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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Bombing Muslims for Peace: Isn't It Time to Put Our Toy Soldiers Away (Along with Our Illusions)?

Bombing Muslims for Peace: Isn’t It Time to Put Our Toy Soldiers Away (Along with Our Illusions)?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Like many American boys of the baby-boomer generation, I played “war” with those old, olive-drab, plastic toy soldiers meant to evoke […]

William J. Astore

Displaced and Refugees
Gaza: Israeli Siege, Palestinian Starvation, and the pre-War Policies that made them Vulnerable

Gaza: Israeli Siege, Palestinian Starvation, and the pre-War Policies that made them Vulnerable

By Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida | – The stories of hunger emerging from war-ravaged Gaza are stark: People resorting to grinding barely […]

The Conversation

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Are there any innocent civilians among Palestinians in Gaza?

Are there any innocent civilians among Palestinians in Gaza?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog said last October that “It is an entire nation out there that is responsible. It is […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Continuation of Zionist Settler Colonialism

The Continuation of Zionist Settler Colonialism

by Jamal Nabulsi  (Al-Shabaka.org ) – The Israeli regime is currently committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, not only indiscriminately bombing Palestinians but actively targeting critical […]

Al-Shabaka

Israel/ Palestine
Amid War, Palestinian-Israeli Peace Work Continues

Amid War, Palestinian-Israeli Peace Work Continues

By Louis Kriesberg | February 14, 2024 ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) The terrible war initiated in October 2023 between Israel and Hamas was […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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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

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