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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
Afghanistan: two decades of Nato help leaves a failed and fractured state on the brink of civil war

Afghanistan: two decades of Nato help leaves a failed and fractured state on the brink of civil war

By Natasha Lindstaedt | – ( The Conversation )- Afghanistan is falling apart. With US and Nato troops leaving the country earlier than planned, experts […]

The Conversation

Human Rights
Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked

Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – New accounts have emerged of alleged torture of high-profile political detainees in Saudi prisons, Human Rights Watch […]

Human Rights Watch

Donald Trump
As CPAC Tinfoil Hat Crowd Decries Vaccines, Delta Variant 'Velociraptor' Menaces US Red States with India-Style Wave

As CPAC Tinfoil Hat Crowd Decries Vaccines, Delta Variant ‘Velociraptor’ Menaces US Red States with India-Style Wave

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-II is to the original vanilla COVID-19 strain as velociraptors were to gentle plant-eating sauropods. And […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Waiting for US withdrawal, is Russia eyeing Iraq’s oil?

Waiting for US withdrawal, is Russia eyeing Iraq’s oil?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – When the George W. Bush administration launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003, many believed the campaign’s main goal […]

Nikola Mikovic

Climate Crisis
The Fires This Time:  A Climate View from California

The Fires This Time: A Climate View from California

( Tomdispatch.com) – In San Francisco, we’re finally starting to put away our masks. With 74% of the city’s residents over 12 fully vaccinated, for […]

Rebecca Gordon

Climate Crisis
The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

By Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh | – ( Scientific American ) – The electric vehicle (EV) has become one of the great modern symbols […]

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Climate Crisis
Gasoline and Coal's Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth's All-Time Record Heat

Gasoline and Coal’s Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth’s All-Time Record Heat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Gasoline demand in the U.S. rebounded vigorously in the week leading up to the 4th of July, to an average […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

( Middle East Monitor ) – This week, Israel’s Parliament the Knesset failed to pass an extension to Israel’s racist marriage law. The law bars […]

Asa Winstanley

censorship
Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

( Al-Bab.com) – Facebook reported this week that it removed 2,784 accounts in June for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. Among those, 947 related to countries in […]

Brian Whitaker

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