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In 2025, 65% of Americans view Muslims Favorably,  85% view Jews Favorably
American Jews

In 2025, 65% of Americans view Muslims Favorably, 85% view Jews Favorably

Juan Cole

It is a paradox that Americans at some points say they like Muslims, but take a dim view on the whole of their religion.

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Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

12/18/2025 By ProPublica

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur  on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

12/18/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Trump campaigned on Ending Forever Wars: Marco Rubio didn’t get the Memo

Trump campaigned on Ending Forever Wars: Marco Rubio didn’t get the Memo

The United States remains mired in ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine; now Trump is careening blindly into new wars in Latin America

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average

Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average

2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020

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Corruption
At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

This is not Netanyahu asking for a pardon so much as an attempt by the prime minister to portray himself as a great man wronged by the elite

The Conversation

Colonialism
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

In recent months, the Trump administration has escalated a decades-long campaign against the Venezuelan government and people.

Tomdispatch

European Union
Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation

Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation

“RTÉ remains deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza during the conflict and the continued denial of access

Juan Cole

censorship
Labeling dissent as Terrorism: Trump’s NSPM-7 raises Constitutional Alarms

Labeling dissent as Terrorism: Trump’s NSPM-7 raises Constitutional Alarms

Targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No

A Path Away from Fossil Fuels already Exists, COP30 or No

China has driven an unprecedented solar surge — adding more capacity in 2024 alone than the rest of the world combined

Foreign Policy in Focus

Arab Spring
Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

Great Powers and the People: The Divergent Paths of the Egyptian and Syrian Revolutions

The Arab revolutionary wave that began in 2011 presents two of its most significant, yet fundamentally divergent, case studies: Egypt and Syria

Mehmet Rakipoglu

Israel/ Palestine
A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

A Ceasefire in Name Only: Gaza’s Prolonged Purgatory

What is becoming apparent is that the ceasefire has led to a state of affairs where Israeli forces have been permitted enormous latitude

Middle East Monitor

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