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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

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Unprecedented Damage to Gaza & its People can't be repaired with Just more Aid

Unprecedented Damage to Gaza & its People can’t be repaired with Just more Aid

By Sara Roy, Harvard University In the near three decades that I have been involved with Gaza and her people, I have never seen the […]

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Apartheid
"Pilot Program" of Segregated Buses banning Palestinians in Israel

“Pilot Program” of Segregated Buses banning Palestinians in Israel

AJ+ “The defense minister [Moshe Ya’alon] … hasn’t issued a blanket ban but believes integrated buses are “a recipe for a terror attack.” So he’s […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Women: After 13 Years of War, the Rule of Men, Not Law

Afghanistan’s Women: After 13 Years of War, the Rule of Men, Not Law

By Ann Jones via Tomdispatch.com On September 29th, power in Afghanistan changed hands for the first time in 13 years. At the Arg, the presidential […]

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Far Right Extremist Avigdor Lieberman says Swedish Recognition of Palestine will Strengthen Extremists

Far Right Extremist Avigdor Lieberman says Swedish Recognition of Palestine will Strengthen Extremists

By Juan Cole There was a time when people like Avigdor Lieberman were not welcome in Israeli politics, or, indeed, in Jewish circles in the […]

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Israel
This day in History:  Madrid Arab-Israeli Peace Conference (a Process that Netanyahu later Boasted of Derailing)

This day in History: Madrid Arab-Israeli Peace Conference (a Process that Netanyahu later Boasted of Derailing)

The Madrid peace conference convened October 30, 1991, hosted by President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, aimed at initiating a peace […]

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Islam
Jerusalem tensions over al-Aqsa Mosque turn bloody as Far Right-winger is Shot

Jerusalem tensions over al-Aqsa Mosque turn bloody as Far Right-winger is Shot

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Right-wing Jewish activist Yehuda Glick was shot and injured at a rally in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, Israeli police and medical sources […]

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Constitution
GOP Voter Suppression:  Comedian Louis Black says F#%! it!

GOP Voter Suppression: Comedian Louis Black says F#%! it!

ACLU “At a photo shoot with ACLU’s Voting Rights Project Director Dale Ho, ACLU voting rights ambassador Lewis Black gets so f#%!in’ tired of politicians […]

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Christianity
The Kurdish 3rd Way:  Democracy is “Radical” in Northern Syria

The Kurdish 3rd Way: Democracy is “Radical” in Northern Syria

By Karlos Zurutuza (Inter Press Service) Garbage collection is among the many duties of the Democratic Self-Management in force in the three mainly Kurdish enclaves […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
BDS Success:  Israeli Firm Sodastream Leaves Palestinian West Bank after Boycott

BDS Success: Israeli Firm Sodastream Leaves Palestinian West Bank after Boycott

By Juan Cole AJ+ SodaStream Leaving West Bank After Boycotts AJ+ : “Facing an intensive boycott campaign, the controversial Israeli company that makes home soda […]

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