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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat

The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat

By Julie Poucher Harbin, editor/ Alberto Fernandez | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Dozens of Middle East studies scholars, students and the general public packed a […]

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Holocaust
Muslims who saved Jews from Holocaust Honored  (& Case of Albania)

Muslims who saved Jews from Holocaust Honored (& Case of Albania)

Interfaith Peacemakers | – – [N.B. The interfaith ‘I am your Protector” Campaign, founded by Dani Laurence, last week commemorated in several cities the Muslims […]

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Plutocracy
Rubio wants to give each millionaire $220K by Eliminating Taxes on Stock Earnings

Rubio wants to give each millionaire $220K by Eliminating Taxes on Stock Earnings

Chuck Collins | Inequality.org | – – Bad tax policy ideas never die, they just get recycled. The latest retread is GOP candidate Marco Rubio’s […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia 'Ready' to send Thousands of Ground Troops to Syria

Saudi Arabia ‘Ready’ to send Thousands of Ground Troops to Syria

TeleSur | – – The Saudi military said it is ready to contribute thousands of troops to Syria as part of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State […]

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Barack Obama
Obama Condemns hatred of Muslim-Americans, Affirms their Importance to Nation

Obama Condemns hatred of Muslim-Americans, Affirms their Importance to Nation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama spoke Wednesday at a Baltimore mosque in an explicit pushback against the hatred for […]

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Middle Class
Poll: Most Americans Want Redistribution Of Wealth

Poll: Most Americans Want Redistribution Of Wealth

Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Now that Bernie Sanders knows that people will show up and […]

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Bernie Sanders
Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East

Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East

By Derek Davison | Lobelog | Foreign Politicy in Focus | – – On foreign policy, the Vermont independent’s “political revolution” hasn’t done much to […]

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Foreign Policy
Pentagon, running out of Smart Bombs, will Double anti-ISIL Budget

Pentagon, running out of Smart Bombs, will Double anti-ISIL Budget

TeleSur | – – Despite the deep social and economic issues President Barack Obama is confronted with, military expenditure was conceived as a priority. The […]

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Health
Israel Continues to Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farmlands; Cancer Fears

Israel Continues to Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farmlands; Cancer Fears

By IMEMC | – – Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed chemical substances on farmlands across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing off the crops in the […]

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