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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
Donald Trump

The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

06/25/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

06/25/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Ship Explosion Rocks Dubai, Mideast's Largest Commercial Zone, Possibly as a Result of Extreme Heat

Ship Explosion Rocks Dubai, Mideast’s Largest Commercial Zone, Possibly as a Result of Extreme Heat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alarabiya reports from Dubai on the massive explosion on the deck of a ship that was coming in to dock […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters stole Palestinian Land for an Illegal Settlement, but Plucky town of Beita isn't Taking it Lying Down

Israeli Squatters stole Palestinian Land for an Illegal Settlement, but Plucky town of Beita isn’t Taking it Lying Down

Beita is an icon of the popular Palestinian resistance ( Middle East Monitor ) – The town of Beita has turned into an icon of […]

Middle East Monitor

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Was 'the War on Drugs' always a White Nationalist Project?

Was ‘the War on Drugs’ always a White Nationalist Project?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon stood before the White House press corps, staffers at his side, […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency is Driving Ocean's Dead Zones, which emit more and more Nitrous oxide, a super powerful greenhouse gas

Climate Emergency is Driving Ocean’s Dead Zones, which emit more and more Nitrous oxide, a super powerful greenhouse gas

By Brett Jameson | – In October 2019, I set sail with a team of scientists aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully […]

The Conversation

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Israel and the Racial Politics of Palestinian Family Separation

Israel and the Racial Politics of Palestinian Family Separation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Tuesday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett slammed opposition parties, led by former PM […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's colonial violence and international humanitarian aid

Israel’s colonial violence and international humanitarian aid

( Middle East Monitor ) – Whenever Israel bombs Gaza, donor countries are expected to raid their treasuries and manage the resultant humanitarian crisis. The […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Arizona goes for Electric Cars, Big Time, despite being a Red State: “We get Clear Skies”

Arizona goes for Electric Cars, Big Time, despite being a Red State: “We get Clear Skies”

By Brooke Newman | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – For a mostly red state, Arizona has a lot of blue-state company when […]

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Climate Crisis
Extreme Rain and Snow Storms are being caused by Humans burning Coal, Oil:  Global Evidence

Extreme Rain and Snow Storms are being caused by Humans burning Coal, Oil: Global Evidence

By Gavin D. Madakumbura, Alex Hall, Chad Thackeray and Jesse Norris | – The big idea ( The Conversation ) – Human activities, such as […]

The Conversation

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"Chaos" in Israeli Parliament over Apartheid-style Law against Family Unification for Palestinian-Israelis

“Chaos” in Israeli Parliament over Apartheid-style Law against Family Unification for Palestinian-Israelis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds Al-Arabi [Arab Jerusalem] reports “chaos” in the Israeli parliament as it debated into the wee hours of Tuesday morning […]

Juan Cole

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