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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

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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Israel/ Palestine
US Episcopalians Will Boycott Israeli Firms involved in West Bank Rights Abuses

US Episcopalians Will Boycott Israeli Firms involved in West Bank Rights Abuses

The US Episcopal Church has announced it has adopted a series of human rights resolutions which will screen Israeli companies

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Climate: Desertification degrades 30 mn Acres a Year when we Need 70% more Food

Climate: Desertification degrades 30 mn Acres a Year when we Need 70% more Food

Our misuse and abuse of land and water is changing fertile land into deserts

The Conversation

Climate Change
Expanding ‘Dead Zone’ in Arabian Sea raises Climate Change Fears

Expanding ‘Dead Zone’ in Arabian Sea raises Climate Change Fears

In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast “dead zone” the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame

Alison Tahmizian Meuse

Pentagon
Overstretch?  US Special Ops Military deployed to 144 Countries Last Year

Overstretch? US Special Ops Military deployed to 144 Countries Last Year

Sometimes shadowy missions ended in disaster

Nick Turse

Iraq
Iraq: Massive Protests against US-Installed Gov’t Enter Second Week

Iraq: Massive Protests against US-Installed Gov’t Enter Second Week

Protests in Iraq continued into their second week Monday following days of clashes that left eight people dead

AFP

Supreme Court
Are your Personal Liberties at Stake if Brett Kavanaugh Joins the Court?

Are your Personal Liberties at Stake if Brett Kavanaugh Joins the Court?

If Americans lose the right to privacy enshrined in Roe, they’ll lose a lot more than abortion access

Olivia Alperstein

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DC Elites Shocked at Trump Bromance with Putin but Give Israel's Netanyahu a Pass

DC Elites Shocked at Trump Bromance with Putin but Give Israel’s Netanyahu a Pass

There is something profoundly hypocritical about US elites pretending that the US doesn’t embrace people like Putin all the time

Juan Cole

Russia
Backed by Putin Air Force, Syrian Army rapidly takes 90% of Daraa

Backed by Putin Air Force, Syrian Army rapidly takes 90% of Daraa

Syrian regime forces backed by Russia made sweeping advances on Monday against rebels holding out in the country’s vital southern zone

Rouba El Husseini

Donald Trump
Trump calls EU "Foe," on Eve of Putin Summit, on basis of his Zero-Sum Mercantilism

Trump calls EU “Foe,” on Eve of Putin Summit, on basis of his Zero-Sum Mercantilism

Trump categorized the European Union as a “foe” of the US, appearing to put it on the same footing as Russia and China

Juan Cole

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