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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
Climate Crisis

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

08/07/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Israel/ Palestine
The New Desaparecidos: Israel and the Enforced Disappearance of Palestinians from Gaza

The New Desaparecidos: Israel and the Enforced Disappearance of Palestinians from Gaza

By Inaam Adib Barkouk Israel has used all means to target Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, in addition to internationally prohibited weapons that wiped […]

Middle East Monitor

Arctic
Global Heating: Alaska's Top-Heavy Glaciers are Melting, approaching an Irreversible Tipping Point

Global Heating: Alaska’s Top-Heavy Glaciers are Melting, approaching an Irreversible Tipping Point

By Bethan Davies, Newcastle University | – (The Conversation) – The melting of one of North America’s largest icefields has accelerated and could soon reach […]

The Conversation

Democracy
Britain's Labour beat the Right, but Must hasten to Win Public Trust and heal Rift with own Left

Britain’s Labour beat the Right, but Must hasten to Win Public Trust and heal Rift with own Left

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Britain’s latest General Election held on 4th July was nothing short of a major political earthquake that put […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Donald Trump
Netanyahu and his bet on Trump

Netanyahu and his bet on Trump

By Antoine Shalhat ( Middle East Monitor ) – It seems that the repercussions of the debate recently held between current US President Joe Biden […]

Middle East Monitor

Archaeology
Ancient Arabian “Standing Stone Circles” show a Complex and Thriving Society

Ancient Arabian “Standing Stone Circles” show a Complex and Thriving Society

By Jane McMahon, University of Sydney | – (The Conversation) – To date, little has been known about people living in north-western Saudi Arabia during […]

The Conversation

Egypt
Centuries of Co-Existence: Jewish Cultural Heritage in Egypt and Morocco

Centuries of Co-Existence: Jewish Cultural Heritage in Egypt and Morocco

Beersheba (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – Amid the prevailing focus on the war and the geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, it is easy […]

Yoram Meital

Displaced and Refugees
Why it's a Mistake that Cultural Heritage is often Overlooked when Assessing Refugee Claims

Why it’s a Mistake that Cultural Heritage is often Overlooked when Assessing Refugee Claims

By Sherine Al Shallah, UNSW Sydney | – (The Conversation) – Cultural heritage has long been targeted during conflict. This includes the destruction of the […]

The Conversation

Australasia
Blinded to all but the Anglo-Saxon “Five Eyes:” The Bias of US Policy toward Asia

Blinded to all but the Anglo-Saxon “Five Eyes:” The Bias of US Policy toward Asia

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Wherever he travels globally, President Biden has sought to project the United States as the rejuvenated leader of a broad coalition […]

Michael T. Klare

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When will Americans let the Palestinian People have their Fourth of July?

When will Americans let the Palestinian People have their Fourth of July?

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Americans are commemorating the Fourth of July today, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Implicit in this holiday […]

Juan Cole

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