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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

09/24/2025 By Frida Berrigan

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Global Warming:  G7's Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World's Poor

Global Warming: G7’s Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World’s Poor

By Sean Buchanan | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON, Jun 6 2015 (IPS) – As heads of state and government of the G7 […]

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Iraq
Weapons of the Wet:  ISIL/ Daesh Cuts water to Iraqi Towns south of Ramadi

Weapons of the Wet: ISIL/ Daesh Cuts water to Iraqi Towns south of Ramadi

Ben Wedeman | (CNN Video) | – – “Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) ISIS has closed off a dam to the north of the Iraqi city of […]

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Iraq needs another National Party:  Tariq Aziz's Baath Party Ruined the Country

Iraq needs another National Party: Tariq Aziz’s Baath Party Ruined the Country

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — Tariq Aziz, the former deputy prime minister and former foreign minister of Iraq, is dead at 79. […]

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Democracy
Surprise!  Corporate Media declining to report on Big Money in Politics

Surprise! Corporate Media declining to report on Big Money in Politics

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “Now more than ever before Americans deserve to know about the need for campaign finance […]

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Democracy
Will the fight against ISIL Bankrupt the Iraqi Gov't?  Is it hemorrhaging hundreds of billions?

Will the fight against ISIL Bankrupt the Iraqi Gov’t? Is it hemorrhaging hundreds of billions?

By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) It’s hard to get an accurate figure on how much Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State group has […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Yemen:  Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children

Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children

RT | (Video report) — “Saudi-led coalition warplanes are continuing to pound Houthi targets in Yemen despite the rebels agreeing to UN-backed peace talks. The […]

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Democracy
Will Turkey's Election end hopes for Turkish-Kurdish Rapprochement?

Will Turkey’s Election end hopes for Turkish-Kurdish Rapprochement?

By Mustafa Gurbuz | (Informed Comment) | – – Whatever the election outcome on Sunday, prospects for Kurdish Peace Process are grim. Yet, regardless whether […]

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Apartheid
The Wrath of Netanyahu:  What does Orange Telecom's departure from Israel really Mean for BDS?

The Wrath of Netanyahu: What does Orange Telecom’s departure from Israel really Mean for BDS?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Stephane Richard, the CEO of the French telecommunnications company Orange embroiled himself in an international incident […]

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Drone Warfare
The True Cost of America's Ongoing Wars:  Sebastian Junger, Spencer Ackerman et al.

The True Cost of America’s Ongoing Wars: Sebastian Junger, Spencer Ackerman et al.

Michael Moynihan, “The Business of Life” | VICE News Video | — “The AUMF (The “Authorization of the Use of Military Force”) was a bill […]

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