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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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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

Books
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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Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson is the Face of the Republican Party: Election Denialist, Forced Birth Enforcer, Homophobe and Christian Zionist

Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson is the Face of the Republican Party: Election Denialist, Forced Birth Enforcer, Homophobe and Christian Zionist

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Disguised as a mild-mannered Clark Kent, Mike Johnson is a raging theocrat under his tailored suit, who believes […]

Dan Dinello

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The Psychological Consequences of the Trauma of War in Gaza

The Psychological Consequences of the Trauma of War in Gaza

By Ali Omidi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a symptom or syndrome that occurs after seeing, directly […]

Middle East Monitor

Anti-intellectualism
Columbia University’s Suspension of Jewish Voices for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine is Arbitrary and Wrong

Columbia University’s Suspension of Jewish Voices for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine is Arbitrary and Wrong

Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association. Minouche Shafik President, Columbia University officeofthepresident@columbia.edu    Provost Dennis Mitchell dml48@cumc.columbia.edu . . .   […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Axis War Crimes against Hospitals in the 1930s and 1940s led to our Int'l Humanitarian Law, which Israel Ignores

Axis War Crimes against Hospitals in the 1930s and 1940s led to our Int’l Humanitarian Law, which Israel Ignores

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Rome Statute underpinning the International Criminal Court, which went into effect in 2002, lists among “War Crimes” “ix) Intentionally […]

Juan Cole

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