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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children
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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

09/15/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

09/15/2025 By Michael T. Klare

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Playing Russian Roulette with our Only Planet:  Middle East Gets Failing Grades on Climate Action

Playing Russian Roulette with our Only Planet: Middle East Gets Failing Grades on Climate Action

This is my latest column for Tomdispatch.com. Do check in over there for Tom Engelhardt’s essential introduction. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last September witnessed what […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
Palestinian History: Understanding the Past, Engaging with the Present

Palestinian History: Understanding the Past, Engaging with the Present

My 20-minute presentation on Israel Palestine is the first segment in the below below. In recognition of Arab American Heritage Month and in light of […]

Juan Cole

Artificial Intelligence
A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

( Code Pink ) – The Israeli online magazine +972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system called […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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The NYT's Palestinian-Israeli Lexicon:  Special Edition of the Ghoul's Glossary

The NYT’s Palestinian-Israeli Lexicon: Special Edition of the Ghoul’s Glossary

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American humorist and, oddly, horror author, Ambrose Bierce (d. 1913), produced a serial, staccato newspaper column consisting of humorous and […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Shadow War no more: With Direct Warfare between Israel and Iran, is there any going Back?

Shadow War no more: With Direct Warfare between Israel and Iran, is there any going Back?

By Javed Ali, University of Michigan | – For decades, Iran and Israel have been engaged in a “shadow war.” Falling short of direct military […]

The Conversation

Anti-intellectualism
Protesting Columbia University's Arbitrary Suspension and Eviction of Students

Protesting Columbia University’s Arbitrary Suspension and Eviction of Students

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Minouche Shafik President, Columbia University officeofthepresident@columbia.edu    Dennis Mitchell Provost, Columbia University dml48@cumc.columbia.edu . […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Israeli Massacres Continue in Gaza, as Returnees to North are Targeted and Refugee Camp is Bombed

Israeli Massacres Continue in Gaza, as Returnees to North are Targeted and Refugee Camp is Bombed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The brief interlude of the Iranian rocket attack on Israel, in which almost all the projectiles were shot down or […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
Gun Culture, Israeli Style

Gun Culture, Israeli Style

Mitchell Plitnick  ( Waging Nonviolence ) -Firearms are not uncommon in Israel. Armed security guards have long been a routine sight at shopping malls, clubs, […]

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
Dead on Arrival: Israel's Blowback Genocide

Dead on Arrival: Israel’s Blowback Genocide

By Ellen Cantarow ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Words can’t express the horrors of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. To actually feel the nightmare, you would have […]

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