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Gaza’s “Walking Corpses:” Jewish Law does not Permit ignoring Atrocities
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Gaza’s “Walking Corpses:” Jewish Law does not Permit ignoring Atrocities

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Jewish law does not permit us to look away when atrocities are being committed. It is […]

The quiet War: What’s fueling Israel’s Surge of settler Violence – and the Lack of State Response

The quiet War: What’s fueling Israel’s Surge of settler Violence – and the Lack of State Response

08/01/2025 By The Conversation

The “D” in Donald is for “Decline” — of America

The “D” in Donald is for “Decline” — of America

08/01/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Latest War on the Palestinians Reveals How Alone and Vulnerable they Are

Israel’s Latest War on the Palestinians Reveals How Alone and Vulnerable they Are

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) – Some have puzzled over why Israel launched its attacks on Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank at the […]

Mohammed Samaana

Afghanistan
Pact Act is Vindication for Vets after US Denied for Years that Burn Pits in Afghanistan and Iraq made them Ill

Pact Act is Vindication for Vets after US Denied for Years that Burn Pits in Afghanistan and Iraq made them Ill

By Jason A. Higgins, Virginia Tech | – During a 13-month stint in Iraq that began in 2006, Heath Robinson served as a medic with […]

The Conversation

Turkey
Turkey/Syria: Civilians at Risk in Northern Syria

Turkey/Syria: Civilians at Risk in Northern Syria

Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – All parties to the conflict in northern Syria should minimize civilian harm during ongoing and future military operations […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
You know you want an Electric Car. What does the IRA mean for Consumers this Year?

You know you want an Electric Car. What does the IRA mean for Consumers this Year?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Thinking of buying an electric car? With the signing by President Biden yesterday of the Inflation Reduction Act, it is […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The volunteers risking their lives to secretly educate Afghanistan’s girls

The volunteers risking their lives to secretly educate Afghanistan’s girls

By Deepa Parent | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – In 2002, when Matiullah Wesa was a teenager, armed gunmen burned his school. It was this, he […]

Open Democracy

Climate Crisis
Next US energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf of Mexico

Next US energy boom could be wind power in the Gulf of Mexico

By Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin and Hugh Daigle, University of Texas at Austin | – With passage of the Inflation Reduction […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Is Moral Clarity even Possible anymore in Donald Trump's America?

Is Moral Clarity even Possible anymore in Donald Trump’s America?

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Recent episodes of purposeful and accidental truth-telling brought to my mind the latest verbal lapse by George W. […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
As Last Coal Plant closes, Cheap Solar Power Rescues Hawaii, which has reached ~40% Renewables

As Last Coal Plant closes, Cheap Solar Power Rescues Hawaii, which has reached ~40% Renewables

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Veteran green energy journalist Julian Spector at Canary Media tells the story of how the last-minute opening this July of […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Biden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist 'Disappeared' a Decade Ago

Biden Calls on Syria to Return Journalist ‘Disappeared’ a Decade Ago

( Human Rights Watch ) – Last week, US President Joe Biden declared that the US knows “with certainty” that Tice has been held by […]

Human Rights Watch

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