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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Trump Faces Palestine: The Colonial View of the World Never Dies

Trump Faces Palestine: The Colonial View of the World Never Dies

By Aviva Chomsky ( Tomdispatch.com) – In the colonial view of the world — and, in its own strange fashion, Donald Trump’s view couldn’t be […]

Tomdispatch

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Macron: France to Recognize the State of Palestine amid Gaza “Crime”

Macron: France to Recognize the State of Palestine amid Gaza “Crime”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – French President Emmanuel Macron visited El Arish in Egypt on Tuesday to see refugees from Gaza with his own eyes. […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran and US to enter high-stakes Nuclear  Negotiations – hampered by a lack of Trust

Iran and US to enter high-stakes Nuclear Negotiations – hampered by a lack of Trust

ByAli Bilgic, Loughborough University (The Conversation) – The announcement of planned talks between the US and Iran in Oman signifies a crucial development – especially […]

The Conversation

Health Care
Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

“Privatized Medicare plans are denying patients the care they need, while defrauding the government of billions a year,” said one advocacy group. “Donald Trump is […]

Common Dreams

Climate Crisis
Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable — Even at Night

Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable — Even at Night

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last fall, NASA scientist Colin Raymond and colleagues published an article showing that contrary to expectations, deadly heat and humidity […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Six-Times Bankrupt Trump Turns to Bankrupting America

The Six-Times Bankrupt Trump Turns to Bankrupting America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – From childhood, I think I had some eerie sense of just how bad it could get in America. After all, in junior […]

Tom Engelhardt

Academic Freedom
Protesting Yale’s Firing of Helyeh Doutagh based on Questionable Israeli AI-generated Charges

Protesting Yale’s Firing of Helyeh Doutagh based on Questionable Israeli AI-generated Charges

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Susan Sawyer Senior Associate General Counsel Yale University susan.sawyer@yale.edu Dear Ms. Sawyer: We write […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It may be that Trump can slow the advance of renewables, including solar energy, in the United States. That would […]

Juan Cole

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Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Release All other Arbitrarily Detained Rights Activists Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are threatening to return the human rights defender and Nobel […]

Human Rights Watch

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