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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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Human Rights
Iranian Singer Mehdi Yarrahi Flogged Over Song Against Mandatory Hijab

Iranian Singer Mehdi Yarrahi Flogged Over Song Against Mandatory Hijab

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda ( RFE/RL ) – Pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been given 74 lashes for a song criticizing Iran’s mandatory dress code […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

censorship
Protesting to NY Gov. Hochul for Quashing the Palestinian Studies Post at Hunter College

Protesting to NY Gov. Hochul for Quashing the Palestinian Studies Post at Hunter College

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – The Honorable Kathy Hochul Governor of the State of New York Governor.Hochul@exec.ny.gov   . . […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Authoritarianism
Dumb and Dumber: Trump’s Tariffs will cost each U.S. family $1072, wipe out Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs

Dumb and Dumber: Trump’s Tariffs will cost each U.S. family $1072, wipe out Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs

Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Just about every day, the U.S. president does something that is incompetent, dangerous, or stupid. Often all three. […]

Peter G. Prontzos

Corruption
Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee

Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee

By Robert Faturechi | – ( ProPublica ) – Earlier this year, the Air Force revealed that the general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress […]

ProPublica

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza ceasefire Deal looks Doomed as Israel blockades Strip and bars Entry of Humanitarian Aid

Gaza ceasefire Deal looks Doomed as Israel blockades Strip and bars Entry of Humanitarian Aid

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin (The Conversation) – When Israel signed a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza on January 15, the agreement was […]

The Conversation

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On Int’l Women’s Day: Women’s Equality:  What will it Take, What will it Yield?

On Int’l Women’s Day: Women’s Equality: What will it Take, What will it Yield?

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – International Women’s Day (now March 8) had its origins in great social unrest, turbulence and critical debate […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Germany
Weimar’s Lesson: It’s the Violence, Not the Speech

Weimar’s Lesson: It’s the Violence, Not the Speech

( Detailed Political Quizzes ) – As comparisons between contemporary American politics and the rise of the Nazi Party are frequently invoked in the media, […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

Donald Trump
The End of the American Century, courtesy Donald J. Trump

The End of the American Century, courtesy Donald J. Trump

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected many different […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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The Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” is about Palestinians who have no Place else to Go

The Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” is about Palestinians who have no Place else to Go

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The title of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, reflects the sad reality that these people have […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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