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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Culture
An Iranian festival, Yalda, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, with pomegranates, poetry and sacred rituals

An Iranian festival, Yalda, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, with pomegranates, poetry and sacred rituals

By Pardis Mahdavi | – As the days become shorter and the nights become longer and darker, we are reminded that indeed winter is coming. […]

The Conversation

Addiction
Opioid Crisis:  Purdue Pharma/ Sackler Family Fails in End Run around Justice

Opioid Crisis: Purdue Pharma/ Sackler Family Fails in End Run around Justice

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – In a seismic victory for justice and accountability that re-opens the deeply flawed recent September, 2020 settlement of […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Donald Trump
Is Rep. Jim Jordan a Traitor to the United States?

Is Rep. Jim Jordan a Traitor to the United States?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has admitted that he authored a text sent to former White House Chief of Staff Mark […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
No Steady Electricity, Little Potable Water - Palestinian Gaza under Israeli Occupation is a Place of Slow Death

No Steady Electricity, Little Potable Water – Palestinian Gaza under Israeli Occupation is a Place of Slow Death

By Rasheed Hassan | – Without explanation or premise, I must stress that the situation in the Gaza Strip is no longer bearable; that our […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Why spending $2 trillion on child care, health care and fighting climate change won’t make inflation any worse than it already is

Why spending $2 trillion on child care, health care and fighting climate change won’t make inflation any worse than it already is

By Michael Klein | – One of the main concerns raised by critics of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is that it will […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Rise of average world Temperatures by 2.3° C. (4.2° F.)  will degrade the quality of life in every country on Earth

A Rise of average world Temperatures by 2.3° C. (4.2° F.) will degrade the quality of life in every country on Earth

By Alfred McCoy | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – When midnight strikes on New Year’s Day of 2050, there will be little cause for celebration. There […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Human Rights
Abusive and Discriminatory Policing by Israel of Palestinian-Israelis in Lod During May Hostilities

Abusive and Discriminatory Policing by Israel of Palestinian-Israelis in Lod During May Hostilities

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli law enforcement agencies used excessive force to disperse peaceful protests by Palestinians in Lod (al-Lydd) during civil unrest […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
What does Liberation Mean for Israeli-Occupied Palestinians:  A Vision of Health and Education

What does Liberation Mean for Israeli-Occupied Palestinians: A Vision of Health and Education

By Yara Asi | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – The Palestinian health and education sectors have been neglected by Palestinian authorities and the donor community. […]

Al-Shabaka

Books
You heard that Right – “Peace Movements in Islam” – Juan’s new Book Challenges Stereotypes

You heard that Right – “Peace Movements in Islam” – Juan’s new Book Challenges Stereotypes

Today is a special day for me. In 2015, at the height of the ISIL cult’s influence in Iraq and Syria and during a time […]

Juan Cole

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