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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
Right Wing Americans Tell me to Go Back Home; as a Palestinian, I wish I Could

Right Wing Americans Tell me to Go Back Home; as a Palestinian, I wish I Could

By Layla Darwish | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – I was taking part in a recent protest in California, proudly waving my Palestinian […]

Middle East Monitor

Haredim
The Real Danger of Israel’s New Government

The Real Danger of Israel’s New Government

By Phyllis Bennis | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The new Israeli government takes office already largely paralyzed. With eight diverse parties, they […]

Phyllis Bennis

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If Hard Liner Raisi wins Iran's Presidential Election, he has Trump to Thank

If Hard Liner Raisi wins Iran’s Presidential Election, he has Trump to Thank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – June 18 is election day in Iran. There are two main candidates for president, the arch-conservative Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s chief […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Conservative hard-liner poised to be Iran’s next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear deal

Conservative hard-liner poised to be Iran’s next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear deal

By Nader Habibi | – ( The Conversation ) | – Iran’s conservative rulers’ effort to orchestrate the outcome of the June 18 presidential election […]

The Conversation

Antisemitism
5 ways to push antisemites and the Alt-Right out of the Palestinian solidarity movement

5 ways to push antisemites and the Alt-Right out of the Palestinian solidarity movement

By Shane Burley | – With support for Palestinian freedom hitting a new level, intentional strategies are needed to stop white nationalists looking to hijack […]

Waging Nonviolence

Militarization
The other Big Lie undermining Democracy: Why our Recent Wars Began, and how Badly they were Bungled

The other Big Lie undermining Democracy: Why our Recent Wars Began, and how Badly they were Bungled

( Tomdispatch.com) – Americans may already be lying themselves out of what little remains of their democracy. The big lie uniting and motivating today’s Republicans […]

William J. Astore

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Not only Should Congress repeal 2002 Authorization for use of Force in Iraq, it should Apologize for that Pack of Lies

Not only Should Congress repeal 2002 Authorization for use of Force in Iraq, it should Apologize for that Pack of Lies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jacob Pramuk at CNBC reports that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Biden White House are backing an attempt […]

Juan Cole

China
Is Putin's Positive View of the Biden Summit a sign he is Souring on his China Alliance?

Is Putin’s Positive View of the Biden Summit a sign he is Souring on his China Alliance?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – The results of the historic summit between the US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, held […]

Nikola Mikovic

Haredim
How Israel’s missing constitution deepens divisions between Jews and with Arabs

How Israel’s missing constitution deepens divisions between Jews and with Arabs

By Brendan Szendro | – Renewed fighting has erupted again between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, endangering a ceasefire instituted after an 11-day war […]

The Conversation

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