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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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African-Americans still struggle for Full Citizenship Rights, Voting Rights

African-Americans still struggle for Full Citizenship Rights, Voting Rights

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – 50 years after the Selma march to Montgomery, African-Americans still face substantial impediments to their full citizenship in […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC

Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC

By Khaled Alashqar | – GAZA CITY (IPS) – “I have lost all meaning in life after the death of my child, I will never […]

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Iran
Some Good News from the Middle East: Obama could end 36-yr U.S.-Iran standoff

Some Good News from the Middle East: Obama could end 36-yr U.S.-Iran standoff

By Chris Toensing | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – There’s not much good news coming out of the Middle East these days. But one reason […]

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Israel
Palestinian from Occupied E. Jerusalem injures 5 Israeli Police in Car Attack

Palestinian from Occupied E. Jerusalem injures 5 Israeli Police in Car Attack

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian ran his vehicle into a group of Israeli officers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli […]

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African-Americans
50 Yrs after Selma - Good News: Black President; Bad News:  Asks for Return of Voting Rights

50 Yrs after Selma – Good News: Black President; Bad News: Asks for Return of Voting Rights

Barack Obama | (Whitehouse.gov) – The White House: “President Obama Delivers Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches” Full text of President Obama’s […]

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Climate Change
The “Hindenburg Trap”:  Dump Oil, Coal & Gas Stocks if you Want to Retire

The “Hindenburg Trap”: Dump Oil, Coal & Gas Stocks if you Want to Retire

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – What is the actual value of the oil, gas and coal fields owned by big energy corporations, which […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
ISIS Vs Climate Change - Which Kills More? Russell Brand The Trews

ISIS Vs Climate Change – Which Kills More? Russell Brand The Trews

Russell Brand | (The Trewes) – “Reaction to the news that President Obama has said the media “absolutely” overstates the threat of terrorism in comparison […]

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History
Iraq: What is the meaning of the Assyrian capital ISIL just demolished?

Iraq: What is the meaning of the Assyrian capital ISIL just demolished?

Channel 4 News | – “[So-called] Islamic State [group] militants looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, government officials say.” […]

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History
ISIL vs the Graven Idols of History

ISIL vs the Graven Idols of History

By Elliott Colla | (Baghdad Central) – ISIS’s destruction of antiquities at the Mosul Museum and the ancient city of Nimrud has generated a lot […]

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