Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

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

More Stories

Apartheid
Most Palestinians in Gaza are now Displaced at least Twice Over. They have a Right to Choose where to Return

Most Palestinians in Gaza are now Displaced at least Twice Over. They have a Right to Choose where to Return

By Sari Bashi Program Director @saribashi | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – It has been almost four months since Israel began its strikes […]

Human Rights Watch

Genocide
Ruling by UN's Top Court means the U.S. and Canada could be liable for Complicity in Gaza Genocide

Ruling by UN’s Top Court means the U.S. and Canada could be liable for Complicity in Gaza Genocide

By Heidi Matthews, York University, Canada; Faisal A. Bhabha, York University, Canada; and Mohammad Fadel, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – The International […]

The Conversation

Featured
How Biden inherited the War with an Iraqi Shiite Militia from Bush, Trump and Netanyahu

How Biden inherited the War with an Iraqi Shiite Militia from Bush, Trump and Netanyahu

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The “Party of God Brigades” (Kata’ib Hizbullah) of Iraq struck the Tower 22 US military base in the far north […]

Juan Cole

Ecology
How Trees and Forests Heal us and make for Well-Being,

How Trees and Forests Heal us and make for Well-Being,

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Korean scientists have confirmed that walking through forest areas improved older women’s blood pressure, lung capacity and […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Climate Crisis
As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments can’t Afford any other Priority

As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments can’t Afford any other Priority

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In December, the New York Times reported that “Earth is finishing up its warmest year in the past 174 years and […]

Stan Cox

Featured
From the Siege of Leningrad to the Siege of Gaza: Colonialist Mentality

From the Siege of Leningrad to the Siege of Gaza: Colonialist Mentality

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment) – Eighty years ago, on January 27, 1944, people in the street were hugging each other and weeping with joy. […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Israel/ Palestine
UN’s top Court orders Israel to ‘Prevent Genocide’ in Gaza

UN’s top Court orders Israel to ‘Prevent Genocide’ in Gaza

By Michelle Farrell, University of Liverpool | – (The Conversation) – In a landmark decision – and with the whole world watching – the International […]

The Conversation

National Security State
Ron DeSantis: Yet Another Cog in Guantanamo's Torture Machine

Ron DeSantis: Yet Another Cog in Guantanamo’s Torture Machine

Roy Eidelson ( Commondreams.org ) – Recently, there have been troubling revelations about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — a leading 2024 GOP presidential aspirant — […]

Common Dreams

Displaced and Refugees
Israel's Reputation forever Besmirched by UN Court Injunction to Cease Genociding Palestinians

Israel’s Reputation forever Besmirched by UN Court Injunction to Cease Genociding Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Court of Justice’s ruling on “provisional measures” regarding the allegation of genocide against Israel for its behavior in […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 191
  • Page 192
  • Page 193
  • Page 194
  • Page 195
  • …
  • Page 3017
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Climate Crisis

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Human Rights Watch

Antarctica

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

The Conversation

Featured

Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Popular

  • From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming
  • Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts
  • Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
  • America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want
  • The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved