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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

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From Palestine to Slavery, Ron DeSantis' Muzzling of Universities is dooming Florida Higher Education

From Palestine to Slavery, Ron DeSantis’ Muzzling of Universities is dooming Florida Higher Education

Diane Roberts ( Florida Phoenix ) – The American Association of University Professors recently conducted a survey of faculty in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and […]

Florida Phoenix

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza conflict: the US has learned from its ‘forever wars’ – but Israel has not

Gaza conflict: the US has learned from its ‘forever wars’ – but Israel has not

By Rob Geist Pinfold, Durham University | – (The Conversation) – After Hamas’s deadly attacks on October 7, a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip […]

The Conversation

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The Fate of the Children of Gaza under Israeli Bombardment

The Fate of the Children of Gaza under Israeli Bombardment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Of the 2.2 million people living in the Gaza Strip, about half of them are minors. This datum is why […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Domicide: the Destruction of Homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my City, Homs

Domicide: the Destruction of Homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my City, Homs

By Ammar Azzouz, University of Oxford | – This article accompanies an episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast featuring an interview with the author, Ammar […]

The Conversation

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What a Second Trumpocracy would Mean: The Coming Crisis of 2025

What a Second Trumpocracy would Mean: The Coming Crisis of 2025

By Clarence Lusane | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – If he becomes the official nominee of the Republican Party in next year’s presidential race, Donald Trump […]

Tomdispatch

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"These are not the Droids you're Looking For:" Biden and Blinken try to Make the Israeli genocide against Gaza's Palestinians Disappear

“These are not the Droids you’re Looking For:” Biden and Blinken try to Make the Israeli genocide against Gaza’s Palestinians Disappear

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Barak Ravid at Axios reports that when Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Why have Tunisia's Women won so many more Rights than those in Iran?

Why have Tunisia’s Women won so many more Rights than those in Iran?

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment) – To many foreign onlookers, Tunisia and Iran share many common qualities; Both countries are mostly Muslims and both are […]

Mohamed Jegham

Israel/ Palestine
The Reemergence of the Palestinian Statehood Issue (Ian Masters Interviews Juan Cole)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian Statehood Issue (Ian Masters Interviews Juan Cole)

Interview of Juan Cole by Ian Masters, Background Briefing.. Background Briefing with Ian Masters Background Briefing with Ian Masters · The Reemergence of the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

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US Troops in Iraq, Syria, targeted by Shiite Militias in Sympathy with Occupied Palestinians of Gaza

US Troops in Iraq, Syria, targeted by Shiite Militias in Sympathy with Occupied Palestinians of Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, Al-Quds al-`Arabi reports two rockets were fired at `Ayn al-Asad base in al-Anbar Province, Iraq, where US troops […]

Juan Cole

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