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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]

“Look to the Rose:”  Edward FitzGerald’s  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

09/16/2025 By Juan Cole

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

09/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s impunity is boosted by the US whitewash of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

Israel’s impunity is boosted by the US whitewash of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

( Middle East Monitor) – The Palestinian Authority’s refusal to hand over the bullet which killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was short lived. So […]

Ramona Wadi

Islam
From caravans to markets, the hajj Pilgrimage has always included a commercial Component

From caravans to markets, the hajj Pilgrimage has always included a commercial Component

By Noorzehra Zaidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | – In early June 2022, Saudi Arabia announced a hajj “lottery” for Western pilgrims that made […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
694 Milllion tons of Rare Earth Metals, Essential to Wind Turbines and EVs, found in Türkiye

694 Milllion tons of Rare Earth Metals, Essential to Wind Turbines and EVs, found in Türkiye

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The green energy revolution so far is dependent on certain raw materials, including silicon for solar panels and lithium for […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Theocracy: Supreme Court backing for Coerced Christian Prayer in Schools Harms Rights of Jews and other Minorities

Theocracy: Supreme Court backing for Coerced Christian Prayer in Schools Harms Rights of Jews and other Minorities

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – In one of its recent flurry of dismaying decisions, the radical Supreme Court overturned church and state boundaries, […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Supreme Court
Reform the Supreme Court Unelected judges shouldn’t have the power to take away rights most Americans support.

Reform the Supreme Court Unelected judges shouldn’t have the power to take away rights most Americans support.

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org ) – Regardless of anyone’s views on abortion, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson took away […]

OtherWords

Feminism
Abortion decision cherry-picks history – when the US Constitution was ratified, women had much more autonomy over abortion decisions than during 19th century

Abortion decision cherry-picks history – when the US Constitution was ratified, women had much more autonomy over abortion decisions than during 19th century

Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino | – Justice Samuel Alito appears spellbound by the 19th century. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the decision […]

The Conversation

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With Highland Park 4th of July Mass Shooting, Supreme Court and Congress have Blood on their Hands

With Highland Park 4th of July Mass Shooting, Supreme Court and Congress have Blood on their Hands

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is a hell of a note when you can’t have a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, […]

Juan Cole

Health Care
Medicare still Superior at Age 57

Medicare still Superior at Age 57

Gainesville, Florida — On July 30, 1965, US President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Medicare Act into law. The law created two new programs, Medicare […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Donald Trump
We Have a Smoking Gun — Indict Trump

We Have a Smoking Gun — Indict Trump

By Mitchell Zimmerman | ( Otherwords.org) – Trump White House insider and January 6 Committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson provided startling and compelling evidence that Donald […]

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