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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

09/19/2025 By contributors

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Displaced and Refugees
US must Back UN Protection of Gaza's Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

US must Back UN Protection of Gaza’s Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

By Louis Charbonneau | – United Nations Director @loucharbon ( Human Rights Watch) – This week, US President Joe Biden warned Israel it was losing […]

Human Rights Watch

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Is Hamas the same as ISIL (the so-called 'Islamic State Group')?  No . . . and Yes

Is Hamas the same as ISIL (the so-called ‘Islamic State Group’)? No . . . and Yes

( The Conversation ) – In the aftermath of Hamas’ bloody raid into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, many Israelis and people around the world […]

Brian Glyn Williams

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The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza

The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, a character at one point asks, “But what does it mean, the plague? It’s […]

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced

The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced

By Norman Solomon | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Top American officials in the “national security” establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient […]

Tomdispatch

Armenia
In the Caucasus, the US Priority is Fossil Fuels, not Armenians

In the Caucasus, the US Priority is Fossil Fuels, not Armenians

By Edward Hunt | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Officials in Washington are doubling down on their efforts to create a new […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Why did Biden suddenly accuse Israel of War Crimes in Gaza?

Why did Biden suddenly accuse Israel of War Crimes in Gaza?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, President Joe Biden de facto accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza. He said at a donor event, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Getting Serious about Halting Israeli Genocide

Getting Serious about Halting Israeli Genocide

( Code Pink ) – On Friday, December 8, the UN Security Council met under Article 99 for only the fourth time in the UN’s […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Israel/ Palestine
The Horrors of Gaza: Any Solution to the Current Crisis must Put Palestinians at the Center of Decision-Making

The Horrors of Gaza: Any Solution to the Current Crisis must Put Palestinians at the Center of Decision-Making

Originally published in Hankyoreh. ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The greatest horror of the war between Israel and Gaza is that it shouldn’t […]

John Feffer

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From Kishinev to Gaza

From Kishinev to Gaza

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pogrom. This Russian term denotes a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring Jews and destroying their […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

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