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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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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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Turkey Suspends Trade with Israel over Gaza: Solidarity or Politics?

Turkey Suspends Trade with Israel over Gaza: Solidarity or Politics?

Turkey, Israel, boycott, Gaza

Volkan Isbasaran

censorship
Romney Admits Push to Ban TikTok Is Aimed at Censoring News Out of 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 […]

Common Dreams

Dissent
Media Coverage of Campus Protests focuses on Spectacle, rather than Substance

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 […]

The Conversation

censorship
Israel Bans Al Jazeera Journalists, Network, Joining Syria and Iran as Repressive Regime

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 […]

Juan Cole

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