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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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Israel/ Palestine
In 'War on Palestinians,' Israel 'legalises' Colonial Squatter Outposts in Palestine, causing further Irritation in Washington

In ‘War on Palestinians,’ Israel ‘legalises’ Colonial Squatter Outposts in Palestine, causing further Irritation in Washington

( Middle East Monitors ) – Israel has “legalised” nine colonial outposts in the occupied West Bank, turning them into official settlements. The decision, which […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
European Union insists on Rules-Based Int’l order in Ukraine, but Commission Runs Interference for Israeli Crimes in Palestine

European Union insists on Rules-Based Int’l order in Ukraine, but Commission Runs Interference for Israeli Crimes in Palestine

    Published in: EU Observer Claudio Francavilla Senior EU Advocate   @ClaFrancavilla @ClaFrancavilla   ( Human Rights Watch ) – The recent spike in […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Is Turkey's Prosecution of Shady Builders after 12,141 Structures Collapse in Earthquake a Model for going after Big Oil for Climate Disasters?

Is Turkey’s Prosecution of Shady Builders after 12,141 Structures Collapse in Earthquake a Model for going after Big Oil for Climate Disasters?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Turkish government has issued 100 arrest warrants for building contractors suspected of erecting structures that did not meet building […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
‘They Deserved To Die’: Iranian Doctors Who Treated Wounded Protesters ‘Arrested, Tortured’

‘They Deserved To Die’: Iranian Doctors Who Treated Wounded Protesters ‘Arrested, Tortured’

    The authorities have killed hundreds of protesters and arrested thousands of people since the demonstrations erupted in September.   ( RFE/RL ) – […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

astronomy and outer space
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how Satellites can help rescue Efforts

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how Satellites can help rescue Efforts

By Emilie Bronner, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) | – In disasters like the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5-magnitude aftershock that struck Syria and Turkey […]

The Conversation

Russia
Annals of American Folly:  Was Civilization Really at Stake in Iraq?  Is it in Ukraine?

Annals of American Folly: Was Civilization Really at Stake in Iraq? Is it in Ukraine?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “To defend civilization, defeat Russia.” Writing in the unfailingly bellicose Atlantic, an American academic of my acquaintance recently issued that dramatic […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Bashar al-Assad
Earthquake Leaves Millions Homeless and without Water and Electricity in Turkish, Syrian Harsh Winter, Many Facing Death

Earthquake Leaves Millions Homeless and without Water and Electricity in Turkish, Syrian Harsh Winter, Many Facing Death

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Jordanian newspaper al-Ghad reports that on top of the now nearly 30,000 known deaths in Turkey and Syria, millions […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Rep. Ilhan Omar makes her Move into the Mainstream

Rep. Ilhan Omar makes her Move into the Mainstream

By Doug Rossinow | – ( Minnesota Reformer) – Only six months ago, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s future looked cloudy, her political base shaken. She […]

Minnesota Reformer

Asia
Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

A new manifesto critiques the “clean energy” transitions of the Global North and offers an alternative vision from the Global South. By Peoples of the […]

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