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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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War Forever, Everywhere: Unexploded Ordnance and the Weaponry We Leave Behind

War Forever, Everywhere: Unexploded Ordnance and the Weaponry We Leave Behind

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Hezbollah Targets Israeli Airbase as Lebanon-Israel Attacks Escalate; Americans told to Flee

Hezbollah Targets Israeli Airbase as Lebanon-Israel Attacks Escalate; Americans told to Flee

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Hezbollah escalated its rocket attacks on northern Israel and Syria’s Golan Heights occupied by Israel. Some […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
A Ceasefire is not Enough in Gaza

A Ceasefire is not Enough in Gaza

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The numbers are clear. The temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in November last year resulted in the […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Exploding Pagers Operation against Hezbollah was a Highly Illegal Booby Trap

Israel’s Exploding Pagers Operation against Hezbollah was a Highly Illegal Booby Trap

By Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – The operation that used pagers and walkie-talkies to kill members of the […]

The Conversation

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The American Dream isn’t Dead; but it’s on Life Support

The American Dream isn’t Dead; but it’s on Life Support

Portland, Or. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the run-up to the 2024 Presidential election, the concept of the American Dream has become more […]

Thom Hartmann

Afghanistan
Afghan Women have been robbed of Health Care, Education and now their Voices. But they won’t remain Silent

Afghan Women have been robbed of Health Care, Education and now their Voices. But they won’t remain Silent

By Susan Hutchinson, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Last month, the Taliban passed a new “vice and virtue” law, making it illegal […]

The Conversation

Cyber Warfare
From Stuxnet to Gospel to Pager Bombs, Israel is leading the Weaponization of the digital World

From Stuxnet to Gospel to Pager Bombs, Israel is leading the Weaponization of the digital World

By Ibrahim Al-Marashi ( The National ) – A series of pager explosions across Lebanon, and secondary attacks on walkie-talkies the following day, have killed […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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Does Israel’s Weaponizing of Hezbollah Pagers signal the Start of a Regional War?

Does Israel’s Weaponizing of Hezbollah Pagers signal the Start of a Regional War?

Israel’s massive cyber-attack on Lebanon on 17 and 18 September, with the near-simultaneous explosion of 3,000-4,000 pagers and walkie-talkies, has killed a few dozen Hezbollah […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Sudan
Sudan’s civilians urgently need protection: the options for international peacekeeping

Sudan’s civilians urgently need protection: the options for international peacekeeping

By Jenna Russo, City University of New York | – (The Conversation) – In September 2024, the United Nations’ independent fact-finding mission to Sudan issued […]

The Conversation

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