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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
Donald Trump

Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Trump Administration to draw Down Troop Presence in New, Fundamentalist Syria

Trump Administration to draw Down Troop Presence in New, Fundamentalist Syria

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tara Copp at AP reports that the Trump administration will withdraw some of the 2000 troops now based in southeastern […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Mideast Peace Depends on an unlikely Trump-Iran Nuclear Deal

Mideast Peace Depends on an unlikely Trump-Iran Nuclear Deal

By Simon Mabon, Lancaster University For the second week in a row, senior officials from the United States and Iran will get together to take […]

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African American History and the Black Civil Rights Movement teach us how to Confront Trump

African American History and the Black Civil Rights Movement teach us how to Confront Trump

By Douglas H. White ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently, in an executive order, President Trump directed the removal of “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” from […]

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French President Macron demands Immediate Gaza Ceasefire, Resumption of Civilian Aid, Palestinian State

French President Macron demands Immediate Gaza Ceasefire, Resumption of Civilian Aid, Palestinian State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Paris’s plan to recognize a […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Turkey’s Youth on the Frontlines of Protests

Turkey’s Youth on the Frontlines of Protests

High school students have now joined university students in protests that have rocked the country since March 19 Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Global Voices ) […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Israel/ Palestine
Project Esther: Suppressing Palestinian Solidarity in the US

Project Esther: Suppressing Palestinian Solidarity in the US

By Tariq Kenney-Shawa | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – On October 7, 2024, marking one year since Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Flood operation, the conservative DC-based Heritage […]

Al-Shabaka

Climate Crisis
Europe was Hottest Ever Recorded last Year, and is Heating up Faster than any other Continent

Europe was Hottest Ever Recorded last Year, and is Heating up Faster than any other Continent

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Copernicus Climate Change Service (abbreviated as C3S) has just issued The European State of the Climate for 2024. These […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli War Crimes in Gaza Continue: Bombardment, Water Deprivation, Burning People Alive in Tents

Israeli War Crimes in Gaza Continue: Bombardment, Water Deprivation, Burning People Alive in Tents

( IMEMC ) – In the 28th straight day since obliterating the ceasefire agreement on March 18th (the day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

International Middle East Media Center

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The Power of the Poor in Trump’s America: Organizing

The Power of the Poor in Trump’s America: Organizing

By Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The day after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the 10 richest people in the […]

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