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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Netanyahu's Botched Hostage Rescue Killed 270, failed to prevent Collapse of his War Cabinet

Netanyahu’s Botched Hostage Rescue Killed 270, failed to prevent Collapse of his War Cabinet

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, against whom warrants have been requested for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, made […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
White Nationalist, anti-LGBTQ Activity on the Rise, annual Hate Report shows

White Nationalist, anti-LGBTQ Activity on the Rise, annual Hate Report shows

By: Ashley Murray – (Florida Phoenix) – WASHINGTON — Emboldened by the mainstreaming of hard-right politics ahead of a presidential election cycle, white nationalist and […]

Florida Phoenix

Climate Crisis
Forests may not benefit from extra CO2, spelling further Danger of Global Heating

Forests may not benefit from extra CO2, spelling further Danger of Global Heating

By Kristine Crous, Western Sydney University; Belinda Medlyn, Western Sydney University; and David S Ellsworth, Western Sydney University | (The Conversation) – As humanity continues […]

The Conversation

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UN: Israel-caused Famine to encompass all Gaza by July, killing as many as 19,800 a Month

UN: Israel-caused Famine to encompass all Gaza by July, killing as many as 19,800 a Month

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new joint report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program warns that even as North […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel, Russia and International Law

Israel, Russia and International Law

By Lawrence S. Wittner | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – International law―the recognized rules of behavior among nations based on customary practices and […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Iran
How Iran’s Leaders are using the “Martyrdom” of President Raisi in the Election Campaign

How Iran’s Leaders are using the “Martyrdom” of President Raisi in the Election Campaign

By Sahar Maranlou, Royal Holloway University of London | – (The Conversation) – Thousands of Iranians came out on the streets to mark the funeral […]

The Conversation

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Comedy as a Tool of Justice

Comedy as a Tool of Justice

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – To most people, comedy can be a source of entertainment, an enjoyment to remove us from our daily […]

Mohamed Jegham

Hizbullah
Lebanon’s Hezbollah is proving to be a serious Problem for Israel

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is proving to be a serious Problem for Israel

By Zainab Younes, London South Bank University | – (The Conversation) – Hezbollah intensified its attacks in northern Israel on June 2, firing barrages of […]

The Conversation

nuclear weapons
Missiles and Bombers and Nukes: The Pentagon's Armageddon Shopping List

Missiles and Bombers and Nukes: The Pentagon’s Armageddon Shopping List

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a late-stage baby boomer, a child of the 1960s, I grew up dreaming about America’s nuclear triad. You may remember […]

William J. Astore

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