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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

08/20/2025 By The Conversation

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

08/20/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

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Israel/ Palestine
Nakba:  Remembering Israel's Massacre of Palestinians at Tantura

Nakba: Remembering Israel’s Massacre of Palestinians at Tantura

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks     ( Middle East Monitor ) – On this day in May 1948, up to 200 Palestinians were massacred by Israeli […]

Middle East Monitor

Asian-Americans
Chinese Immigrants sue over New DeSantis Law in Florida Barring them from Buying Homes or Land

Chinese Immigrants sue over New DeSantis Law in Florida Barring them from Buying Homes or Land

By: Mitch Perry – Chinese citizens who live and work in Florida have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a law recently signed […]

Florida Phoenix

Afghanistan
Women’s secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

Women’s secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

By Jennifer Greenburg, University of Sheffield | – A US Army handbook from 2011 opens one of its chapters with a line from Rudyard Kipling’s […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Extremists led by Minister of Nat'l Security Storm al-Aqsa Mosque Complex, as Turkey Condemns "Fascism"

Israeli Extremists led by Minister of Nat’l Security Storm al-Aqsa Mosque Complex, as Turkey Condemns “Fascism”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that dozens of Israeli squatters, with Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir at their […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
New Medicare-for-All Legislation introduced by Sanders, Jayapal, Dingell, others: Why is the greatest Health System in the World only for the Affluent?

New Medicare-for-All Legislation introduced by Sanders, Jayapal, Dingell, others: Why is the greatest Health System in the World only for the Affluent?

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment) – The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was supposed to contain costs and make insurance for health/mental health care affordable. […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Drones
Military Drones are swarming the Skies of Ukraine and other Conflict Hot Spots – and Anything goes when it comes to International Law

Military Drones are swarming the Skies of Ukraine and other Conflict Hot Spots – and Anything goes when it comes to International Law

By Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University | – Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down. Below, people scramble […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis: Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis: Two Peas in a (White Nationalist) Pod

By Clarence Lusane ( Tomdispatch.com) – He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future

Spain Runs entirely on Green Energy for 9 Hours for First time, in Harbinger of Green Future

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Spain, the world’s 15th largest economy and the fourth-largest in Europe, recently ran for 9 hours entirely on wind, solar […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Extremists' 'Flag March' Reveals the Occupation's Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israeli Extremists’ ‘Flag March’ Reveals the Occupation’s Dilemma in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Hossam Shaker     ( Middle East Monitor ) – The fragility of a position is sometimes exposed when there is an exaggeration of self-confidence […]

Middle East Monitor

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