Informed Comment - Part 1166

US university demands Palestinian academic not criticise Israel in speech

Middle East Monitor Palestinian academic Hatem Bazian says Arizona State University asked him to sign a contract in which he pledges not to criticise Israel […]

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Climate Change

20,000 Scientists are Deeply Alarmed about Humanity and So should you Be

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The “Letter Warning Humanity” from scientists has now been signed by over 20,000 scientists, as The […]

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Saudi Prince: Turkey, Iran & Extremists are ME “Triangle of Evil”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Egypt’s al-Shuruq newspaper, which tilts liberal and secular, reports on the press conference in Cairo conducted […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Israel passes law to strip residency of Jerusalem’s Palestinians

MWC News | – – Palestinians slam new ‘breach of loyalty’ legislation as ‘extremely racist’ and a violation of international law. Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh […]

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History

‘These are the keys of this paradise’: how 700 years of Muslim rule in Spain came to an end

By Elizabeth Drayson | (The Conversation) | – – It was the moment which set Spain on a course to become the greatest power in […]

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BDS Occupied Territories

ACLU: US Congress ban on Boycotting Israel is Unconstitutional

TeleSur | – – The bipartisan bill was rewritten after criticism by civil rights advocates but it remains challenged by the ACLU. The legal advocacy […]

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Environmentalism

Top 4 myths about Electric Cars & why they should not Discourage You

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – China produced 680,000 electric vehicles last year, as much as the rest of the world combined. […]

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Islam

What is Missing in our Sunni-Shi’a Conflict Narrative?

Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | – – The Sunni-Shi’a schism provides for different narrative and prescriptions for arriving at the ‘utopian Islamic society’ […]

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