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In 2024, did the US Demand for Israeli Impunity Fatally Undermine International Law?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 2024 was a pivotal year for international humanitarian law. On the one hand, the International Court of Justice and the […]
Turkey Replacing Iran As The Dominant Foreign Player In Syria
By Kian Sharifi ( RFE / RL ) – The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government at the hands of rebels, including Ankara-backed factions, has effectively […]
The Year ahead in the Middle East: A weakened Iran has big Implications for China
By Daniel Lincoln, University of Alberta (The Conversation) – The wheels of history have been turning rapidly in the Middle East over the last year. […]
For Christmas: The Persian Poet Nezami’s Story of Jesus Finding Virtues even in the Lowliest
On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
Archiving as resistance to Genocide Denial in Gaza
Eleftheria Kousta ( Waging Nonviolence ) – After the war and genocide in southeastern Bosnia in 1993, two very important forces shaped the society that […]
Repression of Climate and Environmental Protest is intensifying across the World
By Oscar Berglund, University of Bristol and Tie Franco Brotto, University of Bristol (The Conversation) – Climate and environmental protest is being criminalised and repressed […]
The Great Sufi Qushayri on “Responding to Evil with the Greatest Good” (Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men in Islam)
In honor of the season’s ‘Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men”
Palestinian Christians call on Western Churches to ‘Humanize’ the Children of Gaza
By Jane Barter, University of Winnipeg (The Conversation) – The human rights group, Amnesty International, recently issued a report concluding that Israel’s actions in Gaza […]
Israel invades and Occupies more of Syria, as World stands By
( Code Pink ) – The United States, Turkey and Israel all responded to the fall of the Assad government in Damascus by launching bombing […]
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