Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez in Spain announced that it would dispatch a rescue ship to be […]
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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists
Israel, Yemen Authorities Targeting Media Workers Niku Jafarnia Bahrain and Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division ( Human Rights Watch ) – A […]
The “Defense” Department has always been about War
By Eric Ross ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The renaming of the Defense Department should have surprised no one. Donald Trump is an incipient fascist doing […]
Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]
“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15
Stanza 15 of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám has for its theme a denial of the afterlife and resurrection. XV. […]
The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Letter to Canadian officials about visas and study permits for Palestinian […]
The Middle East faces Climate Breakdown, but its Media ignores it
By Marianna Poberezhskaya, Nottingham Trent University; Imad El-Anis, Nottingham Trent University, and Marwa Mustafa, Nottingham Trent University (The Conversation) – The Middle East is experiencing […]
Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]
“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14
Quatrain 14 emphasizes how short life is, even with all the good things the earth offers us (of which we should take advantage while we […]
Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War
by Ismail Salahuddin ( Middle East Monitor ) – In an age where our phones glow with the endless stream of breaking news, short videos, […]