Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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Israel’s Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain
By David Mednicoff | (The Conversation) – After two years of repeated and inconclusive Israeli elections, the advent of a new coalition government has ended […]
Ta’seel Interview with Juan Cole on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (Video)
Ta’seel Commons | – A wide-ranging and in-depth discussion with Prof. Juan Cole on his recent book “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of […]
Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO?
Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – The Turks seem to be weary of the alliance with the United States. Although it is still a NATO […]
Is America’s Big Problem Really overly generous Unemployment Benefits?
Ending enhanced unemployment benefits has become the signature economic agenda for the GOP, a party with little else to promote. Unfortunately the largely low- key […]
“Ten degrees more right-wing than” Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition
Editor’s Update: The Naftali Bennett government was voted in on the afternoon of Sunday, June 13 by the Israeli parliament or Knesset. – JRIC By […]
Israel’s New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new government of extreme-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, set to be approved on Sunday afternoon by the Israeli parliament, […]
On ‘conflict’, ‘peace’ and ‘genocide’: Time for new language on Palestine and Israel
( Middle East Monitor ) – On 25 May, famous US actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing “genocide” in […]
Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world
By Amir Al-Azraki | – Black Arabs are underrepresented and largely invisible in “white” Arab-dominated countries, and excluded from political, academic, artistic and religious institutions. […]
We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline
By Sonali Kolhatkar | – ( Otherwords.org ) – A decades-old pipeline called Line 3, run by the Canadian company Enbridge, is in the midst […]
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