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Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East
China

Under the Sea: China’s Digital Silk Road and the Middle East

Neil Thompson

London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – China-US geopolitical rivalries have manifested in many arenas from esoteric ones like export controls over semiconductor chips, to […]

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

The Obliteration Doctrine, and the West’s Complicity

08/15/2025 By Dan Steinbock

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

No Country is an Island: Trump’s Destruction of Global Heath will Bite us on the Posterior

08/15/2025 By William deBuys

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Israel/ Palestine
How Jewish Nonviolence can help guide the Path forward on Israel-Palestine

How Jewish Nonviolence can help guide the Path forward on Israel-Palestine

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb  ( Waging Nonviolence ) – In an article entitled “What does Jewish law say about the war between Israel and Hamas,” Jay […]

Waging Nonviolence

Children
In the Israel-Hamas Conflict, Children are the Ultimate Pawns -- and Ultimate Victims

In the Israel-Hamas Conflict, Children are the Ultimate Pawns — and Ultimate Victims

By Omer Bartov, Brown University | – (The Conversation) – In 1903, a local mob killed 49 Jews, including several children, and raped and wounded […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Does Biden's Hypocritical Middle East Policy now Threaten our Own Democratic Stability?

Does Biden’s Hypocritical Middle East Policy now Threaten our Own Democratic Stability?

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The political fallout from Israel’s response to the invasion, murders and kidnappings of its innocent civilians is […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Iran
Will Iran attack Israel over Gaza Bombardment?

Will Iran attack Israel over Gaza Bombardment?

By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University | – (The Conversation) – Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from “multiple fronts” if it does not halt […]

Shahram Akbarzadeh

Children
Please Don’t Kill the Children: The Dehumanization of War

Please Don’t Kill the Children: The Dehumanization of War

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug ( Tomdispatch.com ) – When humans embrace the dehumanization of others, we release our ugliest, most destructive selves. Dehumanization is a perverse […]

Tomdispatch

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Netanyahu declares a Holy War of Annihilation on Civilians of Gaza, Citing the Bible

Netanyahu declares a Holy War of Annihilation on Civilians of Gaza, Citing the Bible

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In his speech on Saturday, October 27, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made reference to the Bible’s instructions about the Amalekites, […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Don't Silence Palestinian Voices: Their Absence from News Coverage is Unfair and Harmful

Don’t Silence Palestinian Voices: Their Absence from News Coverage is Unfair and Harmful

By Sarah Gertler | ( Otherwords.org ) – Like many of us, I’ve been glued to media coverage of the terrible violence in Gaza and […]

OtherWords

Arab Americans
How Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian Racism are Manufactured through Disinformation

How Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian Racism are Manufactured through Disinformation

By Jasmin Zine, Wilfrid Laurier University | – (The Conversation) – In political communication, a big lie — what is known as the “illusory truth […]

The Conversation

European Union
Ireland, a leader on Human Rights, Backs UNGA call for Gaza Humanitarian Ceasefire

Ireland, a leader on Human Rights, Backs UNGA call for Gaza Humanitarian Ceasefire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The situation in the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip grew even more dire on Friday, as Israel bombed internet and telecommunications […]

Juan Cole

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