By Christopher Mallan, The University of Western Australia | – (The Conversation) – The years 2023 and 2024 will certainly be remembered as some of the darkest in the long and often violent history of Gaza. The recent destruction of schools and universities in the Gaza strip has attracted the attention of the media and […]
Archives for August 2024
Gaza War, Lack of Palestinian Labor, drives Contraction of Israeli GDP, with 46K Businesses Shuttered
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on continuing his total war on Gaza is not only inflicting untold misery on thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza but is also hurting the economic well-being of Israelis. According to the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, the Israeli economy’s gross domestic product per capita […]
Israel has reduced the “Humanitarian Safe Zone” to only 11% of Gaza, as it Forces Thousands to move Again
( Middle East Monitor ) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that Israel has reduced the so-called “humanitarian zone” in Gaza to just 11% of the territory, causing widespread panic and fear among displaced people, Anadolu reports. In a statement, UNRWA said: “Thousands of families continue to be displaced in […]
CO2-Driven Global Heating is a Silent Killer, Stalking the Vulnerable
By Myles David Sergeant, McMaster University | – (The Conversation) – Extreme heat is a silent killer. From time to time, we hear about shocking cases of football players and other athletes who die suddenly while exerting themselves on hot days. Those deaths are certainly tragic, but statistically they are very rare. Most deaths from […]
Polio Pause: UN Calls for Urgent Ceasefire to allow 640K Children to be Vaccinated, as Gaza Polio Victim Confirmed
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A ten-month-old child in Gaza has been confirmed stricken with polio, as several other children have displayed symptoms consistent with the disease, which can cause paralysis and death. Polio had been eradicated in Gaza years ago, but the highly unsanitary conditions created by the Israeli military’s indiscriminate destruction of Gaza […]
Partners in Genocide: Israel is slaughtering Palestinians with Western Arms
( Middle East Monitor ) – While many are earnestly pointing at the devastation of war, the rampant human rights violations and the deliberate relegation of international and humanitarian law, there are those who see war from an entirely different perspective: profits. For the merchants of war, the collective pain and misery of whole nations […]
Biden lost the Vote of this Pastor over Gaza. Harris must earn it Back
( New Jersey Star-Ledger ) – I cannot see President Biden without seeing 40,000 dead Gazans. He rightly stepped aside after his disastrous debate with Donald Trump, but he continues to lose a far more disastrous debate with Israel’s Prime Minister, weakening the basic principles of US foreign policy. Alongside his humiliating failure to achieve […]
Ascending the Temple Mount: Political Act in a Site of Holiness
Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Every year, Jews recite the entire Pentateuch aloud in synagogues. It is divided in weekly portions. This week’s one (Vaet’hanan, Deuteronomy 3 :23 – 7 :11) contains passages that are central to Jewish liturgy, including the Shema, a declaration of loyalty to God, or more precisely, a declaration […]
Letter to Florida State University System Protesting the Policing and Censorship of course Materials relating to Israel/Palestine
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the Chancellor of the Florida State University System regarding the policing and censorship of course materials relating to Israel/Palestine Raymond Rodrigues Chancellor, State University System of Florida chancellor@flbog.edu Dear Chancellor Rodrigues: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of […]
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