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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?
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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Israel launched the latest of some 300 raids into Syria in the past few months. Some […]

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

08/09/2025 By Juan Cole

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

08/09/2025 By The Conversation

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Is ISIL attack on Moscow Concert Blowback for Chechnya and Syria?

Is ISIL attack on Moscow Concert Blowback for Chechnya and Syria?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday an ISIL terrorist team killed dozens of people and wounded over 145 at the Crocus City Music Hall […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Climate Crisis could drive 200 million Africans to Extreme Hunger by 2050

Climate Crisis could drive 200 million Africans to Extreme Hunger by 2050

By Philip Kofi Adom, University of the Witwatersrand | – (The Conversation) – African countries will suffer significant economic loss after 2050 if global warming […]

The Conversation

Arab Americans
Invisible No More: The Gov’t could Soon include Americans of Middle East and N. African Origin in its Data

Invisible No More: The Gov’t could Soon include Americans of Middle East and N. African Origin in its Data

By Simon Marshall-Shah | ( Michigan Advance ) – Without equitable data systems, governmental policies will always come up short of fairly representing all of […]

Michigan Advance

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Purim at the Time of Genocide

Purim at the Time of Genocide

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Jewish holiday of Purim, related in the Book of Esther, celebrates deliverance from a genocide. How to […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Donald Trump
Jared Kushner's Shameful Remarks on Gaza: "I would do my best to move the people out"

Jared Kushner’s Shameful Remarks on Gaza: “I would do my best to move the people out”

( Middle East Monitor ) – “It’s unfortunate that no one’s taking in the refugees,” lamented former White House advisor during the Trump administration Jared […]

Ramona Wadi

Donald Trump
If America were a Trumpian Autocracy: The Lies we'd be Told about War (and so much Else)

If America were a Trumpian Autocracy: The Lies we’d be Told about War (and so much Else)

( Tomdispatch.com ) – We should already be talking about what it would be like, if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, to live under […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Displaced and Refugees
The Prospect of Mass Famine in Gaza is beginning to Change Minds in Washington

The Prospect of Mass Famine in Gaza is beginning to Change Minds in Washington

By Jonathan Este, The Conversation | – (The Conversation) – As the casualty count on the Gaza Strip approaches 32,000 people, in itself a terrible […]

Juan Cole

Canada
Is Canada's Decision to cut Arms Sales to Israel a Bellwether for NATO?

Is Canada’s Decision to cut Arms Sales to Israel a Bellwether for NATO?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The vote in the Canadian parliament this week to halt new arms exports to Israel is of great symbolic importance […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
New Islands are being built at Sea – But they won’t Help Millions made Homeless by sea-level Rise

New Islands are being built at Sea – But they won’t Help Millions made Homeless by sea-level Rise

By Alastair Bonnett, Newcastle University | Dubai’s famous Palm Jumeirah is not the only man-made island to have emerged from the sea this century. Over […]

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