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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”

Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”

Santa Cruz, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – HISTORY is always complicated. ELEMENTARY ETHICS is not. “Do not do to others what is hateful to […]

Alan Richards

Human Rights Watch
US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization

Sanctioning Addameer Has Grave Implications for Rights Work in Israel/Palestine and Beyond

Human Rights Watch

Asian-Americans
Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange

By Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University (The Conversation) – When Zohran Mamdani announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City, political observers noted his […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water

Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with Israel’s Channel 14, Minister of Energy Eli Cohen said that “Gaza must remain in ruins for […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Albanese’s ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’ Report

Albanese’s ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’ Report

( Middle East Monitor ) – Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Trump Brings back Torture, Big Time

Trump Brings back Torture, Big Time

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I didn’t want to write this article. In fact, I had something relatively uplifting planned: an Independence Day piece about the […]

Rebecca Gordon

Egypt
Egypt brings Africa’s Largest Wind Farm Online on Red Sea Coast, Powers 1.1 mn. Households

Egypt brings Africa’s Largest Wind Farm Online on Red Sea Coast, Powers 1.1 mn. Households

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The only place I’ve ever heard of along the Egyptian mainland’s Red Sea coast is the resort city of Hurghada […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel confines most Palestinians in Gaza to just 21 sq mi., Kills 112 in One Day

Israel confines most Palestinians in Gaza to just 21 sq mi., Kills 112 in One Day

( IMEMC ) – On Saturday, Day 645 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and Day 114 since Israel violated the mediated ceasefire agreement on March […]

International Middle East Media Center

Christianity
What do the Bible, the Quran and the Torah say about the Justification for War?

What do the Bible, the Quran and the Torah say about the Justification for War?

By Robyn J. Whitaker; Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University, and Suzanne Rutland, University of Sydney (The Conversation) – Wars are often waged in the name […]

The Conversation

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