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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children
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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

09/15/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

09/15/2025 By Michael T. Klare

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Wall or Watchtower?  The real Threat is invasive Climate Crisis, and our Shield is Science

Wall or Watchtower? The real Threat is invasive Climate Crisis, and our Shield is Science

The man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China was that First Emperor …who likewise ordered the burning of all the books before him

Juan Cole

Inequality
Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Right that Tax Justice is Key to our Democratic Prospect?

Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Right that Tax Justice is Key to our Democratic Prospect?

US “much greater shares of national wealth and income going to the richest 1% than any other country.”

John Buell

Displaced and Refugees
The Surprising Successes of Community Work with Muslim Refugees in Germany

The Surprising Successes of Community Work with Muslim Refugees in Germany

I studied the most positive refugee settlement programs inside Germany

Frances Trix

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Do we need Tanf? US's 4,775 global Military 'Sites,' cost us $716 bn/ yr.

Do we need Tanf? US’s 4,775 global Military ‘Sites,’ cost us $716 bn/ yr.

( Tomdispatch.com) – The U.S. military is finally withdrawing (or not) from its base at al-Tanf. You know, the place that the Syrian government long […]

Nick Turse

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Senators Backing Israel anti-Boycott Bill are Betrayers of the Constitution

Senators Backing Israel anti-Boycott Bill are Betrayers of the Constitution

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The response of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to the proposed the Senate bill permitting state and local sanctions on persons […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

After a technically successful climate summit last year, it is time to see which countries address scientific warnings with ambition

Climate Home News

Donald Trump
No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy

No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy

Obama wanted to calm the waters in the Middle East, then shift the burden of policing it to America’s partners there

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

UN Takes Charge of Saudi Girl in Thailand seeking Asylum, Fearing Family Violence

She came from Kuwait with the intention of escaping what she described as violence by her family.

Middle East Monitor

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What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

What the Witty, Irreverent, Sensual Poetry of Ghalib can Teach Americans

Love-crazed yet craving life. I worship fire./ But recant when lightning finds me out.

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