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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike
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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crows demonstrated in Israel against the […]

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

08/10/2025 By ProPublica

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

08/10/2025 By The Conversation

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"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 […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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 […]

The Conversation

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 […]

The Conversation

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How Medicare for All would also be a Huge Investment in America's Mental Health

How Medicare for All would also be a Huge Investment in America’s Mental Health

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was supposed to contain costs and make insurance for health / mental health […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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UN, Britain Denounce Israeli Jackboot Assaults on Offices of Palestinian Human Rights Organizations

UN, Britain Denounce Israeli Jackboot Assaults on Offices of Palestinian Human Rights Organizations

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Thursday, Israeli Occupation troops made a dawn raid on the offices of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Leaders Gantz and Lapid May differ on Meeting Abbas, but They agree on the Fate of the Palestinians

Israeli Leaders Gantz and Lapid May differ on Meeting Abbas, but They agree on the Fate of the Palestinians

( Middle East Monitor ) – For Israeli officials who disagree with the meetings between Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud […]

Ramona Wadi

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