Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

contributors

Nuclear weapons
Do Donald Trump's 'Terrifying' Nuclear Threats endanger You?

Do Donald Trump’s ‘Terrifying’ Nuclear Threats endanger You?

contributors

By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump has once again violated all mainstream thinking to advance a dangerous and deviant policy, this time on nuclear weapons. The wannabe Republican presidential nominee recently said the US needs a policy of “unpredictability”. This means the US would be able to use nuclear weapons […]

Christians
In rebuke to Europe, Pope brings 3 Syrian Muslim Refugee Families  to Vatican

In rebuke to Europe, Pope brings 3 Syrian Muslim Refugee Families to Vatican

contributors

Rome Reports | (Video News Segment) | – – “In total, he is taking 12 people with him. They are all from Syria.” Rome Reports: ” Pope takes three refugee families with him to Rome”

al-Qaeda
Saudis warn they will withdraw $750 Bn. from US economy if 9/11 Bill Passes

Saudis warn they will withdraw $750 Bn. from US economy if 9/11 Bill Passes

contributors

TeleSur | – – The Saudis threatened selling off almost a trillion dollars in U.S. assets if Congress makes it legal to hold Saudi citizens accountable for 9/11. Saudi Arabia has threatened the United States with economic reprisals should the U.S. pass a law allowing for its citizens to hold the oil-rich kingdom responsible for […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel has detained 43 Journalists since October in Palestine, incl. 2 Westerners

Israel has detained 43 Journalists since October in Palestine, incl. 2 Westerners

contributors

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said on Saturday that Israel has detained 43 journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory since October 2015, including two foreign reporters. The New York-based committee said in a report that during detention and imprisonment, journalists have reported torture, medical negligence, […]

poetry
Walt Whitman: Purpose of the US to found Friendship between East and West

Walt Whitman: Purpose of the US to found Friendship between East and West

contributors

Walt Whitman | Leaves of Grass | – – To the East and to the West To the East and to the West, To the man of the Seaside State and of Pennsylvania, To the Kanadian of the north, to the Southerner I love, These with perfect trust to depict you as myself, the germs […]

Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders at Vatican:  Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

Bernie Sanders at Vatican: Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

contributors

Rome Reports in English | (Video News Report) | – – Rome Reports: “Bernie Sanders speaks at the Vatican”

Climate Change
Is Exxon a James Bond Villain?  Hiding from us its knowledge of Climate Change for Decades

Is Exxon a James Bond Villain? Hiding from us its knowledge of Climate Change for Decades

contributors

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, global warming – Exxon was aware of the risks of climate change well before much of the world. Instead of taking action, they pushed hard against legislation that would have cut CO2 emissions, including the Kyoto Protocol.” AJ+: ” Exxon […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Parliamentary committee debates racial discrimination in maternity wards

Israeli Parliamentary committee debates racial discrimination in maternity wards

contributors

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A meeting of a Knesset committee held Wednesday debated the issue of segregation between Palestinian and Jewish women in Israeli maternity wards, following media reports and allegations of racial discrimination in Israel’s hospitals, according to a Knesset press release. A recent report by Israel Radio exposed […]

Iraq

Daesh and Territorial Control Reconsidered

contributors

By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) | – – It might seem strange to open this essay by speaking about circulation and vitality in regard to Daesh [ISIS, ISIL]. Yet when we think of a nation-state, circulation is rarely the first thing that comes to our minds. Imagine a room where air […]

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 243
  • Page 244
  • Page 245
  • Page 246
  • Page 247
  • …
  • Page 556
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Support Independent Journalism

Click here to donate via PayPal.

Personal checks should be made out to Juan Cole and sent to me at:

Juan Cole
P. O. Box 4218,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2548
USA
(Remember, make the checks out to “Juan Cole” or they can’t be cashed)

STAY INFORMED

Join our newsletter to have sharp analysis delivered to your inbox every day.
Warning! Social media will not reliably deliver Informed Comment to you. They are shadowbanning news sites, especially if "controversial."
To see new IC posts, please sign up for our email Newsletter.

Social Media

Bluesky | Instagram

Popular

  • America's worsening Solar Gap with China, which installs 100 Panels per Second
  • Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
  • Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
  • The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel's Attack Crossed a Moral Line
  • 12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

Gaza Yet Stands


Juan Cole's New Ebook at Amazon. Click Here to Buy
__________________________

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires



Click here to Buy Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam


Click here to Buy The Rubaiyat.
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved