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Genocide Scholars:  Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know
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Genocide Scholars: Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the last day of August, 2025, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a scholarly body with more than 500 […]

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

09/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

09/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Jerusalem Day: Israeli Soldiers  Harm 525 Palestinians at Gaza Rally

Jerusalem Day: Israeli Soldiers Harm 525 Palestinians at Gaza Rally

At least 525 Palestinians have been wounded on the Gaza border by Israeli occupation forces

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Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza

Anthony Bourdain was the only major American celebrity who succeeded in depicting publicly the Palestinians as rational, caring human beings

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Donald Trump
Trump widens the cracks in world order’s foundations

Trump widens the cracks in world order’s foundations

Trump has shown his disdain for organizations where American leadership was once a given

Aurelia End

Donald Trump
G7 Views Trump's US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a "G6" Memo

G7 Views Trump’s US as Rogue State, as France Threatens a “G6” Memo

Trump’s 17th century mercantilist trade policies are making the United States the skunk at the party at the G7 meet in Quebec on Friday

Juan Cole

Iraq
Widespread Fraud?  Iraq Elections upended as Parliament Orders Full Recount of 11 Million Votes

Widespread Fraud? Iraq Elections upended as Parliament Orders Full Recount of 11 Million Votes

By Omar al-Kateb Baghdad (AFP) – Iraq’s parliament Wednesday ordered a manual recount of the May 12 legislative elections and sacked the commission which oversaw […]

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National Security State
When "Infinite War" becomes a Gravy Train in the United States of Amnesia

When “Infinite War” becomes a Gravy Train in the United States of Amnesia

We’re repeating the Costly Mistakes of WW I Today

Andrew J. Bacevich

Qatar
How Saudi Arabia lost out to Iran and Turkey over failed Qatar Blockade

How Saudi Arabia lost out to Iran and Turkey over failed Qatar Blockade

Qatar’s capacity to make quick diplomatic and economic adjustments to weather the impact of the blockade has saved it from a possible collapse

Mohammed Nuruzzaman

Donald Trump
Lock Step recalls Courts of Dictators: Pence Apes Trump on Water Bottle

Lock Step recalls Courts of Dictators: Pence Apes Trump on Water Bottle

Pence imitating Trump clearing a water bottle from the table evokes authoritarians throughout history

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