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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 Juan Cole

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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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza’s Summer: Destruction, Pandemic, and Climate Change

Gaza’s Summer: Destruction, Pandemic, and Climate Change

By Asmaa Abu Mezied | – ( Al-Shabaka ) – In 2013, the UNDP warned of the increasing occurrence of dangerous heatwaves in Palestine over […]

Al-Shabaka

Immigration
Central American Migrants: They're Here Because We Were There

Central American Migrants: They’re Here Because We Were There

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Democrats claim to defend an honest rendition of US history, one that will be attentive to the […]

John Buell

Africa
The Wealthy Countries are getting Past the Pandemic, but the Poor are in Catastrophe, which is a looming Catastrophe for the Wealthy

The Wealthy Countries are getting Past the Pandemic, but the Poor are in Catastrophe, which is a looming Catastrophe for the Wealthy

By Rajan Menon | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Fifteen months ago, the SARS-CoV-2 virus unleashed Covid-19. Since then, it’s killed more than 3.8 million […]

Tomdispatch

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What does the election of hard liner Raisi in Iran mean for Mideast Flashpoints?

What does the election of hard liner Raisi in Iran mean for Mideast Flashpoints?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former chief justice of the Iranian judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, won the presidential election, as expected, with over 60 percent of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Imagine Thousands of Bigots Marching through Jewish Neighborhood chanting "Death to Jews" with Police, Political Support; Now substitute "Palestinians" for Jews

Imagine Thousands of Bigots Marching through Jewish Neighborhood chanting “Death to Jews” with Police, Political Support; Now substitute “Palestinians” for Jews

( Middle East Monitor ) – Go along with me on a thought experiment for a few minutes. Imagine that British police forces permitted a […]

Asa Winstanley

Democracy
Iran: Overseer of Mass Executions Elected President: Further Erosion of Political Rights, Accountability

Iran: Overseer of Mass Executions Elected President: Further Erosion of Political Rights, Accountability

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The victory of Ebrahim Raeesi, Iran’s judiciary chief, on June 19, 2021, in a presidential election that was neither […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
As we continue to burn Gasoline, Coal, Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

As we continue to burn Gasoline, Coal, Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

By Philip Higuera, Bryan Shuman and Kyra Wolf | – The exceptional drought in the U.S. West has people across the region on edge after […]

The Conversation

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Iran's Leading Candidate for President is a far right Notorious Hanging Judge

Iran’s Leading Candidate for President is a far right Notorious Hanging Judge

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Polling suggests that Ebrahim Raisi will likely win Iran’s presidential election. So who is he? An official Iranian point of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As new Israeli Gov't Bombs Gaza, Relations with Palestine are on a Knife Edge-- and will Stay There

As new Israeli Gov’t Bombs Gaza, Relations with Palestine are on a Knife Edge– and will Stay There

By Tony Walker | – ( The Conversation) – The Israel-Palestine conflict has experienced its first violent spasm in the term of a new Israeli […]

The Conversation

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