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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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Gaza War: Artificial Intelligence is radically changing Targeting Speeds and Scale of Civilian Harm

Gaza War: Artificial Intelligence is radically changing Targeting Speeds and Scale of Civilian Harm

By Lauren Gould, Utrecht University; Linde Arentze, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies; and Marijn Hoijtink, University of Antwerp | – (The Conversation) […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump blew up the Iran Nuclear Deal, unleashing Tehran — Can Biden Fix it?

Trump blew up the Iran Nuclear Deal, unleashing Tehran — Can Biden Fix it?

By Bob Dreyfuss ( Tomdispatch.com ) – One, erratic and often unhinged, blew up the U.S.-Iran accord that was the landmark foreign policy achievement of […]

Bob Dreyfuss

Apartheid
Israeli Squatter-Settlers in Palestinian West Bank Expanding at Fastest Rate in History, as they attack Indigenous Towns

Israeli Squatter-Settlers in Palestinian West Bank Expanding at Fastest Rate in History, as they attack Indigenous Towns

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – While the world’s eyes have been on Gaza, Palestinian villages in the West Bank have been subjected to […]

Mohammed Samaana

Books
Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction

Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction

Excerpted from Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction Available from City Lights The center of the world, where recorded civilization […]

Jordan Elgrably

Food Insecurity
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?

Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?

( Code Pink ) – The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Is Washington's Defense of Israel's War destroying the Edifice of the Liberal International Order?

Is Washington’s Defense of Israel’s War destroying the Edifice of the Liberal International Order?

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – We are in an age of firsts. The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel set […]

Ali Abootalebi

Climate Crisis
No, Dubai’s Massive Desert Storm wasn’t Caused by Cloud Seeding; but 2,400 gigatonnes of CO2 is Changing our Climate

No, Dubai’s Massive Desert Storm wasn’t Caused by Cloud Seeding; but 2,400 gigatonnes of CO2 is Changing our Climate

By Richard Washington, University of Oxford | – Some years ago, I found myself making my way up the narrow stairs of a Learjet on […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

( Tomdispatch.com) – Let one old man deal with two others. I turn 80 in July, which makes me just over a year-and-a-half younger than […]

Tom Engelhardt

Apartheid
US House awards Israel $26 Billion so it can go on Killing or Wounding a Palestinian Child every 10 Minutes

US House awards Israel $26 Billion so it can go on Killing or Wounding a Palestinian Child every 10 Minutes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US House of Representatives voted $26 billion for Israel on Saturday to reward it for its ongoing war crimes […]

Juan Cole

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