Informed Comment - Part 210

The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, a character at one point asks, “But what does it mean, the plague? It’s […]

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons

The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced

By Norman Solomon | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Top American officials in the “national security” establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient […]

Tomdispatch

Armenia

In the Caucasus, the US Priority is Fossil Fuels, not Armenians

By Edward Hunt | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Officials in Washington are doubling down on their efforts to create a new […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Featured

Why did Biden suddenly accuse Israel of War Crimes in Gaza?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, President Joe Biden de facto accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza. He said at a donor event, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

Getting Serious about Halting Israeli Genocide

( Code Pink ) – On Friday, December 8, the UN Security Council met under Article 99 for only the fourth time in the UN’s […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Israel/ Palestine

The Horrors of Gaza: Any Solution to the Current Crisis must Put Palestinians at the Center of Decision-Making

Originally published in Hankyoreh. ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The greatest horror of the war between Israel and Gaza is that it shouldn’t […]

John Feffer

Featured

From Kishinev to Gaza

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pogrom. This Russian term denotes a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring Jews and destroying their […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza War: A better Understanding of the Violence on both Sides might give us a Chance at a Solution

By Torbjörn Tännsjö, Stockholm University | – Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 marked the beginning of a fresh round of conflict between Israel […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine