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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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Florida Universities ordered to Scrutinize Course Materials for Criticisms of Israel ("Antisemitism")

Florida Universities ordered to Scrutinize Course Materials for Criticisms of Israel (“Antisemitism”)

By Jay Waagmeester | – ( Florida Phoenix ) – Florida university presidents have been instructed to scan their syllabi for material deemed antisemitic or […]

Florida Phoenix

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Did Turkey Ban Instagram over Shadowbanning Palestine? Why did it Lift the Ban?

Did Turkey Ban Instagram over Shadowbanning Palestine? Why did it Lift the Ban?

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – On August 2, Turkey blocked Instagram, the country’s most popular social network. Although Turkey’s Information Technologies and Communication […]

Volkan Isbasaran

Human Rights
Gaza war: 75 years after signing of the Geneva Conventions, Israel’s deadly attack on a Palestinian school shows their limitations

Gaza war: 75 years after signing of the Geneva Conventions, Israel’s deadly attack on a Palestinian school shows their limitations

By Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, University of Bristol | – (The Conversation) – Gaza is reeling after a missile strike launched by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) targeted […]

The Conversation

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Gaza confronting Israeli-created Famine as Kerem Shalom Food Aid Trucks drop 80% to 24 Trucks a Day

Gaza confronting Israeli-created Famine as Kerem Shalom Food Aid Trucks drop 80% to 24 Trucks a Day

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although the United Nations has not officially declared a famine in Gaza, people living there are in no doubt about […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel killed 1.8% of Gaza's Population, Official Figures Show

Israel killed 1.8% of Gaza’s Population, Official Figures Show

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has killed around 1.8% of Gaza’s population since 7 October amid a devastating war on the enclave, according […]

Middle East Monitor

Human Rights
The Geneva Conventions at 75: do the laws of war still have a fighting chance in today’s bloody world?

The Geneva Conventions at 75: do the laws of war still have a fighting chance in today’s bloody world?

By Marnie Lloydd,New Zealand Centre for Public Law and Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington | – (The Conversation) – It has been […]

The Conversation

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A Friendly Amendment: Trump, Vance and MAGA are not so much Weird as downright Creepy

A Friendly Amendment: Trump, Vance and MAGA are not so much Weird as downright Creepy

Oakland, CA. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The branding of MAGA creeps as “weird” is horribly unfair to all the decent weird people in […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
The World Court says Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Land is Illegal: 4 steps Other Countries can take now

The World Court says Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Land is Illegal: 4 steps Other Countries can take now

By Myra Williamson, Auckland University of Technology | – Peace in the Middle East seems further away than ever. The assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Covering Gaza: The deadliest War for Journalists

Covering Gaza: The deadliest War for Journalists

Written byWalid El Houri ( Globalvoices.org ) – On July 31, Al Jazeera journalists Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi were killed by Israel in the […]

Global Voices

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