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How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support
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How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support

Dan Steinbock

Behind the fog of war and the obliteration of Gaza, Israel’s far-right cabinet has escalated the annexation of the West Bank to Israel. New York […]

Do Palestinians deserve a State only if they are Genocided?

Do Palestinians deserve a State only if they are Genocided?

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Trump may be Abandoning Climate Fight, but New Leaders, including China, are Emerging

Trump may be Abandoning Climate Fight, but New Leaders, including China, are Emerging

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Why Cryptocurrencies Are No Digital Cure-All For Iran, Russia, Other Sanctioned States

Why Cryptocurrencies Are No Digital Cure-All For Iran, Russia, Other Sanctioned States

By Michael Scollon | – ( RFE/RL ) – Cryptocurrencies are being eyed by Iran, Russia, and other sanctioned states as a way to evade […]

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Arab World
Opening of shipping Routes from Ukraine will not Lessen Commodity and Food pressure on the Middle East and North Africa

Opening of shipping Routes from Ukraine will not Lessen Commodity and Food pressure on the Middle East and North Africa

By Roman Shemakov | – Russia and Ukraine are two of the most essential pillars of the global food trade, producing 25 percent of the […]

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Why the Iran Nuclear Deal would benefit America, regardless of whether Tehran is in other ways a Bad Actor

Why the Iran Nuclear Deal would benefit America, regardless of whether Tehran is in other ways a Bad Actor

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There appears to be some movement in the indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States over the reentry of […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
"The Elbe River Gasps for Breath:"  Rivers’ ecosystems across Germany threatened by low Water, O2 Levels and high Temperatures

“The Elbe River Gasps for Breath:” Rivers’ ecosystems across Germany threatened by low Water, O2 Levels and high Temperatures

Citing Hamburger Abendblatt / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Rheinische Post ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German rivers are suffering from extreme heat and drought, ringing […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Final ISIS Kidnapper sentenced to Life for Role in Kayla Mueller’s Death

Final ISIS Kidnapper sentenced to Life for Role in Kayla Mueller’s Death

By Ryan Knappenberger | – ( Cronkite News ) – ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A second ISIS militant was sentenced to life in prison Friday for […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Samaritans of "Good Samaritan" Fame still Exist, caught between Israelis and Palestinians

The Samaritans of “Good Samaritan” Fame still Exist, caught between Israelis and Palestinians

By Terry Giles, Gannon University | – “Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit others, even if a […]

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Climate Crisis
19 Years ago America Really Wanted Iraq's Basra for its Oil, which is now Making it Uninhabitable

19 Years ago America Really Wanted Iraq’s Basra for its Oil, which is now Making it Uninhabitable

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Poet Robert Frost asked if the world would end by fire or ice. It turns out that it is both, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Green New Deal Goes Local

The Green New Deal Goes Local

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Ithaca, a city of 30,000 people in the Southern Tier of New York state, has pledged to be carbon-neutral […]

John Feffer

Afghanistan
The Taliban shifts Tactics in its Determination to Control and oppress Women

The Taliban shifts Tactics in its Determination to Control and oppress Women

By Brian McQuinn, University of Regina; Cody Buntain, University of Maryland; and Laura Courchesne, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – Since the Taliban […]

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