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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts
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Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

F. Douglas Stephenson

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to Medicare Advantage,“beware of health insurance companies bearing gifts”, just like “beware of Greeks […]

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

08/19/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

‘There’s no such Thing as someone else’s Children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the Destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet Assent

08/19/2025 By The Conversation

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Syria
Danger: ISIL is defeated, but Raqqa's people are Devastated and waiting for Accountability

Danger: ISIL is defeated, but Raqqa’s people are Devastated and waiting for Accountability

The people of Raqqa who suffered through the conflict under ISIL deserve our attention and assistance, too.

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Petroleum
Trump slams  OPEC cartel over higher oil prices; Does he fear Carterization?

Trump slams OPEC cartel over higher oil prices; Does he fear Carterization?

Donald Trump slammed OPEC on Friday, complaining the cartel was keeping crude oil prices high.

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Marksmen continue to use Peaceful Palestinian Protesters in Gaza for Target Practice: 2 dead, 40 Wounded

Israeli Marksmen continue to use Peaceful Palestinian Protesters in Gaza for Target Practice: 2 dead, 40 Wounded

Over 30 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the “Great March of Return” protests began on March 30.

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Star Wars actor Natalie Portman cancels Award in Israel, hints Netanyahu has gone to the Dark Side

Star Wars actor Natalie Portman cancels Award in Israel, hints Netanyahu has gone to the Dark Side

Her decision showed extreme bravery.

Juan Cole

European Union
Iran formally switches from dollar to euro

Iran formally switches from dollar to euro

Middle East Monitor | – – Iran’s feud with the US is set to get worse after Tehran announced yesterday that it will start reporting […]

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Syria
Who has won the Syrian War in the wake of the fall of ISIL?

Who has won the Syrian War in the wake of the fall of ISIL?

Seyed Ali Alavi | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – ISIL may have been defeated, but the battle for Syria’s political soul is far from over. […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Like Eating Fish? Then buy an electric Car and put up Solar Panels

Like Eating Fish? Then buy an electric Car and put up Solar Panels

By Jefferson Keith Moore | (The Conversation) | – – Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and altering ecosystems on land and at sea […]

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Israel Lobbies
Exposing Canary Mission’s campaign against Palestinian human Rights:  A Resource for College and University Leaders

Exposing Canary Mission’s campaign against Palestinian human Rights: A Resource for College and University Leaders

N.B. Yes, I have been smeared by this odious hate group, but there’s not much they can do to me. But they are trying to […]

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Friedman: Does Iran's Quds Force really Control four Countries and is Israel-Iran War Near?

Friedman: Does Iran’s Quds Force really Control four Countries and is Israel-Iran War Near?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thomas Friedman’s column this week made several allegations about the danger of an explosive situation in […]

Juan Cole

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