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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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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

Climate Crisis
The window of opportunity to address increasing Climate-Driven drought is vanishing

The window of opportunity to address increasing Climate-Driven drought is vanishing

By Margot Hurlbert, University of Regina | – Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought — the driest […]

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Climate Crisis
Wind and Solar generate Fully 20% of US Electricity in April for First time as Renewables Jump to 26.5%

Wind and Solar generate Fully 20% of US Electricity in April for First time as Renewables Jump to 26.5%

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States generates 6.5% of its electricity from dams, producing hydroelectricity, mainly in the West. Up until about a […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Women to the Rescue:  Review of “Hope but Demand Justice” by Pat Hynes

Women to the Rescue: Review of “Hope but Demand Justice” by Pat Hynes

A Review of “Hope, But Demand Justice” By Pat Hynes (Haley’s, 2022) — by Nick Mottern (Special to Informed Comment) – The basic conclusion that […]

Nick Mottern

Israel/ Palestine
World Bank observations on Palestine's economy gloss over Israel's Colonialism and Apartheid

World Bank observations on Palestine’s economy gloss over Israel’s Colonialism and Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor ) – Humanitarian aid, which has played a major role in stagnating Palestine and Palestinians, is one of the factors mentioned […]

Ramona Wadi

Civil Rights
The Empire’s New Clothes: The Veneer of Accountability Is Wearing Thin in Twenty-First-Century America

The Empire’s New Clothes: The Veneer of Accountability Is Wearing Thin in Twenty-First-Century America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – If you watched TV in the 1960s and 1970s as I did, you would undoubtedly have come away with the idea […]

Karen J. Greenberg

American Jews
Majority of Americans of all Religions or None want Legal Abortion, except for Evangelicals and 47% of Catholics

Majority of Americans of all Religions or None want Legal Abortion, except for Evangelicals and 47% of Catholics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pew Research Center has a poll out on views about abortion of American religious groups. It shows that in […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
SCOTUS Dispensing with Roe v. Wade Is Attack on Religious Freedom and Jewish Law

SCOTUS Dispensing with Roe v. Wade Is Attack on Religious Freedom and Jewish Law

Oakland (Special to Informed Comment) – The leaked SCOTUS draft to overturn Roe v. Wade leaves a lot to unpack. For Jews, Muslims and other […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Russia
Did the Ukraine War lead to Turkish-Saudi Rapprochement?

Did the Ukraine War lead to Turkish-Saudi Rapprochement?

Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Turkish President Recep Erdogan visited Jeddah in July 2017 and met Saudi Arabia’s King […]

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