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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing
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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

Dan Steinbock

As with the Gaza atrocities, 1 in every 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2025 across the West Bank is a child

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Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

11/15/2025 By Richard Drake

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

11/15/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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Australasia
North America needs to invest in Green Energy in Indo-Pacific or Risk losing key Industry to China

North America needs to invest in Green Energy in Indo-Pacific or Risk losing key Industry to China

By Jonas Goldman | – The Indo-Pacific region, which includes 24 nations and stretches from Australia to Japan and from India to the U.S. west […]

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Democracy
In the Middle East, the US was Never about Democracy Promotion

In the Middle East, the US was Never about Democracy Promotion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – How much of the blame should U.S. policy take for the decline of democracy in the twenty-first century, with the […]

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Corporate Surveillance
How Israel's Tech for Cyber Surveillance of Palestinians is now Targeting You

How Israel’s Tech for Cyber Surveillance of Palestinians is now Targeting You

( Middle East Monitor) – The revelation a few years ago that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had been conducting mass surveillance on millions […]

Ramzy Baroud

Batteries
Soon Electric Cars will Power millions of Homes -- Here's how to make it Happen

Soon Electric Cars will Power millions of Homes — Here’s how to make it Happen

By Tom Stacey and Ying Xie | – Electric cars could help to power millions of households in the coming years, simply by harnessing their […]

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Militarization
The Pentagon as Penta-god: America’s Abyss of Weapons and Warmaking

The Pentagon as Penta-god: America’s Abyss of Weapons and Warmaking

( Tomdispatch.com) – Who is America’s god? The Christian god of the beatitudes, the one who healed the sick, helped the poor, and preached love […]

William J. Astore

China
As Biden and Xi Zoom, the Iran issue Looms

As Biden and Xi Zoom, the Iran issue Looms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden and his counterpart Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for half an hour on Monday by video, as […]

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Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency: This Southwestern US City has had to Create an Office of Heat Response and Mitigation

Climate Emergency: This Southwestern US City has had to Create an Office of Heat Response and Mitigation

By Shane Purcell | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – David Hondula recently got a job he never dreamed of – maybe because it […]

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Islam
Muslim Generosity and the Obligation of Zakat

Muslim Generosity and the Obligation of Zakat

By Iqbal Akhtar | – Muslims see wealth as a gift and a divine dispensation. The Quran urges individuals to share their wealth and income […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
How the US lost in Afghanistan (Juan Cole Interview with Michigan Online Teach-out)

How the US lost in Afghanistan (Juan Cole Interview with Michigan Online Teach-out)

Interview by the University of Michigan Online‘s Jenni Patterson | – “Following the removal of American troops from Afghanistan, there has been a surge of […]

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