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

Juan Cole

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

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

02/26/2026 By The Conversation

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

02/26/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine

Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine

Settler colonialism is a structure rather than an event, governed by a persistent logic of elimination aimed at securing land

Mehmet Rakipoglu

Israel/ Palestine
Judaism as an Occupied Territory

Judaism as an Occupied Territory

The most conspicuous example is the ongoing mass-carnage in, and of, Gaza, carried out by Israel, yet fully enabled by the US and Europe

Moshe Behar

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s Death Cards:  ICE Brings the War Home

Donald Trump’s Death Cards: ICE Brings the War Home

What they found instead of their loved ones were customized  ace of spades playing cards that read “ICE Denver Field Office”

Nick Turse

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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel
Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran?  A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran? A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

A new axis: Turkey, a member of NATO with a thriving economy and global ambitions, is building a Sunni axis that might be even more powerful

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Islamic finance, with its core values of fairness and social responsibility, could enhance credibility and transparency within green finance

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace

Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace

The deal offered by the United States is simple and straight forward, submit to all American demands or be obliterated

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

UNESCO’s failures have consequences beyond Gaza, as they weaken deterrence of attacks on heritage sites globally

The Conversation

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How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

“It was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.”

Alfred W. McCoy

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