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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

07/18/2025 By Tomdispatch

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A Crucial Year:  Turkey at a Turning Point

A Crucial Year: Turkey at a Turning Point

Reviews of Gönül Tol, Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria (London: Hurst and Co., 2022) and Dimitar Bechev, Turkey Under Erdoğan: […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Authoritarianism
Not Just Rallies:  Iranian Protesters are Drafting Charters and a Bill of Rights

Not Just Rallies: Iranian Protesters are Drafting Charters and a Bill of Rights

By Mona Tajali, Agnes Scott College; and Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University | – (The Conversation) – It’s been six months since the latest spark ignited […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Number of demolitions by Israel of Palestinian property doubles

Number of demolitions by Israel of Palestinian property doubles

( Middle East Monitor ) – Seventy-seven Palestinian-owned buildings have been destroyed since the extreme far-right government led by Benjamin Netanyahu took office, according to […]

Middle East Monitor

Bush
20 Years On, What Did the Iraq War Truly Cost?

20 Years On, What Did the Iraq War Truly Cost?

By Peter Certo | – ( Otherwords.org) – The war claimed more than lives and treasure — it claimed a future’s worth of lost opportunities. […]

Peter Certo

Authoritarianism
Iranians are done with Kings and Ayatollahs, and look back to Mosaddegh for a Way forward

Iranians are done with Kings and Ayatollahs, and look back to Mosaddegh for a Way forward

Newark, Delaware (Feature — Special to Informed Comment) – The debate over the coup 1953 still lingers on especially now that there are discussions whether […]

Fariba Amini

Neoliberalism
The End of Renting?  In Some Cities Affordable Housing is a Thing of the Past

The End of Renting? In Some Cities Affordable Housing is a Thing of the Past

( Tomdispatch.com) – In 1937, the American folklorist Alan Lomax invited Louisiana folksinger Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) to record some of his […]

Rebecca Gordon

Feminism
This Revolution Is Still Alive’: A Growing Number Of Iranian Women Defy The Hijab Law After Months Of Protests

This Revolution Is Still Alive’: A Growing Number Of Iranian Women Defy The Hijab Law After Months Of Protests

  By Golnaz Esfandiari Mohammad Zarghami ( RFE/RL ) – Assal appeared in public for months without a hijab, or Islamic head scarf, in solidarity […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Crisis
Corporations are using Trade Treaties to handcuff Efforts to save the Planet from Climate Emergency

Corporations are using Trade Treaties to handcuff Efforts to save the Planet from Climate Emergency

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The global economy hit a new milestone in 2022 by surpassing $100 trillion. This expansion, which has experienced only […]

John Feffer

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Israeli President cautions against Complacency and Warns of Real Possibility of Civil War

Israeli President cautions against Complacency and Warns of Real Possibility of Civil War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – All of a sudden, civil war is on the minds of prominent Israeli politicians, who warn that if the current […]

Juan Cole

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