Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hurricane Melissa is the most devastating storm to hit Jamaica in recorded history, CNN reports. It rapidly intensified over the […]
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500 Years of Inflicted Horrors, from the New World to Israel
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Leon Golub once related a story to a mutual friend. A Chicago artist famous for large canvases depicting crimson torture rooms in […]
Islam: A New History
A Review of Islam: A New History, from Muhammad to the Present (Princeton University Press, 2025) by John Tolan Detroit (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]
As US Pushes For Zero Enrichment, Iran Insists It Won’t Give Up Nuclear Program
By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda and Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL ) – US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff declared that the Donald Trump administration’s “red line” in […]
Israel’s Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won’t Avert It
By Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida (The Conversation) – After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and an increasingly restrictive siege in Gaza, […]
From Gaza to America and Vietnam, the Prospect of a Peacemaker Pope
Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]
Protesting NYU’s Withholding of Degree over Gaza Protest
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Letter to New York University concerning its decision to withhold the degree of graduating senior Logan […]
Trump isn’t even Trying to Hide the Racism Anymore
( Tomdispatch.com ) – On May 5th, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute held its annual fundraising gala. The event showcases the […]
Britain, France and Canada threaten Israel with Concrete Sanctions if Gaza War is not Halted
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Britain, France and Canada issued a statement on Monday, demanding that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu cease its military […]
Gaza faces Catastrophic Famine
By Dr. AbdulMajed Al-Aloul ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Gaza Strip is currently experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises of modern […]
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