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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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African-Americans
Faustian Bargain: On pretext of Israel, Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from Committee to please White Nationalist Base

Faustian Bargain: On pretext of Israel, Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from Committee to please White Nationalist Base

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Congressional Republicans are more interested in grandstanding than governance, and political persecution rather than functional democracy. The banishment […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Nonviolence
How local Peace Work changes Culture, Town by Town, Generation by Generation

How local Peace Work changes Culture, Town by Town, Generation by Generation

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Signs abound in Greenfield, Massachusetts’ downtown shop windows, among them PEACE, ART NOT WAR, FOOD FOR ALL NOT […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new Phase

Why the Violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new Phase

By Susan de Groot Heupner, Griffith University | – (The Conversation) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East last week […]

The Conversation

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No, Militant Israeli Squatters haven't Exceeded 500K in Occupied Palestine:  It is more Like 733,000

No, Militant Israeli Squatters haven’t Exceeded 500K in Occupied Palestine: It is more Like 733,000

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP is reporting that what it calls the Israeli “settler” population in the Palestinian West Bank has now exceeded 500,000, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Illegal Collective Punishment against Palestinians

Israel: Illegal Collective Punishment against Palestinians

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities’ actions to seal the family homes in the occupied West Bank of two Palestinians suspected […]

Human Rights Watch

Corruption
No Amount of Fraud Deters Government Agencies When It Comes to Privatizing Medicare

No Amount of Fraud Deters Government Agencies When It Comes to Privatizing Medicare

By Ana Malinow and Kay Tillow | – ( Commondreams.org) – On January 17, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced 48 new […]

Common Dreams

Republican Party
The Nightmare of Republican Voter Suppression

The Nightmare of Republican Voter Suppression

By Clarence Lusane | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The fundamental right to vote has been a core value of Black politics since the colonial […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
In 4th Quarter, for first time Hybrid and Electric Vehicles outsold Diesel and Gasoline Cars in the European Union

In 4th Quarter, for first time Hybrid and Electric Vehicles outsold Diesel and Gasoline Cars in the European Union

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the European Union in the fourth quarter of 2022, for the first time in history diesel- and gasoline-powered automobiles […]

Juan Cole

International Criminal Court
What international Law says about Israel’s planned Destruction of Palestinian assailants’ Homes

What international Law says about Israel’s planned Destruction of Palestinian assailants’ Homes

Robert Goldman, American University | – After a deadly attack that killed seven people outside an East Jerusalem synagogue, the Israeli government responded by sealing […]

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