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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Deaths in Sudan’s Civil War are Estimated at 62,000, but the Real Toll may be Far Higher

Deaths in Sudan’s Civil War are Estimated at 62,000, but the Real Toll may be Far Higher

By Sarah Elizabeth Scales, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Blake Erhardt-Ohren, University of California, Berkeley; Debarati Guha Sapir, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain); Khidir Dalouk, […]

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Donald Trump
The Super-Rich have a long history of Backing Fascism and Buying the White House: It is Happening Again

The Super-Rich have a long history of Backing Fascism and Buying the White House: It is Happening Again

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Hopping around the rally stage like a drunken monkey, Elon Musk — the world’s most awkward man — […]

Dan Dinello

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: The United Nations warns that extreme Hunger threatens to engulf an entire Population

Gaza: The United Nations warns that extreme Hunger threatens to engulf an entire Population

By Clare Dix, University of the Sunshine Coast and Helen Truby, The University of Queensland | – The risk of famine looms in Gaza. International […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
The “Black Lives don’t Matter” President: Holding Trump accountable for a Lifetime of Racism

The “Black Lives don’t Matter” President: Holding Trump accountable for a Lifetime of Racism

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Donald Trump was the worst president for Black people in the modern era, if not the nation’s history. […]

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Will Türkiye Stay Committed to the Kurdish Peace Process?

Will Türkiye Stay Committed to the Kurdish Peace Process?

(Istanbul: Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On October 22, Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of […]

Volkan Isbasaran

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Extremists Plan for the Day after the Genocide: “Gaza is Ours, Forever.”

Israel’s Extremists Plan for the Day after the Genocide: “Gaza is Ours, Forever.”

( Middle East Monitor ) – Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine’s Economy teeters on the Brink after a Year of War and unrelenting Destruction

Palestine’s Economy teeters on the Brink after a Year of War and unrelenting Destruction

By Dalia Alazzeh, University of the West of Scotland and Shahzad Uddin, University of Essex | – (The Conversation) – The Palestinian economy has been […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Echoes and Parallels from 1939 – Trump’s Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden

Echoes and Parallels from 1939 – Trump’s Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On February 20, 1939, the German-American Bund held a rally at Madison Square Garden (MSG) called a […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a Pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee Aid – and puts Millions of Lives at Risk

Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a Pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee Aid – and puts Millions of Lives at Risk

By Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine and Kelsey Norman, Rice University | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli parliament’s vote on Oct. 28, 2024, […]

The Conversation

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