Informed Comment

Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza

UNICEF said “1 in 5 infants have missed out on one or more vaccines. This is a big jump ahead of us in the coming days.”

Two prominent young Muslim figures have had an exceptional rise to power this year: Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria and Zohran Mamdani in New York City

In 2024, Columbia kept the campus locked down. It put in place so many rules governing protests that it effectively quashed

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

Making Gaza livable again will require a global effort on an unprecedented scale

Within a few years, the first Sasanian king, Ardashir I, threatened Roman territory in Mesopotamia

As for Israelites, there is no archeological evidence of them being in Egypt, much less being enslaved.

The world has reached the first of many Earth system tipping points. These will cause catastrophic harm