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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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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

nationalism
Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28

Strong Showing for Erdogan sets up Turkish Run-Off Election for May 28

Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org ) – The results from the May 14 general elections in Turkey were a surprise for some, a disappointment for […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Climate Crisis
The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe

The Hottest Days are warming twice as fast as the Average Summer Temperature in Northwest Europe

By Matthew Patterson, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – On July 19 2022, the UK experienced its highest ever temperature. At 40.3℃ [104.5°F] […]

The Conversation

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Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank

Smotrich Plans to Send 500k further Israeli Squatters in to Steal More Palestinian Land in West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yaniv Kubovich and Ben Samuels at Haaretz report that far-right extremist Bezalel Smotrich is preparing to send in another half-million […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F /1.5C Threshold

Global Heating to Bring a Record-Breaking Hot Year by 2028 — Probably our First above the 2.7F /1.5C Threshold

By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne | – One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there’s […]

The Conversation

Geothermal
What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power?

What can the West learn from Kenya about Geothermal Power?

Clean Energy Wire / ARD ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Kenya signaled its interest in becoming the first African nation in an international ‘climate […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

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