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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Would a US-Iran Deal end US Military Interventions in ME?

Would a US-Iran Deal end US Military Interventions in ME?

RT | – “Nuclear talks have resumed in Switzerland with the US and Iran struggling to clinch a crucial deal ahead of the March deadline. […]

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Arab Americans
Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

Pro-Palestinian ad campaign takes over walls of US cities

By Alex Shams | BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Commuters in cities across the United States were surprised this month to find their daily trips to work […]

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Washington's 2 Air Wars: alongside Iran in Iraq, Saudis in Yemen

Washington’s 2 Air Wars: alongside Iran in Iraq, Saudis in Yemen

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The United States is now involved in two air wars in the Middle East, not to mention more […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama-Netanyahu Tiff worsens: US won't rule out using UN to create Palestine

Obama-Netanyahu Tiff worsens: US won’t rule out using UN to create Palestine

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – President Obama put some further hints out there on Tuesday about how he might proceed on Israeli-Paletinian relations […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
Traitor Senators used Israeli Spies against their own Country

Traitor Senators used Israeli Spies against their own Country

By Cenk Uygur and John Iadaola | (The Young Turks) | – “Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and John Iadaola (https://twitter.com/jiadarola) host of The Young Turks discuss […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
As Yemen crumbles, civilians brace for the worst

As Yemen crumbles, civilians brace for the worst

By Almigdad Mojalli | – SANA’A (IRIN) – Abdu Hasan Dabwan is not willing to let it happen again. Twice before, the 54 year-old says, […]

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Apartheid
Netanyahu’s Victory did us the favor of ending the Charade

Netanyahu’s Victory did us the favor of ending the Charade

By Yigal Bronner | (Informed Comment) – (Jerusalem) | The results of the Israeli elections are good for everybody. Good, because any remaining fog has […]

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Apartheid
Jim Crow in the Holy Land

Jim Crow in the Holy Land

By Phyllis Bennis | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The last days of the campaign sounded an awful lot like the Jim Crow South, when […]

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Mideast Apocalypse 2030:  Why Obama wants the Palestine Issue Solved. Now.

Mideast Apocalypse 2030: Why Obama wants the Palestine Issue Solved. Now.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – It began in Hebron, which Palestinians call “al-Khalil,” the city of Abraham. Hundreds of thousands of Israel squatters […]

Juan Cole

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