This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Turkey Suspends Trade with Israel over Gaza: Solidarity or Politics?
Turkey, Israel, boycott, Gaza
Romney Admits Push to Ban TikTok Is Aimed at Censoring News Out of Gaza
A conversation between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Republican senator offered an “incredible historical document” showing how the U.S. views its role in […]
Media Coverage of Campus Protests focuses on Spectacle, rather than Substance
By Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State University | – Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively. For […]
Israel Bans Al Jazeera Journalists, Network, Joining Syria and Iran as Repressive Regime
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Committee to Protect Journalists on Sunday condemned the Israeli cabinet’s decision to ban the Al Jazeera news network in […]
Israeli Violations against Journalists in Palestinian West Bank Multiply
Written by Natacha Danon More than 100 journalists in Gaza have been killed by Israel since it launched its deadly war on the strip, following […]
Why are U.S. Sanctions against Iran’s Oil Exports Ineffective?
By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL ) – Iran is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. But restrictions imposed by the United States […]
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