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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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Elise Stefanik, proponent of Great Replacement Theory, is no Foe of Racial Bigotry against Jews or Anyone Else

Elise Stefanik, proponent of Great Replacement Theory, is no Foe of Racial Bigotry against Jews or Anyone Else

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) does not care about antisemitism. In the notorious congressional hearing in which she participated last week, […]

Juan Cole

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To Finally Settle the Israel-Palestine Conflict, give it to the UN Security Council

To Finally Settle the Israel-Palestine Conflict, give it to the UN Security Council

Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – In the midst of the post-October 7 war in Gaza, President Biden summarized basic administration markers and policy […]

Benjamin Tua

Displaced and Refugees
Forced Migration as a Strategy of War: Israel's Mass Displacement of Gaza Palestinians

Forced Migration as a Strategy of War: Israel’s Mass Displacement of Gaza Palestinians

By Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine; Adam G. Lichtenheld, Stanford University: and Kelsey Norman, Rice University | – As a result of the monthslong […]

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Egypt
Not "Surrounded by Enemies:" Regional Powers Egypt and Turkey retain Ties with Israel during Gaza  Conflict despite Critical Rhetoric

Not “Surrounded by Enemies:” Regional Powers Egypt and Turkey retain Ties with Israel during Gaza Conflict despite Critical Rhetoric

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A recent conversation in Israel was reported by The Forward: “‘We are surrounded by our enemies,’ muttered a […]

Mohamed Jegham

Apartheid
World Health Organization: Gaza faces Epidemics; 449 Israeli Attacks on Health Services in Palestine

World Health Organization: Gaza faces Epidemics; 449 Israeli Attacks on Health Services in Palestine

( Middle East Monitor ) – World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday confirmed more than 449 attacks on health services in […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Trump 2.0 and the Real Deep State

Trump 2.0 and the Real Deep State

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently, on a commuter train, I ran into an acquaintance who works for a government agency here in Washington, D.C. Soon […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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Half of Palestinians in Gaza are now Starving;  Depriving Civilians of Food is a War Crime

Half of Palestinians in Gaza are now Starving; Depriving Civilians of Food is a War Crime

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations warned on Saturday that half the population of Gaza is now starving. The World Food Programme (WFP) […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Tipping Points are Nearer than you Think — Our New Report Warns of Catastrophic Risk

Climate Tipping Points are Nearer than you Think — Our New Report Warns of Catastrophic Risk

By James Dyke, University of Exeter and David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – It’s now almost inevitable that 2023 will be the warmest year […]

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Arab World
Moscow and Gaza: Is Russia ready for a major Shift in its Middle East Policy?

Moscow and Gaza: Is Russia ready for a major Shift in its Middle East Policy?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Gaza was among the main topics on the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrived in the […]

Ramzy Baroud

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