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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Countering Turkish Propaganda, Pentagon reports 150 ISIL Killed in Airstrikes

Countering Turkish Propaganda, Pentagon reports 150 ISIL Killed in Airstrikes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The front page news today that US and coalition aircraft (mostly American joined by French and […]

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Trump slashes funding to most vulnerable Palestinians, children (UNRWA)

Trump slashes funding to most vulnerable Palestinians, children (UNRWA)

By Anne Irfan | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration has announced that it will drastically cut its donations to the UN Relief […]

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The Norwegians are Coming! The Norwegians are Coming!

The Norwegians are Coming! The Norwegians are Coming!

By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – In the past couple of weeks, thanks to the president’s racist comments about Haiti and African […]

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Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank join Gaza in General Strike to protest Pence

Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank join Gaza in General Strike to protest Pence

IMEMC | – – As U.S. Vice President and Christian Zionist Mike Pence visited Jerusalem Tuesday, Palestinian stores and businesses across the city and across […]

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Jordan's King Abdullah warns Pence-Trump of Major instability over Jerusalem

Jordan’s King Abdullah warns Pence-Trump of Major instability over Jerusalem

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Political scientist John Mearsheimer wrote a book on the tragedy of great power politics. While that […]

Juan Cole

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Top Trump officials, in Syria's Raqqa, vow "Stabilization" w/out "Reconstruction"

Top Trump officials, in Syria’s Raqqa, vow “Stabilization” w/out “Reconstruction”

Middle East Monitor | – – The US government’s aid chief, Mark Green, made an unannounced visit to Raqqa in Syria on Monday, the most […]

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Inequality
World's Richest 1% Acquired 82% of Wealth in 2017: Report

World’s Richest 1% Acquired 82% of Wealth in 2017: Report

TeleSur | – – Only 42 people own the same amount of wealth as the poorest 50 percent worldwide, the report claimed. Nearly 82 percent […]

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Trump Year 2: We refuse to be Terrorized

Trump Year 2: We refuse to be Terrorized

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – A little over a year ago at TomDispatch I wrote about the bloody nightmares rupturing my sleep and the night […]

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Turkey launches Land invasion of Syria, Calls France opposition "Terrorism"

Turkey launches Land invasion of Syria, Calls France opposition “Terrorism”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Arabic reports that Turkey has launched a land invasion of the Kurdish-majority Afrin canton in […]

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