Middle East

By Simon Mabon, Lancaster University (The Conversation) – In the past two months, more than 1,000 people seeking food have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office. While the figure has been disputed by Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which was set up to distribute aid, 28 nations this week condemned the […]

Academic Freedom

Protesting U of California’s Attempt to Forbid Boycotts

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the University of California expressing concern about its prohibition of boycotts by student governments and other university entities Michael V. Drake, M.D. President, University of California president@ucop.edu . . . Dear Drs. Drake and Millikan and Ms. Reilly: We write on […]

Donald Trump

We’re All Palestinians Now: How Trump is Middle-Easternizing the United States

Juan Cole

Here is my most recent column for the legendary Tom Engelhardt’s Tomdispatch.com.Be sure to check out his searing introduction. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The United States has focused on the Middle East since World War II, seeking its oil, gas, and other mineral resources and coveting control of its strategic waterways. The old colonial powers […]

Israel/ Palestine

The Unseen War for the Palestinian West Bank’s Future: It’s not just Gaza

Ramzy Baroud

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The latest such provocations consisted of stripping the Palestinian-run Hebron (Al-Khalil) municipality of its administrative powers over the venerable Ibrahimi Mosque. Worse, according to Israel Hayom, it granted these powers to the religious council […]

Anti-Zionism

Anti-Zionist Jews Gather at the Birthplace of Zionism

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In March 1896, William Hechler, the Anglican chaplain at the British Embassy in Vienna, came across a book titled Der Judenstaat (The State for Jews). Hechler belonged to a centuries-old Protestant movement that aimed at gathering Jews in Palestine and converting them to Christianity. The book’s author, journalist Theodor Herzl, […]

Israel/ Palestine

AI Warfare in Gaza: Targeted Killings, Automated Surveillance (Khalil Dewan)

Global Voices

What we are witnessing in Gaza is the future of warfare Written byUntoldMag Written byWalid El Houri This interview was first published by UntoldMag on June 22, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. ( Globalvoices.org) – Amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza, biometric surveillance and […]

Alawites

Understanding the Violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad

The Conversation

By Güneş Murat Tezcür, Arizona State University (The Conversation) – In July 2025, clashes between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Arabs backed by government-affiliated forces led to hundreds of deaths in Sweida province in southern Syria. Israel later launched dozens of airstrikes in support of the Druze. This eruption of violence was an eerie […]

Featured

Iran Faces a new Phase of Isolation if Europe Reimposes Sanctions for its Nuclear Program

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

With Germany at the helm and regional tensions mounting, the diplomatic window may be closing Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, the European signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or “Iran Deal” of 2015, known as the E3 are now […]

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza is Starving and the World Looks Away

Middle East Monitor

By Adnan Hmidan ( Middle East Monitor ) – In Gaza, mornings no longer begin with the sound of explosions — but with the quiet, urgent cries of hunger. Mothers wake to infants with no milk. Children search for scraps to ease empty stomachs before the bombs return to flatten what little hope remains. This […]