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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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Food Security
Russia’s Agricultural Warfare: Bomb and Blockade Strategy Imperils World’s Hungry

Russia’s Agricultural Warfare: Bomb and Blockade Strategy Imperils World’s Hungry

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Saudi Arabia is pissed off at Russia. It’s not as if the Gulf state has released any angry […]

John Feffer

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Israeli Extremists Shamefully propose "Puerto Rican" Model for Palestinians

Israeli Extremists Shamefully propose “Puerto Rican” Model for Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yair Wallach in a post at X notes that Jewish Power Party member Amihay Eliyahu proposes that Palestinians be treated […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
How the Prosecutors will Build the case that Trump Knowingly Lied and Intentionally Broke the Law

How the Prosecutors will Build the case that Trump Knowingly Lied and Intentionally Broke the Law

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Harvard University | – What was Donald Trump thinking when he set about trying to maintain the presidency after losing it […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
Biden wants Israel and Saudi Arabia to Normalize, but are Riyadh’s Demands for Nuclearization a Deal Breaker?

Biden wants Israel and Saudi Arabia to Normalize, but are Riyadh’s Demands for Nuclearization a Deal Breaker?

Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2   ( Middle East Monitor ) – Despite US efforts to get Saudi Arabia and Israel to normalise their relations, […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
The New Abnormal:   Living on an ever More Extreme Planet

The New Abnormal: Living on an ever More Extreme Planet

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Hey, who knows? It could be the Gulf Stream collapsing or the planet eternally breaking heat records. But whatever the specifics, […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
Climate Change is the New Mideast Extremism -- Iraq Hottest Place on Earth, as Iran goes into Lockdown

Climate Change is the New Mideast Extremism — Iraq Hottest Place on Earth, as Iran goes into Lockdown

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The deadly effects of ideological extremism in the Middle East for the past few decades have caused governments and journalists […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel didn’t Place Palestinians in “Refugee,” but in Internment Camps

Israel didn’t Place Palestinians in “Refugee,” but in Internment Camps

Thomas Suarez   ( Middle East Monitor ) – During much of 1948, Palestinians driven from their homes by the violence of that terrible year […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
What Happened To Democracy in Turkey?

What Happened To Democracy in Turkey?

Umut Özkırımlı      ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Despite initial skepticism regarding the results of the November 2002 general elections — which saw the […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Science shows the severe Climate Consequences of new Oil, Gas and Coal Production

Science shows the severe Climate Consequences of new Oil, Gas and Coal Production

By Ed Hawkins, University of Reading | – The world has just suffered through its warmest month ever recorded. Heatwaves have swept across southern Europe, […]

The Conversation

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