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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

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Rouhani: Iran won’t allow unfair pressure on Qatar

Rouhani: Iran won’t allow unfair pressure on Qatar

Middle East Monitor | – – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that his country does not accept “unjustified and unfair pressure” exerted on the […]

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Donald Trump
As US throws Kurds under the Bus, Is Turkey preparing to invade Syria?

As US throws Kurds under the Bus, Is Turkey preparing to invade Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The BBC reports that Turkish armed forces are massed on the border with Syria in preparation […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Its Central Council calls on PLO to de-Recognize Israel, cease Security Cooperation

Its Central Council calls on PLO to de-Recognize Israel, cease Security Cooperation

IMEMC News | – – The second-highest decision-making body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) decided Monday to call on the executive committee to suspend […]

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Iran
Iran says planned US-backed force inside Syria would fan war

Iran says planned US-backed force inside Syria would fan war

Middle East Monitor | – – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday a new US-backed, 30,000-strong force inside Syria constituted a breach of international […]

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Donald Trump
Trump as the Termite-in-Chief boring away at Global American Influence

Trump as the Termite-in-Chief boring away at Global American Influence

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – As 2017 ended with billionaires toasting their tax cuts and energy executives cheering their unfettered access […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Turkey threatens war against US/Kurdish Force in Syria

Turkey threatens war against US/Kurdish Force in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US announcement that it would form a 30,000 strong policing force in northeast Syria from […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Washington State activists launch ‘Climate Countdown’ for Urgent Legislative Action

Washington State activists launch ‘Climate Countdown’ for Urgent Legislative Action

Brandon Jordan | (Waging Nonviolence) | – – Climate Countdown activists rallied outside the Washington state capitol building in Olympia last week (Twitter / 350 […]

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Climate Change
Not Fighting Climate Change cost $1.5 Trillion Last Year & it is only the Beginning

Not Fighting Climate Change cost $1.5 Trillion Last Year & it is only the Beginning

By Mark Trahant | ( TrahantReports.com ) | – – The Trump administration, and its allies in Congress, are fighting a losing war. They continue […]

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Displaced and Refugees
UN Slams Saudi Arabia for Human Rights Atrocities in Yemen

UN Slams Saudi Arabia for Human Rights Atrocities in Yemen

TeleSur | – – Widespread destruction from the U.S-backed Saudi airstrikes has displaced over a million people in the region. A U.N. report on human […]

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