Informed Comment

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

In the original, the abstract philosophers are castigated for being prisoners of dry reason and discernment.

definitions of antisemitism recognize that antisemitism involves prejudice, discrimination, harassment, hatred, or violence against Jews as Jews

we are attuned to the pressures to restrict and repress speech related to, for example, Israel, Palestine, US policy in the Middle East

The article confirms the Ministry of Health estimate that about 56% of violent deaths were among children, women and elderly men

What Iranian commanders have constructed in and around the Strait of Hormuz is not a conventional defense.

In early February, the barbarians reached my gate. There could be no more comfort or denial here on this island where I live.

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Despite the damage it has sustained in recent conflicts with the US and Israel, Iran maintains formidable capabilities

The Los Angeles Public Library invited authors Janan Matari and Nora Lester Murad to an event on their books as part of Read Palestine Week