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Genocide Scholars:  Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know
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Genocide Scholars: Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the last day of August, 2025, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a scholarly body with more than 500 […]

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

09/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

09/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank launch 100 attacks in 10 Days, Pepper-Spray own Troops like Jan. 6 Insurrectionists

Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank launch 100 attacks in 10 Days, Pepper-Spray own Troops like Jan. 6 Insurrectionists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian West Bank, which is militarily occupied by Israel and which is being steadily colonized by Israeli squatters on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The World's Last Colony, Palestinian Gaza, has no Say as Israel May Usurp Natural Gas Resources off its Coast

The World’s Last Colony, Palestinian Gaza, has no Say as Israel May Usurp Natural Gas Resources off its Coast

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Since the beginning of October, news reports have mentioned a tripartite agreement between Egypt, […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
'Just Stop Oil's' Tomato Juice on van Gogh: Do Radical Protests actually Backfire or do they Raise Consciousness?

‘Just Stop Oil’s’ Tomato Juice on van Gogh: Do Radical Protests actually Backfire or do they Raise Consciousness?

By Colin Davis, University of Bristol | – Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the […]

The Conversation

Inequality
The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price

The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price

By Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, photography by Rich-Joseph Facun, graphics by Haisam Hussein | – Co-published with NPR News ( ProPublica ) – Henry […]

ProPublica

Authoritarianism
Top Iran Prosecutor Threatens Death Penalty for Leading Protests, as Government arrests over 7,000

Top Iran Prosecutor Threatens Death Penalty for Leading Protests, as Government arrests over 7,000

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BBC Monitoring reports that the protests in Iran are continuing, both in small towns and big cities, though the situation […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Fracking and Harsh Discipline undid UK's Liz Truss, in Warning to Conservative Parties Everywhere

Tax Cuts for the Rich, Fracking and Harsh Discipline undid UK’s Liz Truss, in Warning to Conservative Parties Everywhere

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – The British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced to step down on Thursday 20th October only after 44 days […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Arms Sales
Ukraine war: Iranian ‘kamikaze’ drones can inflict serious damage but will not be a gamechanger

Ukraine war: Iranian ‘kamikaze’ drones can inflict serious damage but will not be a gamechanger

By Dominika Kunertova, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | – Many Ukrainians are facing the prospect of a winter of power outages after about […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The Ukraine Moment:   Lessons from the War on Terror

The Ukraine Moment: Lessons from the War on Terror

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Ukraine is obviously a powder keg. With each passing day, in fact, the war there poses new threats to the world […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Climate Crisis
California to Power 1.5 Million Homes with Offshore Floating Wind Turbines in March toward Zero Carbon

California to Power 1.5 Million Homes with Offshore Floating Wind Turbines in March toward Zero Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Department of the Interior announced this week that on December 6, auctions will be held for offshore wind farms […]

Juan Cole

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