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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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7 steps to end the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine

7 steps to end the Cycle of Violence in Israel and Palestine

The path to peace requires nonviolent action not just from Israelis and Palestinians, but also Americans, the media, aid organizations and others. Mubarak Awad  ( […]

Mubarak Awad

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Saudi Arabia Needs to Show Leadership to avert a Continuing Massacre in Gaza

Saudi Arabia Needs to Show Leadership to avert a Continuing Massacre in Gaza

Eau Claire, Wisconsin (Special to Informed Comment) – The Hamas brazen, surprised incursion into Israel on Saturday, the 7th of October 2023, has already been […]

Ali Abootalebi

Artificial Intelligence
Swarms vs. Swarms: How Intelligent, Artificial or Otherwise, is any of This?

Swarms vs. Swarms: How Intelligent, Artificial or Otherwise, is any of This?

( Tomdispatch.com) – A war with China may not be inevitable, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks observed recently, but it’s a genuine possibility and […]

Michael T. Klare

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

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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

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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

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