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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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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

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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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Pegasus: The Zero-Click Threat to Democracy and Human Rights from Israel

Pegasus: The Zero-Click Threat to Democracy and Human Rights from Israel

Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– Pegasus, the main cyber-surveillance weapon developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, had been at the center […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Israel
Lebanon: Israel's White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement, Human […]

Human Rights Watch

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Not just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza

Not just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Two Palestinian children died last week of starvation, dehydration and lack of medicine amid […]

Middle East Monitor

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How Trump and Netanyahu are Tag-Teaming Biden on Gaza

How Trump and Netanyahu are Tag-Teaming Biden on Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – President Joe Biden has proposed a new peace plan for Gaza, which is provisionally accepted by Hamas. […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
The Enemy is Us: (And I’m not just thinking about Donald Trump)

The Enemy is Us: (And I’m not just thinking about Donald Trump)

( Tomdispatch.com) – Honestly, doesn’t it befuddle you? I mean, don’t you think we humans are kinda mad? And worse yet, at some deep level, […]

Tom Engelhardt

Iran
Iran: President's death has set Hardliners Jostling for to Replace aging Supreme Leader

Iran: President’s death has set Hardliners Jostling for to Replace aging Supreme Leader

By Afshin Shahi, Keele University | – (The Conversation) – The death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in May plunged Iran […]

The Conversation

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