As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]
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Who’s the most American? Psychological Studies show a Bias toward White English-Speakers
By Katherine Kinzler, University of Chicago (The Conversation) – In the U.S. and elsewhere, nationality tends to be defined by a set of legal parameters. […]
Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]
US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice
Whether it’s ICC judges or South Africa challenging Israel’s war against Hamas, the result is the same Michael Gumisiriza ( OpenDemocracy.net ) – On 5 […]
Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Senate is on the verge of passing the distinctly misnamed “big beautiful bill.” It is, in fact, one of the […]
Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal […]
Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures
By Ismail Albayrak, Australian Catholic University In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works. (The Conversation) – Ibn Battuta, was born in […]
Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In defense circles, “cutting” the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation. Americans should not confuse that talk […]
Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]
12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict
By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL) – After 12 days of unprecedented direct hostilities, Israel and Iran have agreed to a cease-fire that has brought […]
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