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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US

An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US

By Hanif Sufizada | – Editor’s note: Afghan scholar Hanif Sufizada, who works at the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Why Palestinian children under Israeli occupation do not Enjoy a Safe and Secure Life

Why Palestinian children under Israeli occupation do not Enjoy a Safe and Secure Life

By Motasem A Dalloul | – More than 1.2 million Palestinian children in the occupied territories returned to their schools for the new academic year […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Biden: After Trump-Taliban Treaty, Draw-down, Staying in Afghanistan would have Required a New War

Biden: After Trump-Taliban Treaty, Draw-down, Staying in Afghanistan would have Required a New War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Friday gave some further insight into his decision to leave Afghanistan, and refuted some of his […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan

Why Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan

Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention

Peter Certo

Afghanistan
Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

By Todd Lehmann | – The swift collapse of the Afghan military in recent days caught many in the U.S. by surprise, including the chairman […]

The Conversation

Nonviolence
As the US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements?

As the US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements?

By George Lakey | – Hard as it may be to see beyond the chaos and suffering in Afghanistan, the larger picture reveals real opportunities […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
Taliban Consider Iran-Style Supreme Leader as they Kill Three Protesters demanding Restoration of National Flag

Taliban Consider Iran-Style Supreme Leader as they Kill Three Protesters demanding Restoration of National Flag

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Taliban announced Thursday that they are considering a “leadership council” government for the country. But it sounds to me […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Taliban’s conquest of Kabul threatens the lives and safety of girls, women and sexual minorities

The Taliban’s conquest of Kabul threatens the lives and safety of girls, women and sexual minorities

By Deeplina Banerjee< | - The world watched in shock as Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, fled the country on Aug. 15. The Taliban […]

The Conversation

Japan
The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy

The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – In 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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