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Israel’s Shifting Politics
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Israel’s Shifting Politics

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – PM Benjamin Netanyahu has alienated many in Israeli society, some of whom now revile his leadership: The Times of Israel […]

A new Youth-led Lawsuit is challenging Trump’s Fossil Fuel Orders

A new Youth-led Lawsuit is challenging Trump’s Fossil Fuel Orders

08/03/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Why UK Recognition of a Palestinian State should not be conditional on Israel’s Actions

Why UK Recognition of a Palestinian State should not be conditional on Israel’s Actions

08/03/2025 By The Conversation

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Authoritarianism
Iran executes first Protester as Human Rights Abuses come under International Scrutiny

Iran executes first Protester as Human Rights Abuses come under International Scrutiny

By Sahar Maranlou, University of Essex | – Iran’s execution of protester Mohsen Shekari is the first after a huge wave of unrest swept around […]

The Conversation

Social Safety Net
Sen. Warnock’s Triumph Thwarts GOP Plans to gut the Social Security that 65 mn. Americans Depend on

Sen. Warnock’s Triumph Thwarts GOP Plans to gut the Social Security that 65 mn. Americans Depend on

By Nancy J. Altman | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Social Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael […]

OtherWords

Children
In Turkey, a Child Bride Scandal puts Religious Cults in the Spotlight

In Turkey, a Child Bride Scandal puts Religious Cults in the Spotlight

( Globalvoices.org ) – They call themselves the Ismailağa Brotherhood, and they are among countless religious orders and brotherhoods in Turkey. But though these religious groups […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Arab World
Xi announces "New Era" in China-Saudi Relationship with $30 bn. in Deals, as Arabs Seek to Offset Dependence on Washington

Xi announces “New Era” in China-Saudi Relationship with $30 bn. in Deals, as Arabs Seek to Offset Dependence on Washington

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz on Thursday signed an agreement with visiting Chinese Premier Xi Jinping […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
First US Leases to Build Wind Farms off California’s Coast are Let: The Amazing Technology

First US Leases to Build Wind Farms off California’s Coast are Let: The Amazing Technology

By Matthew Lackner, UMass Amherst | – (The Conversation) – Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential […]

The Conversation

International Criminal Court
Can the Int’l Criminal Court Hold Israel Responsible for Crimes in Palestine?

Can the Int’l Criminal Court Hold Israel Responsible for Crimes in Palestine?

Mustafa-Fetouri | – Last February, the International Criminal Court (ICC) said it has jurisdiction over Gaza, Occupied Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem. The office […]

Middle East Monitor

Bill of Rights
Will America’s Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden’s Watch: The Fate of Guantánamo

Will America’s Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden’s Watch: The Fate of Guantánamo

( Tomdispatch.com) – As of December 8, 2022, Guantánamo Bay detention facility — a prison offshore of American justice and built for those detained in […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Authoritarianism
Women's Revolt in Iran reaches Household of Leader Khamenei, as his Sister denounces "Despotic Caliphate"

Women’s Revolt in Iran reaches Household of Leader Khamenei, as his Sister denounces “Despotic Caliphate”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Badri Hosseini Khamenei, the sister of Iran’s clerical Leader Ali Khamenei, just issued a public broadside against him on her […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Xi lands in Saudi Arabia: What does China want from the Arabs?

Xi lands in Saudi Arabia: What does China want from the Arabs?

( Middle East Monitor ) – The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly […]

Ramzy Baroud

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