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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

09/24/2025 By Juan Cole

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Afghanistan
The Great Washington Ponzi Scheme in Afghanistan comes Crashing Down

The Great Washington Ponzi Scheme in Afghanistan comes Crashing Down

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States lost the Afghanistan War a long time ago, as is quickly becoming apparent as the Taliban take […]

Juan Cole

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The Republican Party is Now Officially the Face of the Pandemic Surge

The Republican Party is Now Officially the Face of the Pandemic Surge

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The Republican Party is now officially the “face of the pandemic surge.” A recent Washington Post headline reads, […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
Our Slow-Motion Apocalypse just Speeded Up

Our Slow-Motion Apocalypse just Speeded Up

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Admittedly, I hadn’t been there for 46 years, but old friends of mine still live (or at least lived) in the […]

Tom Engelhardt

Afghanistan
Taliban seize Herat and assault nearby dam that provides water and power to hundreds of thousands of Afghans

Taliban seize Herat and assault nearby dam that provides water and power to hundreds of thousands of Afghans

By Elizabeth B. Hessami and Asef Ghafoory | – ( The Conversation) – The Taliban have taken over the Afghan city of Herat, capping three […]

The Conversation

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Dear CIA Director Burns: Don't Listen to the Israelis on Iran-- They just want you to fight a war for them

Dear CIA Director Burns: Don’t Listen to the Israelis on Iran– They just want you to fight a war for them

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jonathan Lis at Haaretz reports that the Israeli government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is lobbying the US to get […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s siege of Occupied Palestinian civilians is halving Gaza patients’ survival rates

Israel’s siege of Occupied Palestinian civilians is halving Gaza patients’ survival rates

By Maya Abuali | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Lacking in 60 per cent of appropriate medicine and treatment protocols as a result of […]

Middle East Monitor

Flooding
IPCC:  Ocean has risen more than in any century in at least 3,000 years, and in worst case could rise 7 feet in next 80 Years

IPCC: Ocean has risen more than in any century in at least 3,000 years, and in worst case could rise 7 feet in next 80 Years

By Robert Kopp | – ( The Conversation) – Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and […]

The Conversation

National Security State
Generations of Struggle:  Lessons on Defending Democracy

Generations of Struggle: Lessons on Defending Democracy

By Liz Theoharis | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – My father, Athan G. Theoharis, passed away on July 3rd. A leading expert on the FBI, […]

Liz Theoharis

Climate Crisis
Top 5 Environmental Impacts of Bipartisan Infastructure Bill, from Electric Vehicles to Electric Grid

Top 5 Environmental Impacts of Bipartisan Infastructure Bill, from Electric Vehicles to Electric Grid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although the the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the senate on Tuesday has been criticized by environmentalists for […]

Juan Cole

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