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Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants
China

Even as it Strikes Deals with Trump, the Gulf Embraces Chinese Tech Giants

Neil Thompson

Chinese technology firms are increasingly competing with US ones in major Middle Eastern markets, escalating technology-related US national security concerns. London (Special to Informed Comment; […]

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya

05/13/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

Netanyahu’s Occupation Plan for Gaza means more Suffering for Palestinians and less Security for Israel

05/13/2025 By The Conversation

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In Gaza, Continued Israeli Strikes Still kill Dozens of Palestinians Daily

In Gaza, Continued Israeli Strikes Still kill Dozens of Palestinians Daily

( IMEMC ) – On Friday, day 119 of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army, Air Force and the Navy continued to fire barrages […]

International Middle East Media Center

Iran
Iran says It's 'Not Looking for a War,' But is Ready for one

Iran says It’s ‘Not Looking for a War,’ But is Ready for one

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said during a trip to an impoverished southern region that Tehran is not […]

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Top 3 Things Biden could Do instead of intensively Bombing Iraq and Syria

Top 3 Things Biden could Do instead of intensively Bombing Iraq and Syria

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration launched 85 air strikes on Friday against small bases of the Party of God Brigades (Kata’ib Hizbullah), […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Gaza Faces Famine, Aid Agency UNRWA is Being Defunded on Dubious Grounds

As Gaza Faces Famine, Aid Agency UNRWA is Being Defunded on Dubious Grounds

by Mariam Shah ( Middle East Monitor ) – Since 7 October 2023, the relentless Israeli aggression on Gaza has displaced more than 85 per […]

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia
Girls in Hijab Experience overlapping Forms of Racial and Gendered Violence

Girls in Hijab Experience overlapping Forms of Racial and Gendered Violence

By Salsabel Almanssori, University of Windsor and Muna Saleh, Concordia University of Edmonton | – World Hijab Day recognizes the millions of Muslim women and […]

The Conversation

Constitution
US District Court Judge: "It is every individual’s obligation to confront the current siege in Gaza"

US District Court Judge: “It is every individual’s obligation to confront the current siege in Gaza”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by Palestinian-Americans […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Gaza: Weaponisation of Food has been used in Conflicts for Centuries – but it hasn’t always resulted in Victory

Gaza: Weaponisation of Food has been used in Conflicts for Centuries – but it hasn’t always resulted in Victory

By Greg Kennedy, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – More than half a million Gazans are currently facing “catastrophic hunger”, according to UN […]

The Conversation

Addiction
“Helping” People by Shaming Them — and Canceling Their Civil Rights

“Helping” People by Shaming Them — and Canceling Their Civil Rights

By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com) – Amid ongoing emergencies, including a would-be autocrat on his way to possibly regaining the American presidency […]

Tomdispatch

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Juan Cole on the Mother of all Middle East Crises at "Intercepted"

Juan Cole on the Mother of all Middle East Crises at “Intercepted”

Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain interview Juan Cole at their superb Intercepted podcast at the Intercept . I come in about 12 minutes in. They […]

Juan Cole

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