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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman
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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to turn Israel into a 21st century version of the Flying Dutchman. […]

Egypt needs more drinkable Water – how windy coastal Resorts could help

Egypt needs more drinkable Water – how windy coastal Resorts could help

07/28/2025 By The Conversation

Easy Money for War Profiteers in the Age of Trump

Easy Money for War Profiteers in the Age of Trump

07/28/2025 By William D. Hartung

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SecState Blinken is Squelching Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Units for Killings or Rapes

SecState Blinken is Squelching Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Units for Killings or Rapes

By Brett Murphy | – ( ProPublica ) – A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple […]

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Colonialism
Colonialists have long used Starvation as a Tool of Oppression

Colonialists have long used Starvation as a Tool of Oppression

By Ateqah Khaki, The Conversation and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation | – In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we continue our conversation about […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Playing Russian Roulette with our Only Planet:  Middle East Gets Failing Grades on Climate Action

Playing Russian Roulette with our Only Planet: Middle East Gets Failing Grades on Climate Action

This is my latest column for Tomdispatch.com. Do check in over there for Tom Engelhardt’s essential introduction. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last September witnessed what […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
Palestinian History: Understanding the Past, Engaging with the Present

Palestinian History: Understanding the Past, Engaging with the Present

My 20-minute presentation on Israel Palestine is the first segment in the below below. In recognition of Arab American Heritage Month and in light of […]

Juan Cole

Artificial Intelligence
A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

( Code Pink ) – The Israeli online magazine +972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system called […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

censorship
The NYT's Palestinian-Israeli Lexicon:  Special Edition of the Ghoul's Glossary

The NYT’s Palestinian-Israeli Lexicon: Special Edition of the Ghoul’s Glossary

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American humorist and, oddly, horror author, Ambrose Bierce (d. 1913), produced a serial, staccato newspaper column consisting of humorous and […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Shadow War no more: With Direct Warfare between Israel and Iran, is there any going Back?

Shadow War no more: With Direct Warfare between Israel and Iran, is there any going Back?

By Javed Ali, University of Michigan | – For decades, Iran and Israel have been engaged in a “shadow war.” Falling short of direct military […]

The Conversation

Anti-intellectualism
Protesting Columbia University's Arbitrary Suspension and Eviction of Students

Protesting Columbia University’s Arbitrary Suspension and Eviction of Students

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Minouche Shafik President, Columbia University officeofthepresident@columbia.edu    Dennis Mitchell Provost, Columbia University dml48@cumc.columbia.edu . […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Israeli Massacres Continue in Gaza, as Returnees to North are Targeted and Refugee Camp is Bombed

Israeli Massacres Continue in Gaza, as Returnees to North are Targeted and Refugee Camp is Bombed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The brief interlude of the Iranian rocket attack on Israel, in which almost all the projectiles were shot down or […]

Juan Cole

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