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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
China

Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Saadi on Impatient Love (Poem of the Day)

Saadi on Impatient Love (Poem of the Day)

By Muslih al-Din “Saadi” Mushrif ibn Abdullah Shirazi | Trans. Reynold A. Nicholson | – – The heart that loves with patience — a stone […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Saudis warn they will withdraw $750 Bn. from US economy if 9/11 Bill Passes

Saudis warn they will withdraw $750 Bn. from US economy if 9/11 Bill Passes

TeleSur | – – The Saudis threatened selling off almost a trillion dollars in U.S. assets if Congress makes it legal to hold Saudi citizens […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel has detained 43 Journalists since October in Palestine, incl. 2 Westerners

Israel has detained 43 Journalists since October in Palestine, incl. 2 Westerners

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists said on Saturday that Israel has detained 43 journalists in […]

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Arab Spring
Thousands protest Gov't in Egypt over Saudi Hegemony

Thousands protest Gov’t in Egypt over Saudi Hegemony

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thousands of Egyptians came into the streets Friday in the first major demonstrations in 2 and […]

Juan Cole

poetry
Walt Whitman: Purpose of the US to found Friendship between East and West

Walt Whitman: Purpose of the US to found Friendship between East and West

Walt Whitman | Leaves of Grass | – – To the East and to the West To the East and to the West, To the […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders at Vatican:  Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

Bernie Sanders at Vatican: Pope has played historical Role in trying to Create a new World Economy

Rome Reports in English | (Video News Report) | – – Rome Reports: “Bernie Sanders speaks at the Vatican”

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Climate Change
Is Exxon a James Bond Villain?  Hiding from us its knowledge of Climate Change for Decades

Is Exxon a James Bond Villain? Hiding from us its knowledge of Climate Change for Decades

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, global warming – Exxon was aware of the risks of […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Parliamentary committee debates racial discrimination in maternity wards

Israeli Parliamentary committee debates racial discrimination in maternity wards

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A meeting of a Knesset committee held Wednesday debated the issue of segregation between Palestinian and […]

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Iraq

Daesh and Territorial Control Reconsidered

By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) | – – It might seem strange to open this essay by speaking about circulation and […]

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