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Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report
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Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report

Juan Cole

Palestinians face “criminal prosecution in military courts during which their due process and fair trial rights are systematically violated.”

Juan Cole: Islam, History and the Enlargement of the Self

Juan Cole: Islam, History and the Enlargement of the Self

01/09/2026 By Juan Cole

An Atomic Armageddon? Will the U.S. and Russia Abandon All Nuclear Restraints?

An Atomic Armageddon? Will the U.S. and Russia Abandon All Nuclear Restraints?

01/09/2026 By Michael T. Klare

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At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

By John Strawson, University of East London (The Conversation) – The interesting thing about Benjamin Netanyahu’s call on Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, to pardon him […]

The Conversation

Colonialism
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

By Eric Ross In recent months, the Trump administration has escalated a decades-long campaign against the Venezuelan government and people. The renewed, intensifying threats of […]

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European Union
Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation

Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Broadcasting Union declined o have a vote on whether Israel should be allowed to participate in next year’s […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Labeling dissent as Terrorism: Trump’s NSPM-7 raises Constitutional Alarms

Labeling dissent as Terrorism: Trump’s NSPM-7 raises Constitutional Alarms

By Melinda Haas, University of Pittsburgh (The Conversation) – A largely overlooked directive issued by the Trump administration marks a major shift in U.S. counterterrorism […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No

A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No

Existing plans to triple renewable energy, double efficiency, and slash methane — coupled with real regulations like the EU’s — offer a way forward. By […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Arab Spring
Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Exeter, UK (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, […]

Mehmet Rakipoglu

Israel/ Palestine
A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

  by Dr Binoy Kampmark   ( Middle East Monitor ) – A ceasefire can be a strange thing.  The assumption, generally speaking, is that […]

Middle East Monitor

media
Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

by Isabella Gomez, Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have struggled for years to regulate social media platforms in ways that tamp down misinformation and extremism.  […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Dominionism
Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It looks like the perverse romance between MAGA and Israel’s Likud Party is becoming frayed at the […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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