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Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

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 […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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If You Love Our Country, Don’t Ban Its History

If You Love Our Country, Don’t Ban Its History

( Otherwords.org) – Across the country, several states have passed or introduced bills that ban teaching “critical race theory.” Oklahoma’s governor just signed one. Arizona’s […]

Jill Richardson

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Israelis Actively Plotted "indefinite" Occupation of Gaza, West Bank, back in 1960s-- the 6 Day War was just a Pretext: Haaretz

Israelis Actively Plotted “indefinite” Occupation of Gaza, West Bank, back in 1960s– the 6 Day War was just a Pretext: Haaretz

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I can’t tell you how many times I have heard Israeli officials talk as though the 1967 Israeli military occupation […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
‘When they take 100 trees, we plant 4,000’ — a conversation with Mubarak Awad on nonviolence in Palestine

‘When they take 100 trees, we plant 4,000’ — a conversation with Mubarak Awad on nonviolence in Palestine

By Nonviolence Radio Team | ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Subscribe to “Nonviolence Radio” on Apple Podcasts, Android, Spotify or via RSS. This week, Nonviolence […]

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
Four Things to Know About Israel’s New ‘Change Coalition’

Four Things to Know About Israel’s New ‘Change Coalition’

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The new government — if it takes power at all — is united only around ousting Netanyahu. Here’s […]

Phyllis Bennis

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s new government doesn't give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach

Israel’s new government doesn’t give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach

By Ian Parmeter | – Even by the standards of previous Israeli coalitions, the new government that’s just been announced includes strange bedfellows. The eight […]

The Conversation

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Israel's Netanyahu pledges to destroy President Biden's Iran, Settlements Policies if he Can Survive

Israel’s Netanyahu pledges to destroy President Biden’s Iran, Settlements Policies if he Can Survive

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Outgoing Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu lost his chance to form a government as the deadline ran out on Thursday, […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Bye Bye Bibi Blues: Netanyahu was Israel's Trump

Bye Bye Bibi Blues: Netanyahu was Israel’s Trump

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former President Donald Trump have both steered their countries, parties and political ships […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel
The more it Changes . . . What can we Expect from the new Unity Coalition Government in Israel?

The more it Changes . . . What can we Expect from the new Unity Coalition Government in Israel?

By John Strawson | – Israeli politics are entering a new chapter. After inconclusive elections in March, a politically diverse coalition has formed to end […]

The Conversation

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Lest we Forget: Trump’s and Billionaires’ Covid Profiteering, Debasing Science and Death on the scale of the Civil War

Lest we Forget: Trump’s and Billionaires’ Covid Profiteering, Debasing Science and Death on the scale of the Civil War

By Nina Burleigh | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Now that we’re all unmasking and the economy seems set to roar into the 2020s, what will […]

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