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

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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Time to look at history from the point of view of the arms industry?

Time to look at history from the point of view of the arms industry?

How did we end up in a situation where there is increasing talk of an emerging Third World War? A look back at a century […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

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If one Thing can Unite Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon, it is Israeli Aggression

If one Thing can Unite Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon, it is Israeli Aggression

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Prior to the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, the popularity of Hezbollah, within and outside of […]

Mohamed Jegham

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The Myth of Greater Israel and Zionist Expansionism

The Myth of Greater Israel and Zionist Expansionism

( The New Arab ) – On October 7 2023, Hamas breached the 17-year-long Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip with a brutal, coordinated attack on […]

Yoav Litvin

Children
The Global War on Children

The Global War on Children

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “War is not healthy for children and other living things,” reads a poster titled “Primer” created by the late artist Lorraine […]

Nick Turse

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The Israeli Likud Party’s Endless War Agenda

The Israeli Likud Party’s Endless War Agenda

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Finding and killing Yahya Sinwar was Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s cover and justification for the genocide […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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The Generals’ Plan: An Israeli Blueprint for the Liquidation of Gaza

The Generals’ Plan: An Israeli Blueprint for the Liquidation of Gaza

By Nasim Ahmed A chilling scenario detailing Israel’s plan to liquidate northern Gaza through starvation and extermination was revealed by +972 Magazine. Originally published in […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Exile, Resistance and Cactus Pears: Two Writers on Palestinian Life

Exile, Resistance and Cactus Pears: Two Writers on Palestinian Life

By Michelle Hamadache, Macquarie University | – (The Conversation) – While Hasib Hourani’s Rock Flight and Samah Sabawi’s Cactus Pear for My Beloved are both […]

The Conversation

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The Global South must Step up on Palestine: The Role of Latin America

The Global South must Step up on Palestine: The Role of Latin America

Buenos Aires (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Most coverage of the ongoing Israeli wars have fomented a superstitious belief that limits our ability for […]

Arturo Desimone

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Your True Self

Your True Self

On a blackboard in a 1930s log cabin at Jacob’s Pillow dance theater in the hills of western Massachusetts, I came upon an intriguing question […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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