA (INCLUDES TIBET, XINJIANG, HONG KONG, AND MACAU)
2018 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
China’s war on religion
https://theweek.com/print/484228/123062/article
The UK’s incoherent Channel migrant strategy
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-uk-s-incoherent-channel-migrant-strategy
Israel-UAE deal sends message to hostile countries: There
were those on the Left who tried to dwarf this feat but the treaty with the
United Arab Emirates changes the rules of the regional game and sends a clear
message to Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, as well as Turkey.
https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/israel-uae-deal-sends-message-to-hostile-countries/
Who else deserves credit for UAE deal? Obama and the
failed JCPOA: It was his failed policy in the Middle East and his embrace of
the regime in Iran – culminating in the 2015 nuclear deal – that helped push
Israel and the moderate Gulf states together.
Trump wants Jewish votes, UAE wants US arms, Israel wants
Palestinian lands
Netanyahu Drops Troubled Annexation Plan for Diplomatic
Gain: In an abrupt reversal, Israel’s prime minister “suspended” a promise to
annex part of the West Bank in exchange for a historic opening with the U.A.E.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/world/middleeast/israel-uae-annexation.html
Israel and United Arab Emirates Strike Major Diplomatic
Agreement: President Trump announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates
would establish “full normalization of relations” and that in exchange Israel
would forgo for now “declaring sovereignty” over occupied West Bank territory.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/us/politics/trump-israel-united-arab-emirates-uae.html
‘People of the cave’: Palestinians take their fight for
justice to the mountains
The making of Stephen Miller
https://theweek.com/print/484229/123598/making-stephen-miller
The Making of Stephen Miller: A new biography describes
the influences on and aspirations of the architect of Donald Trump’s
anti-immigration policies.
https://thebulwark.com/the-making-of-stephen-miller/
Opinion: Stephen Miller's Dystopian America
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/stephen-millers-dystopian-america.html
Murphy signs law allowing undocumented immigrants to
obtain professional licenses
Israeli Airliner Completes First Direct Flight to Arab
Emirates: The flight carried the hope of closer ties between Israel and the
Arab world, and a diplomatic delegation that included President Trump’s
son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/world/middleeast/israel-uae-flight.html
50 Years Later: A State of War or a Permanent State of
Insurrection?
https://www.populist.com/26.15.rodriguez.html
Trump nearly provokes International Incident, Wrongly
saying Beirut Explosion a “Bomb”
https://www.juancole.com/2020/08/provokes-international-explosion.html
Defying Peace Deal, Freed Taliban Return to Battlefield:
A new confidential report concludes that a majority of fighters are resuming
their “jihad” to overthrow the U.S.-backed Afghan government.
Efforts ramp up to get Taliban-Afghan peace talks started
Trump expected to name new ambassador to Afghanistan
Pentagon restarts projects defunded for Trump’s wall,
helping some GOP senators
Israel has concluded it can’t block the sale of
American-made F-35 stealth fighters to the United Arab Emirates, and will ask
the White House for other weapons so it can maintain its regional military
superiority, Yedioth Ahronoth reported, without saying where it got the
information.
4 Kansas cities seek to land U.S. Space Command
headquarters
Eyeing China, Taiwan urges alliance against 'aggressive
actions'
ROK/US combined training protects integrity of the OPCON
transition process
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