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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike
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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crows demonstrated in Israel against the […]

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

08/10/2025 By ProPublica

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

08/10/2025 By The Conversation

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Having Vanquished Gaza's Hospitals, Israel Turns to bombing Schools, Killing Dozens

Having Vanquished Gaza’s Hospitals, Israel Turns to bombing Schools, Killing Dozens

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Gaza Ministry of Health announced Sunday that on the previous day at least 80 people were killed by the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is there any Hope of a Ceasefire in Gaza?

Is there any Hope of a Ceasefire in Gaza?

By Paul Rogers | – ( OpenDemocracy.net ) – As we near the seventh week of the war in Gaza, the extent of the devastation […]

Open Democracy

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza/ Hiroshima: Could Israel Nuke the Palestinians?

Gaza/ Hiroshima: Could Israel Nuke the Palestinians?

By Joshua Frank | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Israel’s robust military, the fourth-strongest in the world, is ravaging Gaza and, along with armed settlers, […]

Tomdispatch

Bahrain
What does the Gaza Conflict Mean for the UAE, the Abraham Accords and Saudi Normalization?

What does the Gaza Conflict Mean for the UAE, the Abraham Accords and Saudi Normalization?

Exeter, UK (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – When the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with several Arab states such as Bahrain and Morocco, normalized […]

Hamdullah Baycar

Israel/ Palestine
How Colonialist depictions of Palestinians feed Western Stereotypes of eastern "Barbarism"

How Colonialist depictions of Palestinians feed Western Stereotypes of eastern “Barbarism”

Elizabeth Vibert, University of Victoria | – Like so many other Palestinians, my friend Abeer Salah (not her real name) lives in exile. For Salah, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
The Hidden History of Hamas

The Hidden History of Hamas

by Akil N. Awan Follow @Akil_N_Awan on Twitter L ( The National Interest) – The savagery of Hamas’ heinous terrorist attack on October 7, which […]

Akil N. Awan

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Is Israel deliberately Starving the Palestinians of Gaza? WFP Warns of Immediate Possibility of Man-made Famine

Is Israel deliberately Starving the Palestinians of Gaza? WFP Warns of Immediate Possibility of Man-made Famine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the World Food Program of the United Nations urgently announced that Gaza faces widespread food shortages. Abeer Etefa, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
“From the River to the Sea” – A Palestinian Historian explores the Meaning and Intent of a Scrutinized Slogan

“From the River to the Sea” – A Palestinian Historian explores the Meaning and Intent of a Scrutinized Slogan

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – What does the call “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” mean to Palestinians […]

The Conversation

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In the Shadow of War: Life and Fiction in Twenty-First Century America

In the Shadow of War: Life and Fiction in Twenty-First Century America

By Beverly Gologorsky ( Tomdispatch.com) – I’m a voracious reader of American fiction and I’ve noticed something odd in recent years. This country has been […]

Tomdispatch

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As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

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