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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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Hostage Families demand Deal, Netanyahu Resignation, in Largest Demonstrations since Oct. 7

Hostage Families demand Deal, Netanyahu Resignation, in Largest Demonstrations since Oct. 7

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saturday evening witnessed the biggest Israeli demonstrations against the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the outbreak of […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Why Iran's Upcoming Presidential Elections Matter

Why Iran’s Upcoming Presidential Elections Matter

By Abolghasem Bayyenat | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Iran is set to hold extraordinary presidential elections in about two weeks following […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Hizbullah
Does Israel really want to Open a Two-Front War by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?

Does Israel really want to Open a Two-Front War by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn […]

The Conversation

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UN:  Israel Flattened Civilian Housing Complexes with 2000-lb. Bombs in absence of Specific Military Target

UN: Israel Flattened Civilian Housing Complexes with 2000-lb. Bombs in absence of Specific Military Target

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report this week on “Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks during […]

Juan Cole

American Jews
Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades

Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades

By Marjorie N. Feld, Babson College | – Since October 2023, American Jews have been engaged in an intense, fractious debate over Israel’s war in […]

The Conversation

Arab Americans
Rupture and Repair:  A report by the Stanford Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities Committee

Rupture and Repair: A report by the Stanford Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities Committee

May 2024 Rupture and Repair is published in pdf format here. Below I excerpt a couple of pages in html with the permission of the […]

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Not your Father's Israel:  Extremist Israeli PM Netanyahu is Playing Biden and Blinken for Fools

Not your Father’s Israel: Extremist Israeli PM Netanyahu is Playing Biden and Blinken for Fools

Though Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries signed onto inviting Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24 in the “spirit […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Food Insecurity
The Looming Famine in Gaza is an Extension of Israel's Colonial Power

The Looming Famine in Gaza is an Extension of Israel’s Colonial Power

By Caroline Lund and Brendan Ciarán Browne ( Middle East Monitor ) – Since October last year, it is estimated that approximately 70,000 tons of […]

Middle East Monitor

art and photography
The Art of the Submarine: Or 5,824 Hiroshima's per Sub

The Art of the Submarine: Or 5,824 Hiroshima’s per Sub

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Walk through any art museum and you’re likely to see a mix of the classical and contemporary, impressionist and surrealist, refined […]

Frida Berrigan

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