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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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Bin Laden's Curse:  Gaza, Iran and the Reemergence of ISIL

Bin Laden’s Curse: Gaza, Iran and the Reemergence of ISIL

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The responsibility for the bombing in Kerman, Iran, on Wednesday that killed at least 84 people and wounded another 284, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Double Threat: Nukes and Climate Change in 2024

Double Threat: Nukes and Climate Change in 2024

( Tomdispatch.com ) — Honestly, what strange creatures we are. Nothing stops us when it comes to destruction, does it? (And I’m not even thinking […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israel in discussions with Congo to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, Recalling Nazi Madagascar Plan for Jews

Israel in discussions with Congo to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, Recalling Nazi Madagascar Plan for Jews

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli government is increasingly adopting the “voluntary” resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza as official policy, with a high-ranking […]

Middle East Monitor

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How Long can Israel Defy the World?

How Long can Israel Defy the World?

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Palestinians in Gaza are being decimated. Over 20 000 have been killed, mostly women and children. Three times […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Climate Crisis
Renewables cover 52% of Germany's Electricity Demand for First Time in 2023

Renewables cover 52% of Germany’s Electricity Demand for First Time in 2023

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany has generated more than half of the electricity it used this year with […]

Clean Energy Wire

Haredim
Israel’s highest Court protects its Power to curb Government Extremism

Israel’s highest Court protects its Power to curb Government Extremism

By Naomi Schalit, The Conversation | – In the midst of Israel’s fierce war against Hamas in Gaza, the country’s highest court on New Year’s […]

The Conversation

Featured
Can Masha Gessen get an Apology now that Israel’s Smotrich called Gaza a “Ghetto” that Should be Depopulated?

Can Masha Gessen get an Apology now that Israel’s Smotrich called Gaza a “Ghetto” that Should be Depopulated?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The chief characteristic of the current Israeli government of PM Binyamin Netanyahu is the inclusion in it of elements that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Most Americans are Alarmed by Climate Emergency and Gaza Carnage, But Congress is Full of Denialists

Most Americans are Alarmed by Climate Emergency and Gaza Carnage, But Congress is Full of Denialists

Diane Roberts (Florida Phoenix ) – Humans are stupid, and it’s going to get us all killed. Hang on, you say, we humans have built […]

Florida Phoenix

Corporations
Tech “Visionaries” are Actually Holding back Progress with Bloated, Predatory Corporations

Tech “Visionaries” are Actually Holding back Progress with Bloated, Predatory Corporations

By Peter Bloom, >University of Essex | – Technological innovation in the last couple of decades has brought fame and huge wealth to the likes […]

The Conversation

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