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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Letter to Florida State University System Protesting the Policing and Censorship of course Materials relating to Israel/Palestine

Letter to Florida State University System Protesting the Policing and Censorship of course Materials relating to Israel/Palestine

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the Chancellor of the Florida State University System regarding the policing and […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

CO2
How Exporting Fossil Fuels undermines Climate Targets

How Exporting Fossil Fuels undermines Climate Targets

By Bill Hare, Murdoch University | – (The Conversation) – Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this coal and […]

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Saudi Crown Prince fears Assassination if he Recognizes Israel without getting a Palestinian State

Saudi Crown Prince fears Assassination if he Recognizes Israel without getting a Palestinian State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nahal Toosi at Politico reported on Wednesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump, the Candidate from Hell, wants to Make America a Hellhole

Trump, the Candidate from Hell, wants to Make America a Hellhole

Donald Trump is all too literally the candidate from hell and, yes, he’s threatening to take the United States and the world to — no […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
The Rate of Global Heating varies, but Temperatures will rise over Time until we Halt CO2 Emissions

The Rate of Global Heating varies, but Temperatures will rise over Time until we Halt CO2 Emissions

By Christopher Merchant, University of Reading | – A 13-month streak of record-breaking global warmth has ended. From June 2023 until June 2024, air and […]

The Conversation

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Ultra-Orthodox Threaten to Bolt Netanyahu's Government over Prayer at the Temple Mount

Ultra-Orthodox Threaten to Bolt Netanyahu’s Government over Prayer at the Temple Mount

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Times of Israel reported that a schism is brewing on the Israeli right wing. The Ultra-Orthodox object to Jews […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Sadism as a Tool of War in Gaza

Sadism as a Tool of War in Gaza

By Samah Jabr | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Prisoners have recounted being paraded before the Israeli public in cages, being spat at […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
3 Years after the Taliban’s Return, Afghanistan is a broken country facing problems of Terrorism Again

3 Years after the Taliban’s Return, Afghanistan is a broken country facing problems of Terrorism Again

By Amin Saikal, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – This week marks the third year since America’s retreat from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s […]

The Conversation

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Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine – Elastic Empire

Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine – Elastic Empire

Review of Lisa Bhungalia, “Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine” (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2023). Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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