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Amnesty: So-Called Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ becoming Smokescreen for continued Israeli Genocide
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Amnesty: So-Called Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ becoming Smokescreen for continued Israeli Genocide

Juan Cole

Israeli officials responsible for orchestrating, overseeing and materially committing genocide remain in power

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How Turkiye Plans to use the Spotlight of hosting the next UN Climate Summit

How Turkiye Plans to use the Spotlight of hosting the next UN Climate Summit

11/28/2025 By The Conversation

How ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ inspired Victorian Hedonists

How ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ inspired Victorian Hedonists

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“And we, that now make merry in the Room:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:22

“And we, that now make merry in the Room:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:22

Quatrain no. 22 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám again invokes the image of the way the […]

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Ireland
New Irish President Catherine Connolly’s Victory and Europe’s Moral Rebellion against the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

New Irish President Catherine Connolly’s Victory and Europe’s Moral Rebellion against the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Catherine Connolly’s victory: Europe’s moral rebellion against the Israeli occupation By Adnan Hmidan ( Middle East Monitor ) – When Catherine Connolly was elected President […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
The one Person who could Lead a Palestinian State is Languishing in an Israeli Prison

The one Person who could Lead a Palestinian State is Languishing in an Israeli Prison

By Amin Saikal, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University (The Conversation) – As the future of Gaza hangs in the balance, […]

The Conversation

Academic Freedom
First Circuit Judges Strike down Israel Lobby Suit against MIT for Permitting Gaza Protests

First Circuit Judges Strike down Israel Lobby Suit against MIT for Permitting Gaza Protests

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Erik Uebelacker at Courthouse News Service reports that a three-judge appeals panel of the US Court of Appeals, First Circuit, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
International Activists confront Israeli impunity in the West Bank

International Activists confront Israeli impunity in the West Bank

By providing a “protective presence” in the West Bank, international activists hope to deter unprecedented settler attacks.   By Jaisal Noor ( Waging Nonviolence ) […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
How Wildfires and other Climate Disasters put Health Systems under extreme Pressure

How Wildfires and other Climate Disasters put Health Systems under extreme Pressure

By Bhavini Gohel, University of Calgary (The Conversation) – Wildfires are no longer rare disasters in Canada. They are now an annual reality, and 2025 […]

The Conversation

Agrovoltaics
Iraqi Kurdistan aims at 3 Gigawatts of Solar, as Households and Villages Rush to Rooftop Panels

Iraqi Kurdistan aims at 3 Gigawatts of Solar, as Households and Villages Rush to Rooftop Panels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi Kurdistan is developing an interest in sustainable energy, despite being an oil exporter via Kirkuk. Solar provides little of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians’ Right to Remain — and Return

Peace in Gaza Depends on Palestinians’ Right to Remain — and Return

Trump’s peace plan includes a promise not to expel any Palestinians from Gaza. Can’t that promise be kept? By David Vine | ( Foreign Policy […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Democracy
Syria’s new Leader promised Democracy, but excluded Women from Parliamentary Elections

Syria’s new Leader promised Democracy, but excluded Women from Parliamentary Elections

By Kinda Alsamara, The University of Queensland; Eleanor Gordon, Monash University, and Elliot Dolan-Evans, Monash University (The Conversation) – Women’s political participation is often treated […]

The Conversation

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