Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Antisemitism Awareness Act – Protecting Jews from What?
Bill of Rights

Antisemitism Awareness Act – Protecting Jews from What?

H. Scott Prosterman

Last year, Congress proposed the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA) (S.558 and H.R. 1007) to combat anti-Semitism, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sen. Tommy Tuberville and […]

Israeli plan to occupy all of Gaza could open the Door for Annexation of the West Bank

Israeli plan to occupy all of Gaza could open the Door for Annexation of the West Bank

05/09/2025 By The Conversation

The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You

The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You

05/09/2025 By William J. Astore

More Stories

Iraq
Al-Dhari Calls for Dialogue with al-Qaeda; al-Hakim/ Sadr Pact?

Al-Dhari Calls for Dialogue with al-Qaeda; al-Hakim/ Sadr Pact?

In an interview on Aljazeera on Friday, Shaikh Harith al-Dhari of the Association for Muslims Scholars called on Iraqi tribal fighters to cease attacking “al-Qaeda […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Sermons Call for Sunni-Shiite Unity Condemn Biden Plan

Iraq Sermons Call for Sunni-Shiite Unity Condemn Biden Plan

The USG Open Source Center translates passages from Friday sermons carried on Iraqi television: Round-up of Iraqi Friday Sermons 5 OctIraq — OSC SummarySaturday, October […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadrists Accuse Badr of Assassinations US Airstrike Kills 25

Sadrists Accuse Badr of Assassinations US Airstrike Kills 25

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that tensions have heated up in the Shiite South between the Sadr Movement and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (which […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq: Shiite Bloc Distances Itself from Controversial Biden Resolution

Iraq: Shiite Bloc Distances Itself from Controversial Biden Resolution

The USG Open Source Center reports on the way that the United Iraqi Alliance, the largest Shiite bloc, led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim of the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq turns to China for Arms Shiite Bloc Denounces US arming of Sunnis

Iraq turns to China for Arms Shiite Bloc Denounces US arming of Sunnis

WaPo says that the Iraqi government has made a $100 mn. deal with China for the purchase of light weaponry, especially AK-47 assault rifles. Some […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Ahmadinejad Calls for Saudi Cooperation

Ahmadinejad Calls for Saudi Cooperation

The USG Open Source Center has done a report on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s calls for Iran and Saudi Arabia to cooperate in filling the […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Tutu Excluded Double Standard at the University of St. Thomas

Tutu Excluded Double Standard at the University of St. Thomas

Bishop Desmond Tutu has stood all his life for nonviolent peace-making and an end to racism. Obviously, he would be upset about the Israeli mistreatment […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Polish Ambassador Wounded; Maliki: Blackwater Must Go; PM Praises Saudi Fatwa

Polish Ambassador Wounded; Maliki: Blackwater Must Go; PM Praises Saudi Fatwa

Guerrillas injured the Polish ambassador to Iraq on Wednesday with roadside bombs.Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki again insisted on Wednesday that the Blackwater security firm […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
The Arab Dilemma in Hollywood

The Arab Dilemma in Hollywood

Ashraf Khalil at the LAT discusses the dilemma for actors of Arab extraction in Hollywood that they have to play terrorists or they just don’t […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2473
  • Page 2474
  • Page 2475
  • Page 2476
  • Page 2477
  • …
  • Page 2982
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Israel/ Palestine

Humanitarian response in Gaza “on the Verge of Total Collapse” – Red Cross warns

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis

Climate Breakdown: Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat will make for a Hot, Smoky Future

The Conversation

Children

As Israelis Blockade Food to Gaza, 9,000 Children have been Admitted for Acute Malnutrition

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom

Lawsuit alleges former University of Michigan Employees were fired for participating in Protests

Michigan Advance

Popular

  • Trump halts Bombing of Yemen, Reportedly under Saudi Pressure, and to Dismay of Israel
  • American Psycho: Trump's Delusional Crusade Transforms America into a Pariah State
  • Israel Announces New Campaign in Gaza aimed at Complete Occupation and Confining Palestinians to Southern Enclave
  • Pope Francis encouraged Christian-Muslim Dialogue and helped break down Stereotypes
  • Antisemitism Awareness Act – Protecting Jews from What?
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved