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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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Defections are crucial to ending Putin’s war — Russian soldiers looking for a way out need support

Defections are crucial to ending Putin’s war — Russian soldiers looking for a way out need support

By David Cortright | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Putin’s greatest vulnerability may be his dependence on the willingness of Russian soldiers to do his […]

Waging Nonviolence

Agriculture
Climate Emergency: Extreme Heat devastates Male Honeybees and threatens Fertilization of Crops

Climate Emergency: Extreme Heat devastates Male Honeybees and threatens Fertilization of Crops

By Alison McAfee, University of British Columbia | – Temperatures soared above 42 C for days in Western Canada in June 2021, with Lytton, B.C., […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency: India’s Unprecedented Heat Wave blights Wheat Crops, adding to Global Bread Shortages

Climate Emergency: India’s Unprecedented Heat Wave blights Wheat Crops, adding to Global Bread Shortages

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A global wheat crisis has been caused by Russian’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war there, which has drastically […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Illegal Blockade Means Palestinian fishermen in Gaza Struggle for a Catch to feed their Families

Israel’s Illegal Blockade Means Palestinian fishermen in Gaza Struggle for a Catch to feed their Families

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As International Workers’ Day approaches in the besieged Gaza Strip, the precarity of the […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Germany reduces dependence on Russian Oil from 35% to 12%, aims to End Imports

Germany reduces dependence on Russian Oil from 35% to 12%, aims to End Imports

( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany has reduced its dependence on Russian crude oil from 35 to 12 percent and will take steps to […]

Kerstine Appunn

Islam
American Muslim women are finding a unique religious Space at a women-only Mosque in Los Angeles

American Muslim women are finding a unique religious Space at a women-only Mosque in Los Angeles

By Tazeen M. Ali, Washington University in St Louis | – As Ramadan draws to a close, Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the […]

The Conversation

Archaeology
Palestinians: Bust of 4500-yr.-old Goddess Anat found in Gaza “attests the Depth of Ancient Palestinian Civilization”

Palestinians: Bust of 4500-yr.-old Goddess Anat found in Gaza “attests the Depth of Ancient Palestinian Civilization”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A farmer plowing his land in Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip, recently found the head of a statuette of the […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Pain of Tunisia, Ghana, Global South from Ukraine War being Ignored by Eurocentric Media

Pain of Tunisia, Ghana, Global South from Ukraine War being Ignored by Eurocentric Media

( Middle East Monitor ) – While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific […]

Ramzy Baroud

European Union
Russia’s Weaponization of Natural Gas could backfire by Destroying Demand for It

Russia’s Weaponization of Natural Gas could backfire by Destroying Demand for It

By Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin | – In December 2006, The Economist magazine published a cover drawing of Russian president Vladimir […]

The Conversation

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