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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 Frida Berrigan

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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Climate Crisis
Nuclear energy isn’t a safe bet in a warming world – here’s why

Nuclear energy isn’t a safe bet in a warming world – here’s why

By Paul Dorfman | – ( The Conversation) – The overwhelming majority of nuclear power stations active today entered service long before the science of […]

The Conversation

Anti-War Movement
What Price “Defense”? America’s Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer

What Price “Defense”? America’s Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer

By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Biden’s first Pentagon budget, released late last month, is staggering by any […]

Tomdispatch

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Iraqi Shiite Militias hit back at US Bases in Syria after Biden Air Raids; Why does US have Bases in Syria? Why Hasn't it Left Iraq?

Iraqi Shiite Militias hit back at US Bases in Syria after Biden Air Raids; Why does US have Bases in Syria? Why Hasn’t it Left Iraq?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds reports that Shiite militias in Syria fired several rockets or artillery shells at the US military base in the […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Dear National Public Radio:  The Stock Market is not the Economy-- Tell us about Hunger and the Real Unemployment Rate

Dear National Public Radio: The Stock Market is not the Economy– Tell us about Hunger and the Real Unemployment Rate

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – I have a pet peeve with NPR. Why do so many of its top- of- the- hour […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's damage of the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip

Israel’s damage of the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip

By Rasha Kaloti ” – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Last May, Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following weeks […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today

How colonialism’s legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today

By Patrick Greiner | – ( The Conversation ) – While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, […]

The Conversation

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A Litany of Failure: Nearly 20 Years Later, the US is Still Bombing Iraq, and Iraq is Still Condemning Israeli Occupation of Palestine

A Litany of Failure: Nearly 20 Years Later, the US is Still Bombing Iraq, and Iraq is Still Condemning Israeli Occupation of Palestine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When the architects of the illegal 2003 Bush Administration war on Iraq imagined the country nearly twenty years later, they […]

Juan Cole

European Union
The Int'l Community at Berlin II wants Oil and a Stop to Emigration from Libya; What Libya needs is Strong Institutions and Peace

The Int’l Community at Berlin II wants Oil and a Stop to Emigration from Libya; What Libya needs is Strong Institutions and Peace

Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) – A lazy international press corps is missing the big story on Libya. English language news coverage of […]

John Hickman

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians need their own State and the 'Palestinian Authority' isn't it:  The PA is actually Israel's auxiliary occupation force

Palestinians need their own State and the ‘Palestinian Authority’ isn’t it: The PA is actually Israel’s auxiliary occupation force

( Middle East Monitor ) – Palestinian activist and political candidate Nizar Banat, 44, was killed in the early hours of Thursday morning. But it […]

Asa Winstanley

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