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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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Israel/ Palestine
No Difference between Netanyahu and Hitler says Erdogan, leader of NATO Member Turkey

No Difference between Netanyahu and Hitler says Erdogan, leader of NATO Member Turkey

( Middle East Monitor ) – There is “no difference” between what Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is doing in the months-long attacks on Gaza and […]

Middle East Monitor

Biodiversity
Climate Change is Further reducing Fish Stocks with Worrisome Implications for Global Food Supplies

Climate Change is Further reducing Fish Stocks with Worrisome Implications for Global Food Supplies

By Stefanie Colombo, Dalhousie University and Aaron MacNeil, Dalhousie University | – The health benefits of eating seafood are appreciated in many cultures which rely […]

The Conversation

Drones
Will US get Drawn in? Houthis Support Gaza by Loosing 17 Drones on Red Sea Traffic, Hit Container Ship

Will US get Drawn in? Houthis Support Gaza by Loosing 17 Drones on Red Sea Traffic, Hit Container Ship

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Houthi movement that rules northern Yemen announced Tuesday that it had again targeted a commercial vessel, the MSC United […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Forced transfer, ‘Moral Imperative’ and Colonial Contempt

Forced transfer, ‘Moral Imperative’ and Colonial Contempt

( Middle East Monitor ) – Two op-eds published on Christmas Day, one by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Wall Street Journal, and […]

Ramona Wadi

Islam
With Palestinian Struggle in Gaza, Tiktok has opened Rare Spaces of Empathy and Learning about Islam

With Palestinian Struggle in Gaza, Tiktok has opened Rare Spaces of Empathy and Learning about Islam

By Nahid Widaatalla, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – The ongoing conflict in Gaza between Hamas and Israel is playing out on screens […]

The Conversation

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Netanyahu Advocates Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians of Gaza: Believe him the First Time

Netanyahu Advocates Ethnically Cleansing Palestinians of Gaza: Believe him the First Time

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The extremist, fascist government of Binyamin Netanyahu continues to press its monstrous, illegal and most of all completely implausible plan […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Recording allegedly catches Trump pressuring Michigan Canvassers to reject 2020 Biden Win

Recording allegedly catches Trump pressuring Michigan Canvassers to reject 2020 Biden Win

By: Jon King – ( Michigan Advance ) – Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said she “wasn’t surprised” by news that former President Donald […]

Michigan Advance

Bill of Rights
Palestine Solidarity Crackdown: Challenges in the US and Europe

Palestine Solidarity Crackdown: Challenges in the US and Europe

By Layla Kattermann and Diala Shamas | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – Israel’s 2023 genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has horrified many around the world […]

Al-Shabaka

Christianity
Pope and Pastor: "Prince of Peace rejected by the futile Logic of War;" "Christ in the Rubble"

Pope and Pastor: “Prince of Peace rejected by the futile Logic of War;” “Christ in the Rubble”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – My mother was a Lutheran and the Coles were Catholics, though my grandfather fell away when he married a woman […]

Juan Cole

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