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Libyan Gov’t Decries Fake News about Taking 1 mn. Palestinian Refugees: “Committed to the Palestinian Cause”
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Libyan Gov’t Decries Fake News about Taking 1 mn. Palestinian Refugees: “Committed to the Palestinian Cause”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi-based Erem News reports that the Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli, […]

A New Aid Regime for Gaza: Humanitarian Facade, Military Core

A New Aid Regime for Gaza: Humanitarian Facade, Military Core

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For all Trump’s new Mideast Contracts, Two Big Deals Elude Him

For all Trump’s new Mideast Contracts, Two Big Deals Elude Him

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Scientists: Cyclone Chido, which Devastated Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte, was 40% more likely to be a Cat 4 because of Climate Change

Scientists: Cyclone Chido, which Devastated Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte, was 40% more likely to be a Cat 4 because of Climate Change

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Cyclone Chido devastated the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, destroying an estimated 20,000 homes and wiping out entire shantytown neighborhoods. […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Palestinians file Landmark Lawsuit against Blinken over Israel military Aid

Palestinians file Landmark Lawsuit against Blinken over Israel military Aid

( Middle East Monitor ) – A groundbreaking federal lawsuit has been filed against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accusing him of systematically failing […]

Middle East Monitor

Syria
Why Syria’s Reconstruction may Depend on the Fate of its Minorities

Why Syria’s Reconstruction may Depend on the Fate of its Minorities

By Ramazan Kılınç, Kennesaw State University (The Conversation) – Tens of thousands of minorities fearing persecution have fled Syria since its takeover by the Sunni […]

The Conversation

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Closing Israeli Embassy does not Deter Ireland from Recognizing Palestine, Joining Genocide Case against Netanyahu Gov’t

Closing Israeli Embassy does not Deter Ireland from Recognizing Palestine, Joining Genocide Case against Netanyahu Gov’t

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The current Israeli Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, is likely a war criminal by virtue of serving in the cabinet of […]

Juan Cole

China
Trump Confronts a Rising China:   Can He Manage U.S.-China Relations Without Precipitating World War III?

Trump Confronts a Rising China: Can He Manage U.S.-China Relations Without Precipitating World War III?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Gaza, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, and Venezuela: President-elect Donald Trump will face no shortage of foreign-policy challenges when […]

Michael T. Klare

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel about to Annex the Palestinian West Bank?  Why Now?

Is Israel about to Annex the Palestinian West Bank? Why Now?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backwards […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Trump:  Turkey's Erdogan staged "Hostile Takeover" of Syria using HTS Proxies, and is the "Victor"

Trump: Turkey’s Erdogan staged “Hostile Takeover” of Syria using HTS Proxies, and is the “Victor”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald J. Trump held an impromptu press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. In the course of his remarks, he said […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Protesting New York University’s Arbitrary Repressive Actions toward Faculty and Students Protest Gaza War

Protesting New York University’s Arbitrary Repressive Actions toward Faculty and Students Protest Gaza War

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Linda G. Mills President, New York University linda.mills@nyu.edu   Georgina Dopico Provost, New York […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Bashar al-Assad
What the Fall of Assad says about Putin’s Ambitions for Russia’s Great-Power Status

What the Fall of Assad says about Putin’s Ambitions for Russia’s Great-Power Status

By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham (The Conversation) – The lightning-fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shock waves across the Middle […]

The Conversation

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