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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

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Fightin' Joe Biden Wins big, on Jobs, Covid, the Dow and Infrastructure, but Corporate News downplays Successes

Fightin’ Joe Biden Wins big, on Jobs, Covid, the Dow and Infrastructure, but Corporate News downplays Successes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The for-profit press thinks it knows what the story in Washington, D.C., is. Joe Biden is a boring president who […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
As Saudis, Emirates enjoy Impunity, the UN needs to Create a New Yemen War Crimes Investigation

As Saudis, Emirates enjoy Impunity, the UN needs to Create a New Yemen War Crimes Investigation

By Louis Charbonneau | United Nations Director | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Last month, the Netherlands’ ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva […]

Human Rights Watch

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Even German big business CEOs say they expect to reach CO2 neutrality in 14 years

Even German big business CEOs say they expect to reach CO2 neutrality in 14 years

By Edgar Meza | – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ( Clean Energy Wire) – Germany’s leading business executives are taking climate and environmental protection increasingly serious, […]

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Environment
Sacrifice Zones:  How the EPA Allows Polluters to Make Neighborhoods breathe Carcinogens

Sacrifice Zones: How the EPA Allows Polluters to Make Neighborhoods breathe Carcinogens

Poison in the Air By Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller, photography by Kathleen Flynn for […]

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Climate Crisis
Question for Joe Manchin after COP26: Why isn't Coal -- the New Blood Diamonds-- Illegal, Now?

Question for Joe Manchin after COP26: Why isn’t Coal — the New Blood Diamonds– Illegal, Now?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Denise Chow at NBC News reports that on Thursday at the UN climate conference Cop26, some 23 new countries signed […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Was the Afghan War a Schell Game?  Getting It Right Is Always the Wrong Approach When It Comes to America’s Wars

Was the Afghan War a Schell Game? Getting It Right Is Always the Wrong Approach When It Comes to America’s Wars

( Tomdispatch.com) – I waited almost three months for some acknowledgement, but it never came. Not a bottle of champagne. Not a congratulatory note. Not […]

Nick Turse

Climate Crisis
Global emissions almost back to pre-pandemic levels after unprecedented drop in 2020, new analysis shows

Global emissions almost back to pre-pandemic levels after unprecedented drop in 2020, new analysis shows

By Pep Canadell, Corinne Le Quéré, Glen Peters, Pierre Friedlingstein, Robbie Andrew, and Rob Jackson | – Global carbon dioxide emissions have bounced back after […]

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The Middle East is heating twice as Fast as the Rest of the World: How long will it be Habitable?

The Middle East is heating twice as Fast as the Rest of the World: How long will it be Habitable?

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Alarm bells are ringing at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow over the perilous […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
"Worse than a Crime":  Pentagon Inspector finds Kabul Drone Strike Killing 10 not a Violation of Law (!)

“Worse than a Crime”: Pentagon Inspector finds Kabul Drone Strike Killing 10 not a Violation of Law (!)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Paul Handley of AFP reports that the US Air Force Inspector General, Lieutenant General Sami Said, found that a drone […]

Juan Cole

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