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Syrian-Australian Muslim halts Indian-Australian ISIL Attack on Jewish Australians
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Syrian-Australian Muslim halts Indian-Australian ISIL Attack on Jewish Australians

Juan Cole

They made a trip to the Philippines in November and Sajid Akram used an Indian passport, while Naveed used his Australian travel document.

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Soaring West Bank Violence is Fueled by Official Israeli Surrender to Settlers

Soaring West Bank Violence is Fueled by Official Israeli Surrender to Settlers

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Rebuking UC Berkeley over Suspension of Lecturer for Palestine Advocacy

Rebuking UC Berkeley over Suspension of Lecturer for Palestine Advocacy

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Protesting the Firing of Tenured Professor Maura Finkelstein for Criticizing Zionism

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dear President Harring, Provost Furge and Professor Dowd: We write on behalf of the […]

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Climate Crisis
Voting for the End of the World:  How Trump would (Literally) sink the Planet

Voting for the End of the World: How Trump would (Literally) sink the Planet

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Imagine yourself in space, looking down on our world and yet unable to return any time soon. Consider it our bad […]

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Frederick Douglass: The Moral Physician for all Seasons

Frederick Douglass: The Moral Physician for all Seasons

Los Angeles (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Racism, like cancer, seems incurable as it continues to ravage our nation; its social, cultural and political […]

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The Weaponization of Immigrants

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The immigrants were arriving on children’s bicycles and sometimes even in wheelchairs. According to Norwegian law, immigrants couldn’t […]

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Hizbullah
Both Israel and Hezbollah are Blatantly Violating the Laws of War by Harming Civilians

Both Israel and Hezbollah are Blatantly Violating the Laws of War by Harming Civilians

By Emily Crawford, University of Sydney | – (The Conversation) – As the violence between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated dramatically in recent days, civilians […]

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China
At UN, China slams US Sanctions on Iran, Accuses Israel of 'Indiscriminate attacks on Civilians'

At UN, China slams US Sanctions on Iran, Accuses Israel of ‘Indiscriminate attacks on Civilians’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, during his first appearance at the annual UN General Assembly meeting, met on the margins of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Meta’s Oversight Board rules “From the River to the Sea” isn’t Hate Speech

Meta’s Oversight Board rules “From the River to the Sea” isn’t Hate Speech

( Human Rights Watch ) – Earlier this month, Meta’s Oversight Board found that three Facebook posts containing the phrase “From the River to the Sea” […]

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Israel
Lebanese Civilians Flee the South, Fearing an Israeli Invasion - Because they've Seen this Movie Before

Lebanese Civilians Flee the South, Fearing an Israeli Invasion – Because they’ve Seen this Movie Before

By Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College | – (The Conversation) – Lebanese families have been fleeing the country’s south in the thousands amid escalating tensions and […]

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Israeli Campaign against Lebanon could Push Poverty Rate to 50%

Israeli Campaign against Lebanon could Push Poverty Rate to 50%

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF Deputy Representative to Lebanon Ettie Higgins reported from Lebanon on the effects of Monday’s massive attack by Israeli war […]

Juan Cole

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