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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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China
Iran's Hard Line gov't Ebullient about higher Oil Prices, as China Defies US Sanctions on Tehran

Iran’s Hard Line gov’t Ebullient about higher Oil Prices, as China Defies US Sanctions on Tehran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran is a big beneficiary of the run-up in oil prices, with Brent crude hitting a multi-year high of $83 […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
Why Do so many in Congress resist funding Childcare But swoon over F-35s?

Why Do so many in Congress resist funding Childcare But swoon over F-35s?

( Code Pink) – President Biden and the Democratic Congress are facing a crisis as the popular domestic agenda they ran on in the 2020 […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Israel/ Palestine
Israel has a 'hands-off' approach with illegal Israeli squatters, but not with the Palestinians

Israel has a ‘hands-off’ approach with illegal Israeli squatters, but not with the Palestinians

By Osama Othman | – Settler violence against Palestinians has escalated during Israel’s “hands-off” approach in the occupied West Bank, according to Haaretz. The Israeli […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Coral reefs are dying as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

Coral reefs are dying as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

By Sam Purkis | – The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird […]

Juan Cole

Corporate Surveillance
Haugen:  Facebook has become the Terminator

Haugen: Facebook has become the Terminator

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Frances Haugen’s whistleblower testimony on Tuesday before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewide

California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewide

By Charles Lester | – An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Despite Israel Lobbies' Power in Congress, for a New Generation Sympathy with Oppressed Palestinians is becoming New Normal

Despite Israel Lobbies’ Power in Congress, for a New Generation Sympathy with Oppressed Palestinians is becoming New Normal

( Middle East Monitor ) – There is an unmistakable shift in American politics regarding Palestine and Israel, one that is inspired by the way […]

Ramzy Baroud

Asia
Will this Year's Conference of Parties (COP) 26 Seek Climate Justice for Global South, too?

Will this Year’s Conference of Parties (COP) 26 Seek Climate Justice for Global South, too?

By Omair Ahmad | – ( Third Pole ) – Unless the connection between economic security and a green transition is made clear by the […]

The Third Pole

Climate Crisis
Britain, once victim of Coal-driven "Great Smog," vows 100% Green Electricity by 2035

Britain, once victim of Coal-driven “Great Smog,” vows 100% Green Electricity by 2035

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a goal of getting all electricity from renewables by 2035. The announcement […]

Juan Cole

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