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Israel’s Shifting Politics
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Israel’s Shifting Politics

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – PM Benjamin Netanyahu has alienated many in Israeli society, some of whom now revile his leadership: The Times of Israel […]

A new Youth-led Lawsuit is challenging Trump’s Fossil Fuel Orders

A new Youth-led Lawsuit is challenging Trump’s Fossil Fuel Orders

08/03/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Why UK Recognition of a Palestinian State should not be conditional on Israel’s Actions

Why UK Recognition of a Palestinian State should not be conditional on Israel’s Actions

08/03/2025 By The Conversation

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Did Netanyahu Rub Out Hamas' Haniyeh to counter the Rise of Kamala Harris and Demands he negotiate with... Haniyeh?

Did Netanyahu Rub Out Hamas’ Haniyeh to counter the Rise of Kamala Harris and Demands he negotiate with… Haniyeh?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s assassination of Hamas civilian Politburo head Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was a crime, and we all know from police […]

Juan Cole

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US Data Shows Continued Surge in Hate Against Muslims, Palestinians

US Data Shows Continued Surge in Hate Against Muslims, Palestinians

By Jessica Corbett | – ( Commondreams.org ) – A spike in “relentless” Islamophobia across the United States that began in October with Israel’s U.S.-backed […]

Common Dreams

Haredim
Israel's Military starts drafting Ultra-Orthodox Jews, but will they Dodge the Draft on Religious Principle?

Israel’s Military starts drafting Ultra-Orthodox Jews, but will they Dodge the Draft on Religious Principle?

By Michael Brenner, American University | – (The Conversation) – In late July 2024, the Israeli military sent out the first 1,000 conscription notices to […]

The Conversation

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The Olympics banned Russia for Occupying Ukraine, but not Israel, which Occupies Palestinians and has Killed 39K

The Olympics banned Russia for Occupying Ukraine, but not Israel, which Occupies Palestinians and has Killed 39K

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nagham Abu Samrah was 24 years old Palestinian karate champion from Gaza. She had the potential to participate […]

Mohammed Samaana

Health Care
To Win “Medicare for All” First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers

To Win “Medicare for All” First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers

Ed Weisbart ( Commondreams.org ) – Fifty-nine years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law—a high-water mark in the fight for universal healthcare […]

Common Dreams

Food Insecurity

Starvation as a Deliberate Tool of War in Sudan

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox ( Tomdispatch.com ) – For months, we’ve all been able to stay reasonably informed about the wars in […]

Tomdispatch

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Civil War in Israeli Army, Parliament as MPs detain Soldiers for Gang Rape of Palestinian Prisoners at Vault of Horrors

Civil War in Israeli Army, Parliament as MPs detain Soldiers for Gang Rape of Palestinian Prisoners at Vault of Horrors

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Monday, military police raided the Sde Teiman detention center where Palestinian prisoners […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
War Crime: Israelis Circulating Degrading Sexualized Photos of Palestinian Prisoners

War Crime: Israelis Circulating Degrading Sexualized Photos of Palestinian Prisoners

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli forces have been publishing degrading photographs and videos of detained Palestinians, including children, a form of inhumane treatment and […]

Human Rights Watch

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The only Way to address the Threat of Microplastics in the Great Lakes is to Cut Plastic Production and Consumption

The only Way to address the Threat of Microplastics in the Great Lakes is to Cut Plastic Production and Consumption

By Lewis Alcott, University of Bristol; Fereidoun Rezanezhad, University of Waterloo; Nancy Goucher, University of Waterloo; Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo; and Stephanie SlowinskiUniversity […]

The Conversation

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