Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”
Climate Crisis

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Juan Cole

Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

02/09/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

02/09/2026 By Tomdispatch

More Stories

Climate Crisis
Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

The sharp and unprecedented rise in the number of Palestinians killed, wounded, detained, and imprisoned

Middle East Monitor

Cities
Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Frontier smart city projects like Dunia and The Line have failed on fundamental governance issues such as legitimacy, inclusion, accountability

The Conversation

Featured
When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud

When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud

Rabbinic authorities derived a broad prohibition against all forms of destruction and waste

Shamai Leibowitz

Israel/ Palestine
How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided

How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided

Their headlines tell the story of a West that is fiercely protective of its own sovereignty but indifferent to that of others

Ramzy Baroud

Dissent
‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated

‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated

In the event of war to bring about regime change, militarization would once again define women as those expected to endure and sacrifice first

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century

The whole thing is a front for Trump’s real estate development ambitions for a Gaza beachfront resort.

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

Herzog stated in reference to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, “it’s an entire nation out there that is responsible.

Human Rights Watch

Donald Trump
Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

U.S. warmongering is anything but new, as is a belief in global dominance through high military spending

William J. Astore

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • …
  • Page 3078
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Israel/ Palestine

What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future

The Conversation

Blackmail

The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis

Turning Point: Wind and Solar outstrip Fossil Fuels in Europe for First Time

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism

Can American Youth Organize to save us from Despotism?

Liz Theoharis

Popular

  • Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" Grift: Con of the Century
  • Why Futuristic "Smart Cities" Like Saudi Arabia's Neom are Destined to Fail
  • How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided
  • When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud
  • The Epstein Files: Blackmail and the Tantalizing Israeli Connection
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved