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Israel’s Wars are Colonial, Contradicting Biblical Values
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Israel’s Wars are Colonial, Contradicting Biblical Values

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – As missiles fly across West Asia, I recall my trip to Iran where, in 2016, I discovered a […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

06/20/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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European Union Strongly Condemns Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir's Racist Remarks on Palestinians

European Union Strongly Condemns Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir’s Racist Remarks on Palestinians

( Middle East Monitor ) – The EU has “strongly” condemned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s comments on the freedom of movement of Arabs […]

Middle East Monitor

Agriculture
The Real Risk that “Worthless” Forest Carbon Offsets will exacerbate Climate Change

The Real Risk that “Worthless” Forest Carbon Offsets will exacerbate Climate Change

By Julia P G Jones, Bangor University; and Neal Hockley, Bangor University | – In early 2023, the Guardian published an article suggesting that more […]

The Conversation

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The Fascist and the Supermodel:  Ben-Gvir slams Bella Hadid for demanding Palestinian Equality with Israeli Jews

The Fascist and the Supermodel: Ben-Gvir slams Bella Hadid for demanding Palestinian Equality with Israeli Jews

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The saga began when Israel’s extremist Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has a long rap sheet of convictions […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Trump Isn't too Big to Jail -- if we are a Nation of Laws

Trump Isn’t too Big to Jail — if we are a Nation of Laws

By Mitchell Zimmerman The day after Donald Trump was arraigned for his alleged effort to steal the 2020 election, he posted a naked threat: “IF […]

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African-Americans
How some Muslim and non-Muslim Rappers alike embrace Islam's Greeting of Peace

How some Muslim and non-Muslim Rappers alike embrace Islam’s Greeting of Peace

By Margarita Guillory, Boston University and Jeta Luboteni, Boston University | – Ever since the United States’ “war on terror” began, American media has been […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Global Subsidies for Fossil Fuels Skyrocket to $7 trillion per Year, as 2023 Promises to be Hottest on Record

Global Subsidies for Fossil Fuels Skyrocket to $7 trillion per Year, as 2023 Promises to be Hottest on Record

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Imagine a bunch of people who are kidnapped and tortured by being put in a hot room, and their tormentors […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
How Turkey's Opposition Elite enabled Erdoğan and Misled Voters

How Turkey’s Opposition Elite enabled Erdoğan and Misled Voters

Written bySinan Ciddi     ( Globalvoices.org ) – The sources of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s power are vast. In his over twenty years of rule, […]

Global Voices

Anti-intellectualism
Defending Professor Satyel Larson’s Right to Teach her Field freely at Princeton despite Israel Lobbies’ Pressure

Defending Professor Satyel Larson’s Right to Teach her Field freely at Princeton despite Israel Lobbies’ Pressure

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Christopher Eisgruber President, Princeton University fax: 609-258-1615   Professor Gene Jarrett  Dean of the Faculty, Princeton […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Crime
Trump joins a long Line of Thuggish Racketeers who took a Defiant Mug Shot that did them no Good, including Al Capone

Trump joins a long Line of Thuggish Racketeers who took a Defiant Mug Shot that did them no Good, including Al Capone

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The tactic of staring sternly into the camera in defiance when having a mug shot taken after being charged and […]

Juan Cole

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