Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]
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The Middle East faces Climate Breakdown, but its Media ignores it
By Marianna Poberezhskaya, Nottingham Trent University; Imad El-Anis, Nottingham Trent University, and Marwa Mustafa, Nottingham Trent University (The Conversation) – The Middle East is experiencing […]
Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14
Quatrain 14 emphasizes how short life is, even with all the good things the earth offers us (of which we should take advantage while we […]
Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War
by Ismail Salahuddin ( Middle East Monitor ) – In an age where our phones glow with the endless stream of breaking news, short videos, […]
The Department of War is Back; But no Wars won in Decades
( Tomdispatch.com ) – My fellow Americans, my critical voice has finally been heard inside the Oval Office. No, not my voice against the $1.7 […]
France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]
“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13
Stanza no. 13 of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is about the free gifts we receive from […]
52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims
By Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University (The Conversation) – Australian Muslim communities have been calling for official recognition of Islamophobia as a serious social problem […]
Protesting Claremont Colleges Library Censorship of “Policing Palestine”
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Letter to the Claremont Colleges library condemning the censorship of the […]
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