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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Lethal Legacy: Revisionism, Neoconservatism, big Money and Corruption
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Lethal Legacy: Revisionism, Neoconservatism, big Money and Corruption

Dan Steinbock

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated against Netanyahu and his cabinet, due to its proposed judicial reforms

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Sudan’s Agony: Surprising Lessons for the US Resistance to Trump

Sudan’s Agony: Surprising Lessons for the US Resistance to Trump

12/15/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Three Things that might Trigger massive Ice Sheet Collapse

Three Things that might Trigger massive Ice Sheet Collapse

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Afghanistan
Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

By Frud Bezhan and Daud Khattak ( RFE/ RL ) – A full-blown conflict between Afghanistan’s Taliban and neighboring Pakistan seemed unthinkable when the hard-line Islamist […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

By Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University (The Conversation) – The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners […]

The Conversation

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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace

The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace

Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – US President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as the first hostages were […]

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Iran
“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

Stanza no. 20 in in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám celebrates wine as a means of escaping lingering shame […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

2 Years since Killing of Issam Abdallah; Attacks on Civilians, Media Continue Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Lebanon’s announcement on October 9, 2025, that […]

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Climate Crisis
Why Trump is not a Death Knell for global Climate Action

Why Trump is not a Death Knell for global Climate Action

By Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland (The Conversation) – In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States President Donald Trump […]

The Conversation

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Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good

Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good

Fariba Amini interviews Rashid Khalid, Edward Said Professor of History Emeritus, Columbia University on the Gaza Ceasefire

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Feminism
Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

By Fereshteh Ghazi and Farangis Najibullah ( RFE / RL ) – Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

For two years, our lives have been on hold amid constant air strikes and fighting. Now, we finally have reason to hope By Hassan Herzallah […]

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