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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Thousands Protest in Israel, Demand Netanyahu Step Down, new Elections, Hostage Deal

Thousands Protest in Israel, Demand Netanyahu Step Down, new Elections, Hostage Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Israeli police dispersed a crowd of demonstrators from a major Tel Aviv […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Will Biden go Big on Diplomacy or on Military Destruction?

Gaza: Will Biden go Big on Diplomacy or on Military Destruction?

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – On the horizon, shimmering like some heavenly ideal, is a grand bargain to end the war in Gaza, […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Why Planting Forests alone is no Panacea for the Climate Crisis

Why Planting Forests alone is no Panacea for the Climate Crisis

By James Weber, University of Reading; and James A. King, University of Sheffield | – (The Conversation) – Tackling climate change by planting trees has […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
UN-Appointed Human Rights Experts Demand Halt of Arms Shipments to Israel for Violations of Laws of War

UN-Appointed Human Rights Experts Demand Halt of Arms Shipments to Israel for Violations of Laws of War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – More than thirty independent experts appointed by the Office of the High Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations […]

Juan Cole

Hamas
Iran’s “Axis of Resistance:” Different Groups, Similar Goals

Iran’s “Axis of Resistance:” Different Groups, Similar Goals

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL ) – Iran’s so-called axis of resistance is a loose network of proxies, Tehran-backed militant groups, and an allied state […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Egypt
Microplastics found in Nile River Fish: Toxic Pollution threatens World’s Longest River

Microplastics found in Nile River Fish: Toxic Pollution threatens World’s Longest River

By Dalia Saad, University of the Witwatersrand | – The Nile is one of the world’s most famous rivers. It’s also Africa’s most important freshwater […]

The Conversation

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The Battle for the Soul of Judaism:  Tribalism, Amalek and the Axial Age Universalism of Isaiah

The Battle for the Soul of Judaism: Tribalism, Amalek and the Axial Age Universalism of Isaiah

Kyoto (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Viewers of Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Vladimir Putin may have been surprised by Putin’s lengthy reference to […]

Brian Victoria

censorship
Social Media Users say their Palestine Content is being Shadow-Banned — How to Know if it’s Happening to You

Social Media Users say their Palestine Content is being Shadow-Banned — How to Know if it’s Happening to You

By Carolina Are, Northumbria University, Newcastle | – Imagine you share an Instagram post about an upcoming protest, but none of your hundreds of followers […]

The Conversation

Anti-Zionism
Eyeless in Gaza: Being Jewish and Being Heartbroken by the War

Eyeless in Gaza: Being Jewish and Being Heartbroken by the War

Introduction by Tom Engelhardt ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I grew up in the least-Jewish Jewish family around in the 1950s. We celebrated Christmas every year […]

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