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How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support
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How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support

Dan Steinbock

Behind the fog of war and the obliteration of Gaza, Israel’s far-right cabinet has escalated the annexation of the West Bank to Israel. New York […]

Do Palestinians deserve a State only if they are Genocided?

Do Palestinians deserve a State only if they are Genocided?

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Trump may be Abandoning Climate Fight, but New Leaders, including China, are Emerging

Trump may be Abandoning Climate Fight, but New Leaders, including China, are Emerging

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If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years

If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years

By Alex Hager/KUNC ( Cronkite News ) The current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Sudan: Urgent Action Needed on Hunger Crisis

Sudan: Urgent Action Needed on Hunger Crisis

Security Council Should Act on Access for Aid Deliveries ( Human Rights Watch ) – (New York, March 15, 2024) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio […]

Human Rights Watch

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Schumer, breaking with Netanyahu, Signals that even Corporate Dems' Support for Israel is no Longer Unconditional

Schumer, breaking with Netanyahu, Signals that even Corporate Dems’ Support for Israel is no Longer Unconditional

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Whether driven by moral compass, or political survival; America’s Democratic leaders are finally recognizing the obvious: The […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Nonviolence in the Holy Land: Fear, Love and Palestine with Sami Awad

Nonviolence in the Holy Land: Fear, Love and Palestine with Sami Awad

  Nonviolence Radio Nonviolence Radio Team     Former Holy Land Trust Executive Director Sami Awad. (Facebook/Sami Awad) Subscribe to “Nonviolence Radio” on Apple Podcasts, […]

Waging Nonviolence

Haredim
Israel’s Army Exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox: A Jewish State divided over the Jewish Religion

Israel’s Army Exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox: A Jewish State divided over the Jewish Religion

By Michael Brenner, American University | – Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
S. Africa Will Arrest Dual Nationals Fighting in Gaza, Demands Halt to Starvation of Palestinians

S. Africa Will Arrest Dual Nationals Fighting in Gaza, Demands Halt to Starvation of Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – South Africa’s Townpress reports that Naledi Pandor, the country’s foreign minister, pledged this week to arrest any South African/ Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Books
The film ‘Dune’: Techno-Orientalism, and Intergalactic Islam

The film ‘Dune’: Techno-Orientalism, and Intergalactic Islam

“Based on Herbert’s 1965 science fiction classic, “Dune” is a tale of a rising duke, intergalactic power struggles, a precious spice, and lethal spaceworms. The […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Donald Trump
Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time: Term 2 Would Be a Thousand Times Worse

Trump Showed Us Who He Is the First Time: Term 2 Would Be a Thousand Times Worse

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently my partner and I had brunch with some old comrades, folks I first met in the 1996 fight to stop […]

Rebecca Gordon

Climate Crisis
In First, Rich Nations Cut CO2 4.5% in ’23 but still Grew, as Coal fell to 1900 Levels

In First, Rich Nations Cut CO2 4.5% in ’23 but still Grew, as Coal fell to 1900 Levels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency issued a report this month that contains a kernel of significant hope for halting the poisoning […]

Juan Cole

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