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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 Juan Cole

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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700 British artists pledge to boycott Israel until Pal Rights Granted

700 British artists pledge to boycott Israel until Pal Rights Granted

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — 700 British artists have signed a pledge to boycott Israel as long as it “continues to deny basic Palestinian rights,” the latest […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq:  ISIL advances to within 9 miles of 300 US troops at al-Ain Base

Iraq: ISIL advances to within 9 miles of 300 US troops at al-Ain Base

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The Jordanian newspaper al-Dustur [Constitution] reports that Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) has captured the al-Anbar city of al-Baghdadi […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Bad News for US Biotech: GOP's Scott Walker so anti-science he can't affirm Evolution

Bad News for US Biotech: GOP’s Scott Walker so anti-science he can’t affirm Evolution

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks gives his final judgment on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s recent comments […]

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Israel Top Court denies justice to Family of Slain Activist Rachel Corrie

Israel Top Court denies justice to Family of Slain Activist Rachel Corrie

By Sarah Lazare | (Commondreams.org) The family of Rachel Corrie—the 23-year-old U.S. activist crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while nonviolently protesting a […]

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Dissent
Israel bans Palestinian-Israeli Legislator Hanin Zoabi From Elections

Israel bans Palestinian-Israeli Legislator Hanin Zoabi From Elections

By IMEMC News & Agencies | – The Israeli central election committee, on Thursday, passed a vote to exclude Palestinian MK Hanin Zoabi from the […]

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Egypt
'American Terrorist':  Middle East reacts to Murder of 3 Muslim-American Students in N Carolina

‘American Terrorist’: Middle East reacts to Murder of 3 Muslim-American Students in N Carolina

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – If American mass media seemed reluctant to cover the murder of three Muslims students at the University of […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Can Republicans succeed by running on Polluting Planet & New Cold War?

Can Republicans succeed by running on Polluting Planet & New Cold War?

By Michael T. Klare It’s a ritual long familiar to observers of American politics: presidential hopefuls with limited international experience travel to foreign lands and […]

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censorship
“Drastic Decline” Seen in World Press Freedom

“Drastic Decline” Seen in World Press Freedom

By Leila Lemghalef UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – A leading advocacy group warns of a “worldwide deterioration in freedom of information” last year. Out of the […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Gov't AWOL:  It's Shia Militias vs. the Islamic State

Iraqi Gov’t AWOL: It’s Shia Militias vs. the Islamic State

VICE News | – “Last summer, the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) swept from Syria into northern Iraq, routing […]

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