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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women
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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that an Israeli tank crew fired on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, […]

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

07/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

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Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Review)

Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Review)

  Review of Amahl A. Bishara, Crossing A Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Stanford: University of Stanford Press, 2022).   Barcelona […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Education
University of Michigan Won’t Pay Striking Grads, Rejects Proposals, as Tensions Rise and Professors delay Submission of Grades

University of Michigan Won’t Pay Striking Grads, Rejects Proposals, as Tensions Rise and Professors delay Submission of Grades

By: Jon King –   Updated, 10:42 a.m., 4/24/23 ( Michigan Advance) – Negotiations have hit an impasse between the University of Michigan and the […]

Michigan Advance

Education
Department of History, University of Michigan, Delays Grade Posting until May 12th in Support of Striking Grads

Department of History, University of Michigan, Delays Grade Posting until May 12th in Support of Striking Grads

Monday, April 24, 2023 To the University President, Provost, and Administration: We are deeply troubled by reports that the administration intends to punish faculty, staff, […]

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China
Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured Nation be put back Together?

Peace may finally be returning to Yemen, but can a fractured Nation be put back Together?

By Leena Adel, Curtin University and Ben Rich, Curtin University | – Last month, China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a landmark […]

The Conversation

Archaeology
Egypt in uproar over Netflix’s “Black” Cleopatra, but Race is the Wrong Lens Anyway

Egypt in uproar over Netflix’s “Black” Cleopatra, but Race is the Wrong Lens Anyway

Ann Arbor ( Mustafa Amin at the Akhbar al-Yawm [News Today] reviews the controversy in Egypt over Jada Pinkett Smith’s African Queens series of documentaries […]

Juan Cole

Canada
Recent Mosque attacks raise Questions about the Affinity between White Supremacy and Far-Right Hindu Nationalism

Recent Mosque attacks raise Questions about the Affinity between White Supremacy and Far-Right Hindu Nationalism

By Zeinab Farokhi, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – During Ramadan, a man attacked a mosque in Markham, Ont. He allegedly yelled slurs, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Cementing Gaza’s History by Sketching its Ancient Sites

Cementing Gaza’s History by Sketching its Ancient Sites

  Mohammed Asad   ( Middle East Monitor) – Gaza is a region we hear about often but how much do we know about its […]

Middle East Monitor

China
The Era of Great Power Victory in Wars ended in 1945 and a Wise Power would Avoid them

The Era of Great Power Victory in Wars ended in 1945 and a Wise Power would Avoid them

( Tomdispatch.com) – I was born on July 20, 1944, amid a vast global conflict already known as World War II.  Though it ended with […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
On Earth Day, 69% of Americans want Carbon Neutrality, with Minorities and Youth in the Vanguard

On Earth Day, 69% of Americans want Carbon Neutrality, with Minorities and Youth in the Vanguard

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Earth Day, 2023, big public events were held by activists across the US (and across the world). But activists […]

Juan Cole

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