Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]
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A Middle East without Nukes
“You can’t bomb away the knowledge” -John Kerry Marg bar means death to… It was chanted after the hostage crisis. Marg bar America. Death to […]
After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment
“The establishment has never been more weak than they are now,” one advocate told potential progressive candidates. “You need to run.” By Julia Conley | […]
Iranian-Americans Opposed US Attack on Iran, Visa Ban: NIAC Poll
These are the top-level findings of a poll conducted by the National Iranian American Council and YouGov of views of Iranian-Americans. However, note that it […]
The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]
How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometime in the late 1980s, I was talking with a friend on my landline (the only kind of telephone we had […]
Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to protest the intensification of Israel’s assaults on the education sector in the […]
Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East
Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]
Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
By Sahar Maranlou, Royal Holloway University of London (The Conversation) – Ali Khamenei was born in Mashhad, Iran, in 1939, as the second son of […]
For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid
by Motasem A Dalloul ( Middle East Monitor ) – After more than 100 days of complete Israeli ban on the entry of aid and […]