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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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Israel/ Palestine
Illusions and Obstacles to any Biden Initiative for a 2-State Solution after the Gaza Conflict

Illusions and Obstacles to any Biden Initiative for a 2-State Solution after the Gaza Conflict

Abdullah Khalifa Al-Shayji | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the most prominent results of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and Israel’s genocidal war […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
Gaza: The uncertain Fate of Patients needing Life-Saving Dialysis Treatment

Gaza: The uncertain Fate of Patients needing Life-Saving Dialysis Treatment

By Ali Iqbal, McMaster University; Aliya Khan, McMaster University; and Ben Thomson, Johns Hopkins University | – More than 100 days into the brutal assault […]

The Conversation

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New York Times' Friedman hits new Low with Animalization of Arabs and Iranians

New York Times’ Friedman hits new Low with Animalization of Arabs and Iranians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Calling people animals is a way to dehumanize them, and probably helps convince individuals that the other people around them […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Biden, Whitmer join in condemnation of Wall Street Journal column accusing Dearborn, MI, of Muslim Radicalism

Biden, Whitmer join in condemnation of Wall Street Journal column accusing Dearborn, MI, of Muslim Radicalism

By: Jon King – ( Michigan Advance ) – Reaction to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece about Dearborn intensified through the weekend, as President […]

Michigan Advance

nuclear weapons
Grappling with Nuclear Dangers at 90 Seconds to Midnight

Grappling with Nuclear Dangers at 90 Seconds to Midnight

( Tomdispatch.com ) – What’s in your basement? Mine is full of things I’ve mostly forgotten about — tools I bought for projects I never […]

Frida Berrigan

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Biden Isolated as 85% of Americans fear wider Mideast War, and 50% say Israel has gone Too Far

Biden Isolated as 85% of Americans fear wider Mideast War, and 50% say Israel has gone Too Far

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a new NORC/ AP opinion poll, 50% of Americans say that they believe Israel has gone too far in […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
The State of the Middle East Today -  Juan Cole

The State of the Middle East Today – Juan Cole

Mohammad A. Khalil interviews Juan Cole on the situation in today’s Middle East. MSU Muslim Studies Program: “The Middle East Today: A Conversation with Professor […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Gaza, Continued Israeli Strikes Still kill Dozens of Palestinians Daily

In Gaza, Continued Israeli Strikes Still kill Dozens of Palestinians Daily

( IMEMC ) – On Friday, day 119 of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army, Air Force and the Navy continued to fire barrages […]

International Middle East Media Center

Iran
Iran says It's 'Not Looking for a War,' But is Ready for one

Iran says It’s ‘Not Looking for a War,’ But is Ready for one

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said during a trip to an impoverished southern region that Tehran is not […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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