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Children of War
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Children of War

Fariba Amini

On January 29, 2024, volunteers from the Palestinian Red Crescent received an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl was trapped in a car, pleading

“Where are we supposed to Go?”  Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of 500K Lebanese Shi`is

“Where are we supposed to Go?” Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of 500K Lebanese Shi`is

03/16/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Passover: Freedom from Pride

Passover: Freedom from Pride

03/16/2026 By Yakov M. Rabkin

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Donald Trump
Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?

Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?

Such recalibration does not necessarily signal concession. It may reflect caution.

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Omar Khayyam
“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

In the original, the abstract philosophers are castigated for being prisoners of dry reason and discernment.

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

definitions of antisemitism recognize that antisemitism involves prejudice, discrimination, harassment, hatred, or violence against Jews as Jews

Roy Eidelson

Academic Freedom
Protesting U of N. Carolina Permitting Secret Recording in Classrooms

Protesting U of N. Carolina Permitting Secret Recording in Classrooms

we are attuned to the pressures to restrict and repress speech related to, for example, Israel, Palestine, US policy in the Middle East

Committee on Academic Freedom

Democratic Party
Biden delivered the Country to Trump, disbelieving Gaza Death Statistics; they were Underestimates

Biden delivered the Country to Trump, disbelieving Gaza Death Statistics; they were Underestimates

The article confirms the Ministry of Health estimate that about 56% of violent deaths were among children, women and elderly men

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Strait of Hormuz and Iran: Where Geography becomes a Weapon

The Strait of Hormuz and Iran: Where Geography becomes a Weapon

What Iranian commanders have constructed in and around the Strait of Hormuz is not a conventional defense.

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Waiting for ICE

Waiting for ICE

In early February, the barbarians reached my gate. There could be no more comfort or denial here on this island where I live.

Tomdispatch

Children
17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Despite the damage it has sustained in recent conflicts with the US and Israel, Iran maintains formidable capabilities

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