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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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Displaced and Refugees
Headlines and Front Lines: How US News Coverage of Wars in Yemen and Ukraine reveals a Bias in Recording Civilian Harm

Headlines and Front Lines: How US News Coverage of Wars in Yemen and Ukraine reveals a Bias in Recording Civilian Harm

By Esther Brito Ruiz, American University School of International Service and Jeff Bachman, American University School of International Service | – (The Conversation) – War […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Reservists' Revolt against Netanyahu's assault on Courts imperils Cohesion of Military

Israeli Reservists’ Revolt against Netanyahu’s assault on Courts imperils Cohesion of Military

Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2   ( Middle East Monitor ) – As protests continue against the judicial overhaul proposed by the Israeli government, the […]

Middle East Monitor

Arms Sales
America's Perpetual Wars you Aren't Supposed to Notice

America’s Perpetual Wars you Aren’t Supposed to Notice

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In his message to the troops prior to the July 4th weekend, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin offered high praise indeed. […]

William J. Astore

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Israel to deny Palestinian-Israelis Preparation for University, in Exact Parallel to Apartheid South Africa

Israel to deny Palestinian-Israelis Preparation for University, in Exact Parallel to Apartheid South Africa

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – White Power nationalism in South Africa during the Apartheid period from the 1940s until the early 1990s demanded that the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Neoliberalism can’t solve the Climate Crisis:  We Must become Activists

Neoliberalism can’t solve the Climate Crisis: We Must become Activists

  Paul Rogers ( Opendemocracy.net ) – Extreme weather events have increased in frequency and intensity over the past decade, with the last month seeing […]

Open Democracy

Colonialism
The Tapestry of Palestinian History: The Palestine Museum in Bir Zeit

The Tapestry of Palestinian History: The Palestine Museum in Bir Zeit

Naima Morelli naimamorelli   ( Middle East Monitor ) – Duty and care are the words that would best describe the approach of Dr Adila […]

Middle East Monitor

Russia
Ukraine War: Talks in Saudi Arabia give Zelensky an Opportunity to Push his Plan to BRICs and the Global South

Ukraine War: Talks in Saudi Arabia give Zelensky an Opportunity to Push his Plan to BRICs and the Global South

By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham | – As the war in Ukraine escalated on and beyond the existing battlefields with intensified air, drone and […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Minister wants to give “a medal” to Jewish Power Extremist who Allegedly shot to death an unarmed Palestinian Youth

Israeli Minister wants to give “a medal” to Jewish Power Extremist who Allegedly shot to death an unarmed Palestinian Youth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday evening, Israeli squatters in the Palestinian West Bank went wilding at […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
People with Disabilities in Gaza Languish under Blockade after Israeli Airstrikes

People with Disabilities in Gaza Languish under Blockade after Israeli Airstrikes

Abier Almasri Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division   @abier_i @abier_i ( Human Rights Watch ) – Israel’s airstrikes in Jenin in the […]

Human Rights Watch

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Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

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Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

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