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

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

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

More Stories

Uncategorized
11 Gis Killed 70 Dead In Oct

11 Gis Killed 70 Dead In Oct

11 GIs Killed; 70 Dead in Oct.; Bush: This is their Tet; Maliki Sees Sistani Iraqi guerrillas killed 11 US troops on Wednesday, one of […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Year One Of Empire Bush Resistance Is

Year One Of Empire Bush Resistance Is

Year One of the Empire Bush: Resistance is Illogical Bush and a supine, cowardly Congress shredded the US Constitution on Tuesday, abolishing the right of […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
31 Percent Increase In Iraq Poverty 60

31 Percent Increase In Iraq Poverty 60

31 Percent Increase in Iraq Poverty 60 Percent Unemployment 30 Bodies Found in Baghdad Sabrina Tavernise reports that US troops were called in by the […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
130 Killed In Wave Of Sectarian

130 Killed In Wave Of Sectarian

130 Killed in Wave of Sectarian Attacks Bush called Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday to reassure him that it was not true that the […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
End Of Press Freedom In Iraq Al Zaman

End Of Press Freedom In Iraq Al Zaman

The End of Press Freedom in Iraq? Al-Zaman, the Times of Baghdad, reports [Ar.] that press freedom may soon be a thing of the past […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Bloodbath In Kirkuk Sunni Radicals

Bloodbath In Kirkuk Sunni Radicals

Bloodbath in Kirkuk; Sunni Radicals seek Islamic Republic; Sunni Party Challenges Confederacies Al-Zaman [Ar.] reports that 5 car bombings killed 11 [late reports say 13], […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Murtha On Administration Name Calling

Murtha On Administration Name Calling

Murtha on Administration Name-Calling Rep. John P. Murtha is among the bravest men in the US Congress. He minds chickenhawks like Dick Cheney and George […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Over 90 Dead In Civil War Violence

Over 90 Dead In Civil War Violence

Over 90 Dead in Civil War Violence Shiite Militiamen Kill 27 Sunnis at Balad Two more US troops were announced killed on Saturday. Enraged by […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Corey Robin On Liberty Versus Security

Corey Robin On Liberty Versus Security

Corey Robin on “Liberty versus Security” Corey Robin’s review essay in the London Review of Books raises a raft of important questions about civil liberties […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2593
  • Page 2594
  • Page 2595
  • Page 2596
  • Page 2597
  • …
  • Page 3021
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Featured

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

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

The Conversation

Climate Crisis

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

The Conversation

Popular

  • Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide
  • The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy
  • Why Even "Progressive" Dem Leaders won't Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC's Undue Influence
  • Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
  • Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US's Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved