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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?
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Why is Israel Playing Spoiler in the New Syria?

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Israel launched the latest of some 300 raids into Syria in the past few months. Some […]

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

“Those who Stood before the Tavern” – FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 3

08/09/2025 By Juan Cole

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

As Netanyahu moves toward full Takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a Crisis of international Credibility

08/09/2025 By The Conversation

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The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

The Last Good Guys? Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Why has the United States already become so heavily invested in the Russia-Ukraine war? And why has it so regularly gotten […]

William J. Astore

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US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely "Opposed"

US Double Standard: Russia Sanctioned for Ukraine Occupation, but 4,000 new Israeli invaders of Palestinian West Bank merely “Opposed”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Deputy Spokesperson for the State Department, Jalina Porter, on Friday condemned the Israeli government’s announcement that it would build […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Ukraine: Migrants Locked Up Near Front Lines: Free Migration Detainees; Allow Them to Leave Country for Safety

Human Rights Watch – (Berlin) – Migrants and asylum seekers locked up in a migrant detention center in Mykolaiv on the edge of the front […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

By John Feffer | – In November 2018, the Green New Deal became a rallying cry for climate activists when members of the Sunrise Movement […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

Climate Change triggering global Collapse in Insect numbers: Stressed Farmland shows 63% Decline

By Tim Newbold, UCL and Charlie Outhwaite, UCL | – Insects are critical to the future of our planet. They help to keep pest species […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new "Freedom Solar" by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Could Europe Install a Terawatt of new “Freedom Solar” by 2030 to Escape Russian Gas?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – John Ainger at Bloomsberg reports that a coalition within the European Union is pressing Brussels to set a goal of […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body

( Otherwords.org ) – The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. So […]

Olivia Alperstein

History
Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape

By Ken Armstrong ( ProPublica ) – When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in a draft opinion obtained and published this week by Politico, […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Phasing out Oil can offer a better Life for Many

Phasing out Oil can offer a better Life for Many

By Jack Marley | – The EU could ban crude oil imports from Russia within six months if a new round of sanctions is approved. […]

The Conversation

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