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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 […]

Trump’s contravention of the 2014 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2014 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

06/21/2025 By The Conversation

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

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Troops Kill 6 West Bank Palestinian Protesters, including a Minor, as Demonstrations against Israeli Killings of Civilians Break Out

Israeli Troops Kill 6 West Bank Palestinian Protesters, including a Minor, as Demonstrations against Israeli Killings of Civilians Break Out

( IMEMC ) – An 18-year-old Palestinian man and a 13-year-old child were the latest in a long list of civilians killed on Saturday, October […]

International Middle East Media Center

Corporations
Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year — Enough to Wipe Out Medicare Premiums

Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year — Enough to Wipe Out Medicare Premiums

  Jake Johnson ( Commondreams.org ) – A report published Wednesday estimates that privately run, government-funded Medicare Advantage plans are overcharging U.S. taxpayers by up […]

Common Dreams

Death Penalty
US celebrates Nobel for Iran's Narges Mohammadi, but We have Executions, Torture and Prisoner Abuse Too

US celebrates Nobel for Iran’s Narges Mohammadi, but We have Executions, Torture and Prisoner Abuse Too

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize this year to Iranian feminist and human rights worker Narges Mohammadi, 51. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Strategic Weaponization of Water Against Palestine is a War Crime

Israel’s Strategic Weaponization of Water Against Palestine is a War Crime

by Anjuman Rahman AnjumanAleena ( Middle East Monitor ) – The universal human right to water, ensuring “sufficient safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water […]

Middle East Monitor

Green Energy
Price Drops for Clean Technologies could become a Game Changer for Green Energy Transition

Price Drops for Clean Technologies could become a Game Changer for Green Energy Transition

By Carolina Kyllmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The past decade has seen a sharp drop in prices for clean technologies, which […]

Clean Energy Wire

Antisemitism
In Historic Announcement, Biden Bans Anti-Muslim, Anti-Jewish Discrimination under Title VI for Federal Agencies

In Historic Announcement, Biden Bans Anti-Muslim, Anti-Jewish Discrimination under Title VI for Federal Agencies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is a truism that there are some ethnic groups in the United States toward whom it is still permitted […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Top 6 Reasons why Global Temperatures are Breaking all the Records

Top 6 Reasons why Global Temperatures are Breaking all the Records

By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne | – The world is very warm right now. We’re not only seeing record temperatures, but the records […]

The Conversation

Militarization
The Guantánamo Prison Camp may someday be Closed, but it Will leave a Permanent Scar on America’s Conscience

The Guantánamo Prison Camp may someday be Closed, but it Will leave a Permanent Scar on America’s Conscience

( Tomdispatch.com) – For 18 years, I’ve been writing articles for TomDispatch on the never-ending story of the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility. And here’s my […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Christianity
Extremist Minister Ben-Gvir opposes Jailing Ultra-Orthodox who spit on Christians in Jerusalem, as Pope Francis Fumes

Extremist Minister Ben-Gvir opposes Jailing Ultra-Orthodox who spit on Christians in Jerusalem, as Pope Francis Fumes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli journalist Nir Hasson at Haaretz put a spotlight on the disturbing practice of some Ultra-Orthodox Israelis of eastern European […]

Juan Cole

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