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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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Palestinian-Israelis:  Hundreds pray outside closed mosque in Beersheba

Palestinian-Israelis: Hundreds pray outside closed mosque in Beersheba

BEERSHEBA (Ma’an) — Some 250 Palestinians performed Friday prayers outside a mosque in Beersheba in southern Israel that Israeli authorities have kept closed since 1948. […]

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Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes

Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The attention span of US television news is so short that it is difficult for it to […]

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Israeli PM Begins Forming Pro-Settlement Coaltion

Israeli PM Begins Forming Pro-Settlement Coaltion

By IMEMC | – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed coalition deals with two parties on Wednesday, in his first steps toward constructing a new […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
The One-State Conundrum:  The Everyday Politics of Confinement in Palestine

The One-State Conundrum: The Everyday Politics of Confinement in Palestine

By Sandy Tolan | (Tomdispatch) | – The SUV slows as it approaches a military kiosk at a break in a dull gray wall. Inside, […]

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Africa
Global Connections:  World History as Social History – a New Synthesis

Global Connections: World History as Social History – a New Synthesis

I and colleagues have just brought out a world history. Because of the fine and exciting writing of my co-authors, it is more than just […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
"We had to destroy Tikrit to save it from ISIL": Recovered Iraqi City a Ghost Town

“We had to destroy Tikrit to save it from ISIL”: Recovered Iraqi City a Ghost Town

By Mustafa Habib | Tikrit | (Niqash.org) – It’s been almost a month since the Islamic State group was expelled from Tikrit. NIQASH went there […]

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Afghanistan
The Middle East Policy of President Bernie Sanders

The Middle East Policy of President Bernie Sanders

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Bernie Sanders opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation of that country. Sanders wanted to […]

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censorship
Don’t Be Fooled by Saudi’s Reshuffle

Don’t Be Fooled by Saudi’s Reshuffle

By Adam Coogle | (Human Rights Watch) | – King Salman’s promotion of his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef to the position of crown prince and […]

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African-Americans
Iran's Khamenei weighs in on Baltimore: 'Hollywood-style Policing'

Iran’s Khamenei weighs in on Baltimore: ‘Hollywood-style Policing’

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV) The anchors debate the following speech from last Sunday of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in which he contrasted […]

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