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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?
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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Israel launched the latest of some 300 raids into Syria in the past few months. Some […]

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

08/09/2025 By Juan Cole

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

08/09/2025 By The Conversation

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Anti-Zionism
Antisemitism and Antizionism: A Dangerous Conflation

Antisemitism and Antizionism: A Dangerous Conflation

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Antisemitism is making the headlines. The Israeli Prime Minister describes as antisemitic the accusation that Israel is committing […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Arab World
Why are Algorithms called Algorithms? A brief History of the Persian Polymath you’ve likely never Heard of

Why are Algorithms called Algorithms? A brief History of the Persian Polymath you’ve likely never Heard of

By Debbie Passey, The University of Melbourne | – (The Conversation) – Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, […]

The Conversation

Dissent
War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a […]

Tomdispatch

Dissent
Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part I on Sea Change Radio with Alex Wise. Transcript below. Or listen here: Pro-Palestinian student protests are […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel wants to destroy Gaza and annex the West Bank, but what do the Palestinians want?

Israel wants to destroy Gaza and annex the West Bank, but what do the Palestinians want?

( Middle East Monitor) – What is taking place in occupied Palestine is not a conflict between more or less equals, but a straightforward case […]

Ramzy Baroud

censorship
Washington U.: Protesting Severe Beating by Police of Prof. Steve Tamari, Arrest, Suspension of Faculty and Students

Washington U.: Protesting Severe Beating by Police of Prof. Steve Tamari, Arrest, Suspension of Faculty and Students

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Dr. Andrew Martin Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis admartin@wustl.edu . . . We write on […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Dissent
This Generation's Vietnam: Students are Protesting Israeli Genocide, meeting Media and Political Vilification

This Generation’s Vietnam: Students are Protesting Israeli Genocide, meeting Media and Political Vilification

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pitching Pro-Palestine protest encampments on their campuses, students risk their futures and physical safety by putting their bodies […]

Dan Dinello

Apartheid
Protesting Israel's Arrest and Continued Questioning of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Protesting Israel’s Arrest and Continued Questioning of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Asher Cohen President, Hebrew University of Jerusalem . . . We write on behalf of the […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Courts
Donald Trump and O.J. Simpson: Testing the Limits of Justice

Donald Trump and O.J. Simpson: Testing the Limits of Justice

By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was the jokes about Trump’s rumored flatulence in the courtroom that pushed me toward despair. And don’t […]

Tomdispatch

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