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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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Palestinians fear their land will be taken by rising Israeli right

Palestinians fear their land will be taken by rising Israeli right

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians are increasingly anxious for the future and are hesitant on a return to negotiations with Israel in the wake of the […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Yemen: Saudi-Led Airstrikes Take Civilian Toll

Yemen: Saudi-Led Airstrikes Take Civilian Toll

Human Rights Watch | – (Beirut) – The Saudi Arabia-led coalition of Arab countries that conducted airstrikes in Yemen on March 26 and 27, 2015, […]

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A Game-Changer in Syrian War?  al-Qaeda-led Factions take Idlib

A Game-Changer in Syrian War? al-Qaeda-led Factions take Idlib

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The provincial capital Idlib, a city of 165,000 in the old days and administrative center of the northwestern […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
ISIL, Yemen, Syria:  Drought, Climate Change and new Wars

ISIL, Yemen, Syria: Drought, Climate Change and new Wars

By David Reed | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – Natural resource scarcity poses a far broader challenge to prosperity and national security than traditional military […]

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Apartheid
French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project

French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project

by IMEMC News | – France-based utility giant Suez Environnement said Wednesday that, because of political sensitivities, it has decided not to take part in […]

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Climate Change
Antarctic Ice Melting Faster than Ever in "Unstoppable Decline"

Antarctic Ice Melting Faster than Ever in “Unstoppable Decline”

By Laurence Padman, Fernando Paolo and Helen Amanda Fricker | (The Conversation) Ask people what they know about Antarctica and they usually mention cold, snow […]

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Houthi
Who Has A Stake In Yemen Fight?

Who Has A Stake In Yemen Fight?

By Michael Scollon | (RFE/RL) – Yemen is at the center of a proxy war between regional heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia. It's the source […]

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Lebanon's Shiite Hizbullah slams Saudi attack on Yemen

Lebanon’s Shiite Hizbullah slams Saudi attack on Yemen

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hizbullah, Lebanese Shiite party-militia, weighed in on Friday on the Saudi intervention in […]

Juan Cole

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Will Indiana 'Religious Freedom' Law permit anti-Gay Discrimination?

Will Indiana ‘Religious Freedom’ Law permit anti-Gay Discrimination?

Jackie Koppell and Jo Ankier | (TheLipTV) “Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a religious freedom bill into law amid pressure from opponents who argue that […]

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