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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women
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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that an Israeli tank crew fired on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, […]

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

07/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

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Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, Resistance Means Women: Nationwide Protests Follow Deadly Attack on Hazara Girls Taking Exam

In Afghanistan, Resistance Means Women: Nationwide Protests Follow Deadly Attack on Hazara Girls Taking Exam

By Sahar Fetrat Assistant Researcher, Women’s Rights Division and Fereshta Abbasi Researcher, Asia Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – The September 30 suicide […]

Human Rights Watch

Authoritarianism
This time, Iranian Women's Demands are being Seen as the Nation's Demands

This time, Iranian Women’s Demands are being Seen as the Nation’s Demands

By Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University and Mona Tajali, Agnes Scott College | – (The Conversation) – The world has been transfixed by images of Iranian […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Iran Accused Of Using armed Minors To Suppress Anti-Government Protests

Iran Accused Of Using armed Minors To Suppress Anti-Government Protests

( RFE/RL) — As Iranian authorities crack down on nationwide anti-government protests, photos have appeared on social media that purportedly show children and adolescent boys […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Crisis
The Second Great Dying: The Earth has lost 4/5s of Fresh Water and 7/10s of Wildlife Species’ Populations in 50 Years

The Second Great Dying: The Earth has lost 4/5s of Fresh Water and 7/10s of Wildlife Species’ Populations in 50 Years

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 2022 Living Planet report is out and it does not bring good news. Since 1970, the scientists find that […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Women-led Protests in Iran gather Momentum - but will They be enough to bring about Change?

Women-led Protests in Iran gather Momentum – but will They be enough to bring about Change?

By Tony Walker, La Trobe University | – As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in custody of […]

The Conversation

Eritrea
Why does the Ukraine War overshadow the Middle Eastern Wars?

Why does the Ukraine War overshadow the Middle Eastern Wars?

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The war in Ukraine has dominated the headlines in U.S. and European newspapers, not to mention outlets in […]

John Feffer

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To Deal with Saudi Arabia, Biden should Fast-Track both Iran Deal and the Greening of Transportation

To Deal with Saudi Arabia, Biden should Fast-Track both Iran Deal and the Greening of Transportation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Reuters reports that the Biden White House is upset with Saudi Arabia over the recent OPEC+ decision to cut the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel's use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948

Catastrophe: Historians reveal Israel’s use of Poisoning, Typhoid against Palestinians in 1948

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The details of Israel’s secret use of biological weapons and poison against Palestinians during […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Headcovers have always been Political in Iran – for Women on all Sides

Headcovers have always been Political in Iran – for Women on all Sides

By Eliz Sanasarian, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – A friend and I were strolling through Tehran’s streets one afternoon when […]

The Conversation

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