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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Christianity
The Dangerous Exceptionalism of Christian Zionism

The Dangerous Exceptionalism of Christian Zionism

by Halah Ahmad, Mimi Kirk  ( Al Shabaka ) – In recent years, much has been written about the rise of white supremacist movements in the […]

Al-Shabaka

Israel/ Palestine
No essential Food, Medicine or Basic Services from UN are reaching Gaza under complete Israeli Blockade

No essential Food, Medicine or Basic Services from UN are reaching Gaza under complete Israeli Blockade

By Topher L. McDougal, University of San Diego | – International aid groups are warning that they cannot deliver food and other basic services to […]

The Conversation

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Top Ways Dangerous Cult Hamas Broke Islamic Law with Oct. 7 Massacres

Top Ways Dangerous Cult Hamas Broke Islamic Law with Oct. 7 Massacres

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some American political leaders are talking about a religious war between Christianity and Islam in the aftermath of the Hamas […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority: How Leonard Leo built a machine that is Remaking the American legal system

The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority: How Leonard Leo built a machine that is Remaking the American legal system

By Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz | – ( ProPublica ) – The party guests who arrived on the evening of June 23, […]

ProPublica

Uncategorized
U.S. Warns Of Wider Mideast Conflict As Iran Cautions Israel Ahead Of Gaza Invasion

U.S. Warns Of Wider Mideast Conflict As Iran Cautions Israel Ahead Of Gaza Invasion

( RFE/RL) – The United States has warned that conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas could expand into the wider Middle East, engulfing […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Colonialism
Irish History Resonates in Gaza

Irish History Resonates in Gaza

“I and the public know/ What all schoolchildren learn/ Those to whom evil is done/ do evil in return.” — W. H. Auden | Orono, […]

Hugh J. Curran

Drugs
How to Enroll Intelligently in Medicare –  A Consumers Guide 2024

How to Enroll Intelligently in Medicare – A Consumers Guide 2024

Gainesville, FL (Special to Informed Comment)- Medicare open enrollment season begins October 15th, running through Dec.7, 2023. And very soon, everyone will be bombarded with […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Central Intelligence Agency
The Real U.S. Intelligence Failure in Gaza: For years, U.S. officials have known that dire Conditions in Gaza could lead to violence

The Real U.S. Intelligence Failure in Gaza: For years, U.S. officials have known that dire Conditions in Gaza could lead to violence

By Edward Hunt ( FPIF ) – As officials in Washington scramble to address the rapid outbreak of war in Israel and Palestine, they are […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Israel's Colonial Revenge Genocide in Gaza is only the latest in a Long History of such Massacres

Israel’s Colonial Revenge Genocide in Gaza is only the latest in a Long History of such Massacres

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I find peculiar the conviction of so many politicians in Europe and North America, not to mention Israel itself, that […]

Juan Cole

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