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Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide
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Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that his country would completely cut economic relations with Israel, blocking Israeli ships from […]

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

08/31/2025 By The Conversation

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

08/31/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Girls in Hijab Experience overlapping Forms of Racial and Gendered Violence

Girls in Hijab Experience overlapping Forms of Racial and Gendered Violence

By Salsabel Almanssori, University of Windsor and Muna Saleh, Concordia University of Edmonton | – World Hijab Day recognizes the millions of Muslim women and […]

The Conversation

Constitution
US District Court Judge: "It is every individual’s obligation to confront the current siege in Gaza"

US District Court Judge: “It is every individual’s obligation to confront the current siege in Gaza”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by Palestinian-Americans […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Gaza: Weaponisation of Food has been used in Conflicts for Centuries – but it hasn’t always resulted in Victory

Gaza: Weaponisation of Food has been used in Conflicts for Centuries – but it hasn’t always resulted in Victory

By Greg Kennedy, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – More than half a million Gazans are currently facing “catastrophic hunger”, according to UN […]

The Conversation

Addiction
“Helping” People by Shaming Them — and Canceling Their Civil Rights

“Helping” People by Shaming Them — and Canceling Their Civil Rights

By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com) – Amid ongoing emergencies, including a would-be autocrat on his way to possibly regaining the American presidency […]

Tomdispatch

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Juan Cole on the Mother of all Middle East Crises at "Intercepted"

Juan Cole on the Mother of all Middle East Crises at “Intercepted”

Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain interview Juan Cole at their superb Intercepted podcast at the Intercept . I come in about 12 minutes in. They […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Suspending UNRWA Aid Risks Hastening Famine

Gaza: Suspending UNRWA Aid Risks Hastening Famine

Human Rights Watch – (New York) – Governments should continue funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Oil Firms Forced to Consider Full Climate Effects of new Drilling after Landmark Norwegian Court Ruling

Oil Firms Forced to Consider Full Climate Effects of new Drilling after Landmark Norwegian Court Ruling

By Daria Shapovalova, University of Aberdeen | – Norway’s district court in Oslo recently made a decision on fossil fuels that deserves the attention of […]

The Conversation

Antisemitism
Jewish American Dilemmas: Netanyahu's War Crimes, Trumpian Antisemitism and the Fringe Left

Jewish American Dilemmas: Netanyahu’s War Crimes, Trumpian Antisemitism and the Fringe Left

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Let’s face it. Israel under PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi), isn’t helping the fight against global Antisemitism, and […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Displaced and Refugees
Freezing Aid to Gaza: Israel's International War against the UN Relief and Works Agency

Freezing Aid to Gaza: Israel’s International War against the UN Relief and Works Agency

by Dr Binoy Kampmark Imperilled, tormented Palestinians in Gaza had little time to celebrate the January 26 order of the International Court of Justice.  In […]

Middle East Monitor

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