As for Israelites, there is no archeological evidence of them being in Egypt, much less being enslaved.
Main Content
Israel’s highest Court protects its Power to curb Government Extremism
By Naomi Schalit, The Conversation | – In the midst of Israel’s fierce war against Hamas in Gaza, the country’s highest court on New Year’s […]
Can Masha Gessen get an Apology now that Israel’s Smotrich called Gaza a “Ghetto” that Should be Depopulated?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The chief characteristic of the current Israeli government of PM Binyamin Netanyahu is the inclusion in it of elements that […]
Most Americans are Alarmed by Climate Emergency and Gaza Carnage, But Congress is Full of Denialists
Diane Roberts (Florida Phoenix ) – Humans are stupid, and it’s going to get us all killed. Hang on, you say, we humans have built […]
Tech “Visionaries” are Actually Holding back Progress with Bloated, Predatory Corporations
By Peter Bloom, >University of Essex | – Technological innovation in the last couple of decades has brought fame and huge wealth to the likes […]
Extreme Right Israeli Gov’t brands “Illegal” Supreme Court’s upholding of Judicial Review; Divisions Loom amid Gaza War
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the midst of Israel’s brutal total war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza and its apparent failure to attain its […]
Dear President Biden: About your Record on Guns, Arms, and Belligerence
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden Dear Joe, I would wish you a Happy New Year; but it seems trite and […]
Charles Kendal Hirschkind sings “Palestine is Burning.”
Charles Kendal Hirschkind, “Palestine is Burning.” For writings on Israeli assault on Gaza by Charles Hirschkind, see: The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children . Informed […]
The Year’s 10 Good News Stories for Children’s Rights, including Iraqi Curbs on Child Soldiers
Jo Becker Advocacy Director, Children’s Rights Division ( Human Rights Watch) – Grim stories of conflict, abuse, and deprivation seem to confront us every […]
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam: “When New Year’s rainclouds wash the tulip’s face”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the quatrains attributed to the medieval Iranian astronomer Omar Khayyam, the Rubáiyát, the renewal that comes with New Year […]











