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Israel’s Netanyahu addresses Empty UN Chamber with Genocidal Claims after Mass Walkout
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Israel’s Netanyahu addresses Empty UN Chamber with Genocidal Claims after Mass Walkout

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even the tiniest detail is litigated in newspaper headlines when it comes to the Israeli government. Many news outlets reported […]

Microsoft cuts Israeli Military off from its Azure Cloud over Mass Surveillance of Civilians

Microsoft cuts Israeli Military off from its Azure Cloud over Mass Surveillance of Civilians

09/27/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Rivers are heating up faster than the Air − that’s a Problem for aquatic Life and People

Rivers are heating up faster than the Air − that’s a Problem for aquatic Life and People

09/27/2025 By The Conversation

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Our Ukraine Wake-Up Call:  The Global Age is Upon Us

Our Ukraine Wake-Up Call: The Global Age is Upon Us

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In recent days, experts have begun laying out the potential hardships the Russian invasion of Ukraine might inflict here in the […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Western Sympathy for White Ukrainian Refugees, while ignoring, demonizing Palestinian Refugees from Israeli Aggression

Western Sympathy for White Ukrainian Refugees, while ignoring, demonizing Palestinian Refugees from Israeli Aggression

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Raed Qadura writing at Al Jazeera points to the “Hypocrisy Crisis” in the international coverage of Russia in Ukraine versus […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Combating Honor Killings among Kurds: Is a New kind of Education Needed?

Combating Honor Killings among Kurds: Is a New kind of Education Needed?

(Special to Informed Comment) – Four women were victims of honor killings during the week of February 17, 2022 in Iraqi Kurdistan. The following week, […]

Alex Poppe

Feminism
International Women's Day: Evolution and Challenges

International Women’s Day: Evolution and Challenges

By Hatice Nur Keskin | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Proclaimed by the UN in 1975, International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global […]

Middle East Monitor

Democracy
Economic sanctions may deal fatal blow to Russia’s already-weak domestic opposition

Economic sanctions may deal fatal blow to Russia’s already-weak domestic opposition

By Brian Grodsky, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | – The West has responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by imposing harsh economic sanctions. Most […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
America's Allies Accept the Pain of Cutting off Russia, Except for Israel

America’s Allies Accept the Pain of Cutting off Russia, Except for Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reported on Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s three-hour meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
How Zelenskyy emerged as the antithesis of Putin and proved you don’t need to be a strongman to be a great leader

How Zelenskyy emerged as the antithesis of Putin and proved you don’t need to be a strongman to be a great leader

By Michael Blake, University of Washington | – Whatever happens in the coming weeks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will go down as the face of Ukrainian […]

The Conversation

China
Would a “Cold” War Be the Best News Around?  Ukraine, Taiwan, and Other Flashpoints in a New Age of Geopolitics

Would a “Cold” War Be the Best News Around? Ukraine, Taiwan, and Other Flashpoints in a New Age of Geopolitics

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been widely described as the beginning of a new cold war, much like the old one […]

Michael T. Klare

Climate Crisis
Harvard study links fracking to early death risk for seniors

Harvard study links fracking to early death risk for seniors

By Laureen Fagan: ( Sustainability Times) – Most people know it as fracking, a process of drilling for gas and oil using methods like hydraulic […]

Sustainability Times

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