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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?
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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Israel launched the latest of some 300 raids into Syria in the past few months. Some […]

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

08/09/2025 By Juan Cole

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

08/09/2025 By The Conversation

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South Africa lodges Urgent Complaint with Int'l Court of Justice over Israel's Plan to Assault Rafah

South Africa lodges Urgent Complaint with Int’l Court of Justice over Israel’s Plan to Assault Rafah

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The South African government lodged an urgent complaint on Monday at the International Court of Justice against the plan announced […]

Juan Cole

Armenia
Jerusalem: Jewish Settler Movement makes bid for Large Expanse of Christian Armenian Quarter

Jerusalem: Jewish Settler Movement makes bid for Large Expanse of Christian Armenian Quarter

By Svante Lundgren, Lund University | – The Armenian quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City is facing its biggest crisis in a long time. A Jewish […]

The Conversation

Constitution
Throwing out the Constitution: Donald Trump vs. the 14th Amendment

Throwing out the Constitution: Donald Trump vs. the 14th Amendment

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com) – When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did […]

Tomdispatch

Displaced and Refugees
Netherlands Judges Halt Export to Israel of F-35 Parts: "Disproportionate Civilian Casualties including Thousands of Children"

Netherlands Judges Halt Export to Israel of F-35 Parts: “Disproportionate Civilian Casualties including Thousands of Children”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dutch News reports that an appeals court in The Hague, Netherlands, has ruled that the Dutch government must cease sending […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
We Need to Phase out Fossil Fuels Immediately, but Equitably

We Need to Phase out Fossil Fuels Immediately, but Equitably

By Tom Athanasiou | – This essay was originally published in Foreign Policy in Focus Just before the recent climate summit in Dubai, COP28 president […]

Tom Athanasiou

Arab Americans
A Brief History of Dearborn, Michigan - The First Arab-American Majority City in the US

A Brief History of Dearborn, Michigan – The First Arab-American Majority City in the US

By Sally Howell, University of Michigan-Dearborn; and Amny Shuraydi, University of Michigan-Dearborn | – (The Conversation) – Dearborn, Michigan, is a center of Arab American […]

The Conversation

Egypt
Egypt Threatens Netanyahu with End of Camp David Peace Accords if he Invades Rafah

Egypt Threatens Netanyahu with End of Camp David Peace Accords if he Invades Rafah

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is being widely reported based on press leaks that the Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has privately […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Rafah Displacement Plans Catastrophic, Unlawful (HRW)

Israel: Rafah Displacement Plans Catastrophic, Unlawful (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army and other officials to submit to the cabinet a […]

Human Rights Watch

censorship
Public Libraries under MAGA Threat: Banning what Matters

Public Libraries under MAGA Threat: Banning what Matters

( Tomdisptach.com) – When my mother died in 2000, I inherited all her books. Sadly, after several moves and downsizings over the decades, her collection […]

Rebecca Gordon

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