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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
Donald Trump

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

03/07/2026 By Arnold Oliver

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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Lebanon: Israel's White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement, Human […]

Human Rights Watch

Food Security
Not just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza

Not just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Two Palestinian children died last week of starvation, dehydration and lack of medicine amid […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
How Trump and Netanyahu are Tag-Teaming Biden on Gaza

How Trump and Netanyahu are Tag-Teaming Biden on Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – President Joe Biden has proposed a new peace plan for Gaza, which is provisionally accepted by Hamas. […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
The Enemy is Us: (And I’m not just thinking about Donald Trump)

The Enemy is Us: (And I’m not just thinking about Donald Trump)

( Tomdispatch.com) – Honestly, doesn’t it befuddle you? I mean, don’t you think we humans are kinda mad? And worse yet, at some deep level, […]

Tom Engelhardt

Iran
Iran: President's death has set Hardliners Jostling for to Replace aging Supreme Leader

Iran: President’s death has set Hardliners Jostling for to Replace aging Supreme Leader

By Afshin Shahi, Keele University | – (The Conversation) – The death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash in May plunged Iran […]

The Conversation

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Why do Palestinians always "Die" in the Passive Mood, but Israelis are never named as the Killers?

Why do Palestinians always “Die” in the Passive Mood, but Israelis are never named as the Killers?

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since the creation of Israel on Palestinian land in 1948 and even before then, Israel used language as […]

Mohammed Samaana

censorship
Protesting San José State University’s Suspension of Professor Sang Hea Kil, Advisor of Students for Justice in Palestine

Protesting San José State University’s Suspension of Professor Sang Hea Kil, Advisor of Students for Justice in Palestine

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Cynthia Teniente-Matson President,  San José State University sjsupres@sjsu.edu . . . Dear President Teniente-Matson […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Health Care
Why Are Any of Us Paying for the Scam That is Medicare Advantage?

Why Are Any of Us Paying for the Scam That is Medicare Advantage?

By Thom Hartmann | – ( Commondreams.org) – They’re competing unfairly with Medicare, and you and I are paying for it. It’s obscene. When former […]

Common Dreams

Anti-Zionism
Voices for Justice in Palestine

Voices for Justice in Palestine

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – They gather every Saturday morning on the Greenfield Common, Massachusetts from 11-Noon.  Their signs and banners read: […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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