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Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil
Note from Juan Cole: I used to write letters to totalitarian governments on behalf of Amnesty International complaining about their detention of political prisoners for […]
The New Age Militarists – And their Threat to our Common Future
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: […]
Columbia University must Reject Trump Ultimatum and Stand up at long last for the Freedom and Independence of the Academy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dr. Katrina Armstrong Interim President, Columbia University officeofthepresident@columbia.edu David Greenwald Claire Shipman Co-Chairs, […]
Trump’s Air War on Yemen Escalates as Civilian Population Suffers Food Insecurity, Cholera Epidemic
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration began bombing Yemen last weekend, when the US Air Force launched 47 air raids on at least […]
Gaza Palestinians Suffer as Netanyahu pins hopes on Fickle US President
Paul Rogers ( openDemocracy.net ) – Trump has backtracked since meeting with Netanyahu last month Why was Donald Trump’s suggestion on turning Gaza into a […]
Shattering the Myth of the “Holy Land”
( The Times of Israel) – Could someone earn a commendation for deliberately breaking the holiest object ever created, one that was crafted and inscribed […]
How Trump’s Tariffs are driving Asia and the Gulf into China’s Arms
London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – US President Donald Trump’s America First trade policy has seen the global economy enter a new era of […]
The Goals of Israel’s ongoing Aggression against Syria
( Middle East Monitor ) Israel’s aggressive operations against Syria continue by air and on the ground, imposing new realities at a time Syria’s leadership […]
On Peter Beinart, “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza”
( The Times of Israel) – The author is a renowned journalist, political scientist, and professor of journalism at New York University. He headed The […]
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