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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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‘It’s like a war here’: Saudi police raid defiant Eastern Province amid wider conflict with Shia

‘It’s like a war here’: Saudi police raid defiant Eastern Province amid wider conflict with Shia

RT | – One Saudi policeman was killed and four injured during raids on a Shia-dominated oil-rich eastern province, as the Saudi-led coalition bombardment of […]

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Apartheid
Palestine Authority seeks to speed up ICC probe into Israeli war crimes

Palestine Authority seeks to speed up ICC probe into Israeli war crimes

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority is providing new documents to the International Criminal Court to speed up a preliminary probe into possible Israeli war […]

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Israel
Israeli Squatters’ Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

Israeli Squatters’ Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

By Mel Frykberg AL SHUYUKH, Southern West Bank (IPS) – “Exactly which olive trees do you want to see? The Israeli settlers have cut down […]

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Christians
Indiana:  Church of Marijuana founded to Exploit Religious Freedom Act

Indiana: Church of Marijuana founded to Exploit Religious Freedom Act

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) – ““In a classic case of “unintended consequences,” the recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) […]

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Barack Obama
Do GOP Frontrunners have an Iran policy besides Sanctions and Bombs?

Do GOP Frontrunners have an Iran policy besides Sanctions and Bombs?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – President Barack Obama’s negotiations with Iran to ensure that its nuclear enrichment program remains purely civilian, for generating […]

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Desertification
The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

The War in Yemen is Political, Ecological: Forget Sunnis and Shiites

By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) As the Saudi led coalition closes its second week of bombardment in Yemen, the dominant narrative in the […]

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Apartheid
Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

Joint Israeli-Palestinian March for justice for Negev Bedouin Villages

By Silvia Boarini | — JERUSALEM (IPS) – There was a symbolic dimension to a recent four-day march from the periphery of Israel to the […]

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Climate Change
Scotland: Outer Hebrides Island co-op buys Wind Turbine, sells Energy

Scotland: Outer Hebrides Island co-op buys Wind Turbine, sells Energy

Triodos Bank, UK | — “As the southernmost inhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland Barra and Vatersay bear the brunt of whatever weather […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Hamas forces join fight against ISIL in Damascus refugee camp

Hamas forces join fight against ISIL in Damascus refugee camp

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An official in the support network for the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria said Sunday that a Hamas-affiliated group is fighting the […]

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