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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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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 […]

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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 […]

Tomdispatch

Displaced and Refugees
If Israel continues War on Gaza for 6 Months, death toll will Exceed 100,000 from Trauma and Disease: Public Health Study

If Israel continues War on Gaza for 6 Months, death toll will Exceed 100,000 from Trauma and Disease: Public Health Study

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-Based Health Impact Projections, a joint report by the the London School of Hygiene and Tropical […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Could the Int'l Court of Justice find that Israel's 56-year Occupation of Palestine is the Crime of Apartheid?

Could the Int’l Court of Justice find that Israel’s 56-year Occupation of Palestine is the Crime of Apartheid?

by Rabia Ali ( Middle East Monitor ) – Emotions ran high yesterday as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) started its hearing on Israel’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Antarctica
A Single Antarctic heatwave or storm can Noticeably Raise the Sea Level

A Single Antarctic heatwave or storm can Noticeably Raise the Sea Level

By Edward Hanna

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