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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Not just Cards and Flowers: The 1st 'Mother's Day for Peace' was Held in New York in 1872

Not just Cards and Flowers: The 1st ‘Mother’s Day for Peace’ was Held in New York in 1872

Greenville, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment – Feature) – The 19th century origins of Mother’s Day differ vastly in spirit and purpose from celebrations of […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
The Nakba: 75 years after losing their Home, the Palestinians are still Experiencing the “Catastrophe”

The Nakba: 75 years after losing their Home, the Palestinians are still Experiencing the “Catastrophe”

By Dina Matar, SOAS, University of London | – When Palestinians commemorate the Nakba (the catastrophe) on May 15, they are not only remembering a […]

The Conversation

Democracy
In Turkey, Election Manipulation Abounded in the Run-up to Today's Presidential Election

In Turkey, Election Manipulation Abounded in the Run-up to Today’s Presidential Election

( Globalvoices.org ) – In Turkey, ahead of the country’s most important election in recent memory, being held today, Sunday May 14, the ruling Justice […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Israel/ Palestine
On One-Year Anniversary of Israeli Army Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Deadly Pattern: 20 journalists died by Israeli military fire in 22 years. No one has been held accountable

On One-Year Anniversary of Israeli Army Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Deadly Pattern: 20 journalists died by Israeli military fire in 22 years. No one has been held accountable

.   ( Committee to Protect Journalists ) – The May 11, 2022, killing of Al-Jazeera Arabic correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh is part of a […]

Committee to Protect Journalists

Climate Crisis
For First Time, Wind provided more Power than Fossil Gas for Britain, enough to Power 300 mn. Teslas

For First Time, Wind provided more Power than Fossil Gas for Britain, enough to Power 300 mn. Teslas

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study commissioned by the UK private electric utility Drax and carried out by professors at Imperial College London […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
New wind turbine installations in Germany grow almost 50% in early 2023

New wind turbine installations in Germany grow almost 50% in early 2023

Clean Energy Wire / Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany installed 128 new wind turbines with a total capacity of 0.6 […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Authoritarianism
President Erdogan has Wrecked Turkey's Economy - So What Next?

President Erdogan has Wrecked Turkey’s Economy – So What Next?

By Gulcin Ozkan, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – Turkey’s 2023 election is one of the most significant in its hundred-year history. After […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country's Largest Opposition Party

Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country’s Largest Opposition Party

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Tunis) – Tunisian authorities have intensified their attack on opponents of President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab, moving to […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Good Climate News: New EPA Rule would make Fossil Fuel Plants cut Emissions 90% by 2040

Good Climate News: New EPA Rule would make Fossil Fuel Plants cut Emissions 90% by 2040

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Michael S. Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced on Thursday the most ambitious limits on how much […]

Juan Cole

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