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Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Hit Israeli Refinery, Military Sites, as Israel does the same to Tehran
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Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Hit Israeli Refinery, Military Sites, as Israel does the same to Tehran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel and Iran continued to trade airstrikes on each other on Saturday. Israel struck the Iranian Ministry of Defense, petroleum […]

Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be ‘Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War’

Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be ‘Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War’

06/15/2025 By Common Dreams

Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major War – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?

Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major War – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?

06/15/2025 By The Conversation

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As US drags out Israel Normalization Deal with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Drifts toward China

As US drags out Israel Normalization Deal with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Drifts toward China

Cairo (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – With the announcement of the expansion of the BRICS bloc many were surprised to see traditional US allies […]

Nick Mehling

Climate Crisis
Young Montanans are fighting Climate Change in Court for all our Sakes

Young Montanans are fighting Climate Change in Court for all our Sakes

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The wording in Article IX, Section 1, of Montana’s constitution couldn’t be clearer: “The state and […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Flood Death Toll in Libya's Derna may reach 20,000

Climate Crisis: Flood Death Toll in Libya’s Derna may reach 20,000

( Middle East Monitor ) – The death toll in Derna as a result of the catastrophic flooding in Libya may reach 20,000, the city’s […]

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Israel/ Palestine
30 Years after Arafat-Rabin Handshake, clear Flaws in Oslo Accords doomed peace Talks to Failure

30 Years after Arafat-Rabin Handshake, clear Flaws in Oslo Accords doomed peace Talks to Failure

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – On Sept. 13, 1993, the world watched as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization […]

The Conversation

China
Mideast AI:  Saudi, UAE Chip imports from US imperiled by Their Close China Ties

Mideast AI: Saudi, UAE Chip imports from US imperiled by Their Close China Ties

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Efforts by Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to join the race […]

Neil Thompson

Anti-intellectualism
‘Era Of Repression’: Iran Purges Ranks Of University Professors Ahead Of Veil Protest Anniversary

‘Era Of Repression’: Iran Purges Ranks Of University Professors Ahead Of Veil Protest Anniversary

By Hannah Kaviani Fereshteh Ghazi ( RFE/RL ) – Encouraging students to hold unauthorized demonstrations. Encouraging students to sing antiestablishment slogans. Encouraging female students to […]

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Anti-intellectualism
Why Defining Criticism of Israeli Policies as “antisemitism” Harms Campus Freedom of Speech (BRISMES)

Why Defining Criticism of Israeli Policies as “antisemitism” Harms Campus Freedom of Speech (BRISMES)

Statement of the British Society for Middle East Studies and the European Legal Support Center on the IHRA Definition of antisemitism as a challenge to […]

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War is not Inevitable, and Social Scientists are Finding Peace Movements more Effective

War is not Inevitable, and Social Scientists are Finding Peace Movements more Effective

Greenfield, MA (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I am heartened each time I come across a study affirming that waging war is not an […]

H. Patricia Hynes

China
The South China Sea’s Resource Wars and Environmental Collapse

The South China Sea’s Resource Wars and Environmental Collapse

By Joshua Frank ( Tomdispatch.com) – It’s an ocean of conflict and ecological decline. Despite its vast size — 1.3 million square miles — the […]

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