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

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 […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Foreign Policy Winners and Losers in Iowa

Foreign Policy Winners and Losers in Iowa

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iowa Caucus voters likely voted mainly on domestic policy issues, though security and terrorism have […]

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Children
Fears of Trafficking: 10,000 Refugee Children Missing In Europe

Fears of Trafficking: 10,000 Refugee Children Missing In Europe

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | — “At least five children and 34 adult refugees died after their boat capsized off the Turkish coast. But […]

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Far Right
Also-Ran Trump urges Thugs to Knock 'the Crap' out of Protesters, will cover Legal Fees

Also-Ran Trump urges Thugs to Knock ‘the Crap’ out of Protesters, will cover Legal Fees

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump has encouraged his followers to commit violence before. Now he’s taking it […]

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Afghanistan
Iran Dragooning Thousands of Undocumented Afghans as Cannon Fodder in Syria

Iran Dragooning Thousands of Undocumented Afghans as Cannon Fodder in Syria

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited thousands of undocumented Afghans living there to fight in […]

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Human Rights
After Prisoner Deal, Iranian Nobelist Calls on Tehran to ‘Make Peace With Its Own People’

After Prisoner Deal, Iranian Nobelist Calls on Tehran to ‘Make Peace With Its Own People’

Global Voices Online/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran | – – While expressing joy at Iran’s recent release of four imprisoned Iranian-Americans, Nobel […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
The Great War of Our Time:  Book Review

The Great War of Our Time: Book Review

Book Review By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Michael Morell. The Great War of our Time. The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism, […]

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ISIL kills 70 in bombing of Shiite Area, Damascus, in bid to derail Talks

ISIL kills 70 in bombing of Shiite Area, Damascus, in bid to derail Talks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) claimed responsibility Sunday for bomb attacks in the Syrian capital of Damascus that […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Every day Life under Occupation:  Clashes near Ramallah as Israeli checkpoint strands hundreds

Every day Life under Occupation: Clashes near Ramallah as Israeli checkpoint strands hundreds

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Clashes broke out on Sunday afternoon between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in the village of […]

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Afghanistan
A Teacher in Afghanistan:  Is the Future Democracy or Muslim Extremism?

A Teacher in Afghanistan: Is the Future Democracy or Muslim Extremism?

By Jeffrey E. Stern | (Informed Comment) | – – A few months ago, in downtown Kabul, a small man stood on top of a […]

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