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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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‘Killing all Humanity’: 2 Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in ‘Horrific’ Washington, DC Shooting

‘Killing all Humanity’: 2 Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in ‘Horrific’ Washington, DC Shooting

“We are grounded first and foremost in the belief that all human life is precious, which is precisely why we are struggling for a world […]

Common Dreams

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis’ Blinkered Media Drive Public Doubts on Gaza’s Hunger Plight

Israelis’ Blinkered Media Drive Public Doubts on Gaza’s Hunger Plight

By Jori Breslawski, Tel Aviv University and Carlo Koos, University of Bergen (The Conversation) – Under mounting international pressure, Israel announced on May 19, 2025, […]

The Conversation

Colonialism
500 Years of Inflicted Horrors, from the New World to Israel

500 Years of Inflicted Horrors, from the New World to Israel

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Leon Golub once related a story to a mutual friend. A Chicago artist famous for large canvases depicting crimson torture rooms in […]

Greg Grandin

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Islam:  A New History

Islam: A New History

A Review of Islam: A New History, from Muhammad to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2025) by John Tolan Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

Joseph Richard Preville

Iran
As US Pushes For Zero Enrichment, Iran Insists It Won’t Give Up Nuclear Program

As US Pushes For Zero Enrichment, Iran Insists It Won’t Give Up Nuclear Program

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda and Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL ) – US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff declared that the Donald Trump administration’s “red line” in […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won’t Avert It

Israel’s Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won’t Avert It

By Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida (The Conversation) – After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and an increasingly restrictive siege in Gaza, […]

The Conversation

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From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope

From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope

Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]

Richard Penaskovic

Academic Freedom
Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Letter to New York University concerning its decision to withhold the degree of graduating senior Logan […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Donald Trump
Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On May 5th, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute held its annual fundraising gala. The event showcases the […]

Rebecca Gordon

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