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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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Jimmy Carter was Pilloried for Worrying about Israeli Apartheid, but he has Been Amply Vindicated by History

Jimmy Carter was Pilloried for Worrying about Israeli Apartheid, but he has Been Amply Vindicated by History

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – As President Jimmy Carter nears the end in hospice care, we are prompted to revisit his accomplishments and […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Environment
How Dangerous are the Chemicals Released in the Palestine, OH, Derailment?

How Dangerous are the Chemicals Released in the Palestine, OH, Derailment?

Several cars that contained hazardous chemicals burned after the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University (The Conversation) – […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
As another two Earthquakes hit Turkey, Anger continues to grow

As another two Earthquakes hit Turkey, Anger continues to grow

According to latest reports, six are dead and 294 injured Written byArzu Geybullayeva   Image by Meydan TV. Used with permission. ( Globalvoices.org) – #Bölgeyeçadıryollayın […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Human Rights
Open Letter to Sec'y Blinken: James Cavallaro Should not be Disqualified on Inter-American Human Rights for Criticizing Israeli Apartheid

Open Letter to Sec’y Blinken: James Cavallaro Should not be Disqualified on Inter-American Human Rights for Criticizing Israeli Apartheid

Open Letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the withdrawal of Professor James Cavallaro’s nomination for commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights […]

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Israeli Rampage leaves 11 Dead, over 100 Injured in Occupied Nablus, but Kamala Harris only Condemns Russian Occupation of Ukraine as War Crime

Israeli Rampage leaves 11 Dead, over 100 Injured in Occupied Nablus, but Kamala Harris only Condemns Russian Occupation of Ukraine as War Crime

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A daytime Israeli military raid on Wednesday on an apartment in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the Palestinian West […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
U.S. Sanctions Are Hurting Syrians

U.S. Sanctions Are Hurting Syrians

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – March 2023 will mark 12 years of war in Syria. No country should […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Bashar al-Assad
Sanctions or Assad: What is blocking Aid from entering northern Syria?

Sanctions or Assad: What is blocking Aid from entering northern Syria?

Sulaiman Lkaderi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As the death toll from the earthquakes which rocked Turkiye and Syria continues to rise, […]

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia
The Importance of Addressing Institutional Islamophobia: Intelligence Agencies use Lazy Stereotypes

The Importance of Addressing Institutional Islamophobia: Intelligence Agencies use Lazy Stereotypes

By Baljit Nagra, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Paula Maurutto, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – There has been an uproar recently among […]

The Conversation

Anti-intellectualism
KKK without the Robes: DeSantis has gutted Florida Education, Cancelled Black History and Criminalized  LGBTQ+ People

KKK without the Robes: DeSantis has gutted Florida Education, Cancelled Black History and Criminalized LGBTQ+ People

Informed Comment is introducing guest Feature posts occasionally, as Editor-in-Chief Juan Cole steps back from his unprecedented and grueling routine of writing a blog essay […]

Dan Dinello

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