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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike
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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crowds demonstrated in Israel against the […]

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

08/10/2025 By ProPublica

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

08/10/2025 By The Conversation

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The Unbearable Whiteness of Being French: Murderer of Kurds 'William M.' Treated with kid Gloves

The Unbearable Whiteness of Being French: Murderer of Kurds ‘William M.’ Treated with kid Gloves

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last Thursday, one “William M.,” a retired French train conductor, went to the Kurdish Cultural center in the 10th Arondissement […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran: ‘Bloody Friday’ Crackdown This Year’s Deadliest

Iran: ‘Bloody Friday’ Crackdown This Year’s Deadliest

Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – Iranian security forces using unlawful lethal force, killed and wounded several dozen protesters in Zahedan on September 30, […]

Human Rights Watch

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Challenging Israel-inspired Anti-Boycott Legislation in the US

Challenging Israel-inspired Anti-Boycott Legislation in the US

By Tariq Kenney-Shawa | – ( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli regime’s defenders across the US are ramping up efforts to criminalize the constitutionally protected right […]

Al-Shabaka

Climate Crisis
Ukraine war: Putin has been weaponising energy for years, here’s what to look out for next

Ukraine war: Putin has been weaponising energy for years, here’s what to look out for next

By Thomas Froehlich, King’s College London | – Not since the 1970s oil crisis has the west seen such a focus on energy security. Suddenly […]

The Conversation

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Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022

Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We saw a lot of pivotal developments in the Middle East this year, including the impact of climate change in […]

Juan Cole

Biodiversity
Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins could be Extinct by 2100 – and other Species may follow if we don’t act

Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins could be Extinct by 2100 – and other Species may follow if we don’t act

By Jasmine Lee, Queensland University of Technology; Iadine Chadès, CSIRO; and Justine Shaw, The University of Queensland | Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Is the New Energy Crisis a Boon for the Green Energy Transition?

Is the New Energy Crisis a Boon for the Green Energy Transition?

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The year 2022 saw the energy topic return intensely to the attention of […]

Middle East Monitor

Inequality
The Top 10 Inequality Victories of 2022

The Top 10 Inequality Victories of 2022

By Sarah Anderson | Inegality.org | – Congratulations to everyone who worked to move the country and the world towards greater equity in 2022. Herewith […]

Inequality.org

Christianity
A Merry Palestinian Christmas in Bethlehem:  Tourism and National Resistance

A Merry Palestinian Christmas in Bethlehem: Tourism and National Resistance

Palestinian Christians Israeli Occupation

Juan Cole

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