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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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73 Dems in Congress demand Biden Brand Israeli Squatter-Settlements in Palestine "Illegal," Dump Trump's "Deal of the Century"

73 Dems in Congress demand Biden Brand Israeli Squatter-Settlements in Palestine “Illegal,” Dump Trump’s “Deal of the Century”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 73 Democratic Congressional representatives wrote a letter to President Biden on Friday urging him formally to withdraw from Trump’s so-called […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Turkey's Night of the Living Sea Snot: Global Heating, Industrial Pollution Endanger Marmara Sea

Turkey’s Night of the Living Sea Snot: Global Heating, Industrial Pollution Endanger Marmara Sea

By Doga Celik | – ( GlobalVoices.org ) – The Marmara Sea is a pristine body of water, extending from the Dardanelles Strait to the […]

Global Voices

African-Americans
If we truly honored Juneteenth, we would end the exception in the 13th amendment

If we truly honored Juneteenth, we would end the exception in the 13th amendment

By Emma Jordan-Simpson | – (Waging Nonviolence ) – In my inbox this morning from a major nonprofit organization that should have known better was […]

Waging Nonviolence

History
The Qur’an and Black Lives Matter  (Podcast)

The Qur’an and Black Lives Matter (Podcast)

My interview is at Renovatio concerning my forthcoming article on equality in the Qur’an, which I wrote in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Right now it Doesn’t Look like we can Keep Global Heating to an Extra 2.7° F.; But we Can Change That

Right now it Doesn’t Look like we can Keep Global Heating to an Extra 2.7° F.; But we Can Change That

By Christopher Hedemann, Eduardo Gresse, and Jan Petzold | – ( The Conversation ) – If you read the scientific literature, there seem to be […]

The Conversation

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UN Slams new Israeli gov't of Bennett for new Squatter-Settlements in Palestine, a 'Flagrant Violation of Int'l Law'

UN Slams new Israeli gov’t of Bennett for new Squatter-Settlements in Palestine, a ‘Flagrant Violation of Int’l Law’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, gave a long a disturbing oral […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
After the nightmare of the Gaza massacre, what comes next?

After the nightmare of the Gaza massacre, what comes next?

The bombing was the worst I’ve experienced, but it can’t contain the Palestinian uprising that is showing the world the true face of Israel[/pullquote] By […]

Open Democracy

Israel/ Palestine
Why does Israel ban Palestinian mothers from accompanying sick children from Gaza seeking treatment in the West Bank?

Why does Israel ban Palestinian mothers from accompanying sick children from Gaza seeking treatment in the West Bank?

By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) pointed out in its 2020 annual report that, “All patients […]

Middle East Monitor

nuclear weapons
Do We Really need Multi-Billion-Dollar Naval Vessels that can deliver 16,128 Hiroshimas?

Do We Really need Multi-Billion-Dollar Naval Vessels that can deliver 16,128 Hiroshimas?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Groton and New London, Connecticut, are home to about 65,000 people, three colleges, the Coast Guard Academy, 15 nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed submarines capable […]

Frida Berrigan

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