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It is Genocide:  Omer Bartov Interview
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It is Genocide: Omer Bartov Interview

Fariba Amini

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Fariba Amini writes: Omer Bartov recently wrote an Op-ed piece in the New York Times in which […]

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

07/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

07/30/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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The GOP’s ‘Pro-Life’ Victory Will Mean More Dead Mothers

The GOP’s ‘Pro-Life’ Victory Will Mean More Dead Mothers

( Otherwords.org) – Anti-choice states already have the highest maternal mortality and infant mortality rates. Women who choose to avoid pregnancy could instead face execution. […]

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Climate Crisis
Renewables provide 50% of German electricity in 1st quarter '22 as Berlin Seeks Escape from Russian Gas

Renewables provide 50% of German electricity in 1st quarter ’22 as Berlin Seeks Escape from Russian Gas

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Renewable energy sources accounted for 50 percent of electricity consumption in Germany in the […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Climate-Driven Drought has risen 29% this Century, will create 216 mn. Refugees by 2050: UN

Climate-Driven Drought has risen 29% this Century, will create 216 mn. Refugees by 2050: UN

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Convention to Combat Desertification issued a new report, “Drought in Numbers 2022 on Friday, warning of the dangers […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Shireen Abu Akleh: A Quarter of a Century of Coverage ended with an Israeli Bullet to the Head

Shireen Abu Akleh: A Quarter of a Century of Coverage ended with an Israeli Bullet to the Head

( Middle East Monitor ) – She carried her belongings and went with the Press team into the field to begin the news coverage. She […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Change isn’t just making Cyclones worse, it’s making the Floods they cause worse too

Climate Change isn’t just making Cyclones worse, it’s making the Floods they cause worse too

By Laurence Hawker, University of Bristol; Dann Mitchell, University of Bristol; and Natalie Lord, University of Bristol | – Super cyclones, known as hurricanes or […]

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Anti-Vaccination
Pandemic Anti-Rights Syndrome

Pandemic Anti-Rights Syndrome

By Nina Burleigh | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Last month, not long after Florida federal judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the transportation mask […]

Tomdispatch

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Israeli Snipers Murder Prominent American Journalist in Cold Blood, attempt to Kill her Camera Crew, as US Press Equivocates

Israeli Snipers Murder Prominent American Journalist in Cold Blood, attempt to Kill her Camera Crew, as US Press Equivocates

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli snipers murdered prominent American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday in an attempt to prevent the veteran Al Jazeera […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Marks Another Grim Anniversary: One Year Since Deadly Hostilities that Killed Scores of Civilians

Gaza Marks Another Grim Anniversary: One Year Since Deadly Hostilities that Killed Scores of Civilians

By Abier Almasri | Research Assistant, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Friends abroad often ask how […]

Human Rights Watch

Bashar al-Assad
Was the Visit to Iran of Syria's al-Assad impelled by Fear of Russian Failure in Ukraine?

Was the Visit to Iran of Syria’s al-Assad impelled by Fear of Russian Failure in Ukraine?

By Gilbert Achkar | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The President of the Syrian regime, Bashar Al-Assad, paid a surprise visit to Tehran […]

Gilbert Achcar

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