Informed Comment - Part 268

Jenin has Long been seen as the Capital of Palestinian Resistance and Militancy – The Latest Israeli Raid will do little to Shake that Reputation

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – Israeli troops withdrew from Jenin on July 4, 2023 after two days of heavy aerial bombardment and […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees

Lebanon: Armed Forces Summarily Deporting Syrians

Lebanese Armed Forces have summarily deported thousands of Syrians, including unaccompanied children, back to Syria between April and May 2023. Syrians in Lebanon are living […]

Human Rights Watch

Corruption

Dear Chief Justice John Roberts: Your Rulings Show that you don’t Preside over a Court so much as a Partisan Tribunal

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Dear Chief Justice Roberts. Let me give you a hanky. All those nasty critics of “your” court, […]

Ted Becker

Israel/ Palestine

Netanyahu’s Remarks on Needing Palestine Authority should Prompt a major Paradigm Shift in Occupied Palestine

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is known to be against the establishment of a Palestinian […]

Ramzy Baroud

Algeria

France’s Double Uprising: Will the Earth be Habitable; Will France be Habitable for People of Color?

By Nicolas Haeringer | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – On June 27, Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old French boy of North African descent was murdered by […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis

How Climate Change is causing a Communication Breakdown in the Animal World

By Mahasweta Saha, Plymouth Marine Laboratory | – What do the following changes have in common? Some ant species are struggling to follow trails, as […]

The Conversation

Batteries

On this 4th of July we need to Declare a War of Independence from Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, kicked off the Revolutionary War in earnest, which the Continental Army only […]

Juan Cole

censorship

Iran: New Charges against Journalists

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have brought vague “propaganda” and “national security” charges against three journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. The […]