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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

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China opens World’s Largest offshore Solar Power Facility, as U.S. Falls Farther Behind

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Solar panels are great sources of energy. We have them on our roof and they have saved us a lot […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Crimes against Humanity in Gaza: Forced Displacement of Palestinians Leaves much of Area Uninhabitable

Israel’s Crimes against Humanity in Gaza: Forced Displacement of Palestinians Leaves much of Area Uninhabitable

Human Rights Watch ) | – Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible […]

Human Rights Watch

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A Democracy of Voices, If we can Keep It:   Threats to Free Expression in the Trump Era

A Democracy of Voices, If we can Keep It: Threats to Free Expression in the Trump Era

By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I thought I was done with free speech. For nearly two decades, I reported on it for the […]

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Israel's War on Palestinian Health

Israel’s War on Palestinian Health

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since the beginning of Israel’s latest offensive against the Palestinian people in Gaza in October of last year, […]

Mohammed Samaana

Israel/ Palestine
End of empathy: Did the Gaza Genocide render the UN Irrelevant?

End of empathy: Did the Gaza Genocide render the UN Irrelevant?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Francesca Albanese did not mince her words. In a strongly worded speech at the United Nations General Assembly Third […]

Ramzy Baroud

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“Orbital,” by Samantha Harvey – A Short but Powerful Story urging us to Save the Planet – Wins 2024 Book Prize

“Orbital,” by Samantha Harvey – A Short but Powerful Story urging us to Save the Planet – Wins 2024 Book Prize

By Debra Benita Shaw, University of East London | – (The Conversation) – Samantha Harvey’s Orbital has won the 2024 Booker prize. What it so […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
“I am your Retribution:” A Psychoanalyst’s Insight into the Male Rage fueled by Inequality that Propelled Trump to Victory

“I am your Retribution:” A Psychoanalyst’s Insight into the Male Rage fueled by Inequality that Propelled Trump to Victory

Los Angeles (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In our post-election blues, many pundits have started a post-mortem exploration of what went wrong with the […]

Shahrzad Siassi

Israel/ Palestine
North Gaza:  Israel has blocked or delayed 85% of Humanitarian Aid Requests, says UN

North Gaza: Israel has blocked or delayed 85% of Humanitarian Aid Requests, says UN

( Middle East Monitor ) – The United Nations reported that 85 per cent of its requests to coordinate aid convoys and humanitarian access to […]

Middle East Monitor

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Creating a Genuine Hell on Earth

Creating a Genuine Hell on Earth

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Honestly, what would George Orwell have written about this planet of ours, four decades after that ominous year 1984 passed from […]

Tom Engelhardt

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