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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
The leading ‘Day After’ Plans for Palestine-Israel are doomed: Progressives can Do Better

The leading ‘Day After’ Plans for Palestine-Israel are doomed: Progressives can Do Better

Andy Bichlbaum  The Palestine solidarity movement has been an important voice for justice in recent months. It has mobilized millions behind the call for a […]

Waging Nonviolence

Arctic
If melting Glaciers shut down the Atlantic Gulf Stream, Extreme Climate Change Catastrophes will Follow

If melting Glaciers shut down the Atlantic Gulf Stream, Extreme Climate Change Catastrophes will Follow

By René van Westen, Utrecht University; Henk A. Dijkstra, Utrecht University; and Michael Kliphuis, Utrecht University | – Superstorms, abrupt climate shifts and New York […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
A majority of Jewish Democrats and Muslim Democrats agree on one Thing: Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

A majority of Jewish Democrats and Muslim Democrats agree on one Thing: Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll conducted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a Muslim-American think tank based in Michigan, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Number of Solar Batteries doubles to over One Million in Germany in 2023

Number of Solar Batteries doubles to over One Million in Germany in 2023

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s boom in stationary batteries linked to solar PV systems accelerated last year, doubling […]

Clean Energy Wire

Israel/ Palestine
International Court of Justice to Review 57-Year Israeli Occupation

International Court of Justice to Review 57-Year Israeli Occupation

Human Rights Watch – (The Hague) – An unprecedented number of countries and international organizations are expected to participate in the International Court of Justice’s […]

Human Rights Watch

Children
Water Crisis and untreated Sewage could kill more Gaza Palestinians than Bombs: Threat of Infant Mortality

Water Crisis and untreated Sewage could kill more Gaza Palestinians than Bombs: Threat of Infant Mortality

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Arabi al-Jadid reports, “The streets of the Gaza Strip are witnessing a catastrophic environmental crisis due to the mixing of […]

Juan Cole

Counter-Terrorism
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

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