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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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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

Israel/ Palestine
Is the One-Sided US Response to the Gaza Crisis a Sign of our Civilizational Decline?

Is the One-Sided US Response to the Gaza Crisis a Sign of our Civilizational Decline?

We are all witnessing horrors and carnage going on in the tiny landmass called Gaza – a land squeezed between Egypt and Israel where 2.3 […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Donald Trump
Republican Contradictions: Are they Fascists or Nihilists  — or Both?

Republican Contradictions: Are they Fascists or Nihilists — or Both?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometimes the right wing in this country seems like a riddle wrapped in an enigma encased in a conundrum. Do they […]

Rebecca Gordon

European Union
A Divided European Union can't Even Agree on need for Ceasefire in Israeli Campaign against Gaza

A Divided European Union can’t Even Agree on need for Ceasefire in Israeli Campaign against Gaza

Munich (Special to Informed Comment) – The European Union’s initial response to the current Israel-Hamas war has been chaotic. Shortly after the Hamas terrorist attack […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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Gaza and the Deepening Crisis of Western Democracy

Gaza and the Deepening Crisis of Western Democracy

Cairo (Special to Informed Comment) – Western democracy is under strain, and we have been observing the symptoms of its decline for some time now. […]

Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei

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In War Crime, Israel is Still Blocking Water, Electricity to Gaza's Palestinian Civilians

In War Crime, Israel is Still Blocking Water, Electricity to Gaza’s Palestinian Civilians

Sari Bashi Program Director   @saribashi   ( Human Rights Watch ) – The Israeli government is deliberately deepening the suffering of civilians in Gaza […]

Human Rights Watch

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Palestine Forgotten

Palestine Forgotten

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During the last decade, Israel had come close to achieving what for many of its citizens had […]

Charles Hirschkind

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