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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi Persecution – A New View of History

How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi Persecution – A New View of History

By Wolf Grune, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – In Nazi Germany, Hertha Reis, a 36-year-old Jewish woman, performed forced labor […]

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Living on a War Planet . . . And Managing not to Notice

Living on a War Planet . . . And Managing not to Notice

By David Bromwich ( Tomdispatch.com ) – A new war, a new alibi. When we think about our latest war — the one that began […]

Tomdispatch

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Putin's Assassination of Prigozhin Decapitates Wagner's Empire in Libya, Sudan, Syria and E. Europe, and Puts Oligarchs on Notice

Putin’s Assassination of Prigozhin Decapitates Wagner’s Empire in Libya, Sudan, Syria and E. Europe, and Puts Oligarchs on Notice

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Russia confirmed Tuesday that Yevgeny Prigozhin, ex-convict oligarch and leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, died in a plane […]

Dan Dinello

Children
Palestinian West Bank: Spike in Israeli Killings of Palestinian Children

Palestinian West Bank: Spike in Israeli Killings of Palestinian Children

The Israeli military and border police forces are killing Palestinian children with virtually no recourse for accountability. Israeli forces should end the routine unlawful use […]

Human Rights Watch

Children
Climate Change Threatens the Rights of Children: The UN Mandates States to Protect Them

Climate Change Threatens the Rights of Children: The UN Mandates States to Protect Them

By Noam Peleg, UNSW Sydney | – (The Conversation) – Climate change is not just an environmental crisis, it’s a human rights crisis. And the […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Minister Eliyahu: The Palestinians aren't under Apartheid, they're Just in a Prison Camp

Israeli Minister Eliyahu: The Palestinians aren’t under Apartheid, they’re Just in a Prison Camp

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Other members of the the extremist Jewish Power Party are adding fuel to the firestorm that broke out last week […]

Juan Cole

European Union
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

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