Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]
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Stop comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa; it is worse
( Middle East Monitor ) – It is common these days to compare the institutional racism in Israel, and its occupation of Palestine, to Apartheid […]
Gaza Hostilities Underscore Role of Int’l Criminal Court
By Balkees Jarrah | – Associate Director, International Justice Program | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Israeli forces have launched relentless airstrikes in […]
Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper
By Caleb Elfenbein | – A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its top executives in federal court over the company’s failure to crack […]
Irish Parties and People demand Expulsion of Israeli ambassador, Fines for importing Settler-made Goods
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The recent Israeli assault on the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the bombardment of Gaza, has stirred […]
On How there is no Restaurant Worker Shortage, only a Shortage of Safe Jobs with Adequate Pay
From the earliest days of the Pandemic relief initiatives business lobbies and conservative pundits have griped about the $600 Federal Unemployment Insurance supplement. They complained […]
Let Lebanon be Lebanon: Paris should Stop Threatening Beirut with EU Sanctions
John Hickman “Governing Lebanon is surely more daunting than governing France.”[1] That pearl of wisdom in an essay defending consociational democracy by University of Pennsylvania […]
Changing the Way the Military Handles Sexual Assault: Or How Not to Leave the Fox Guarding the Henhouse
By Andrea Mazzarino | – (Tomdispatch.com ) – Given the more than 60 Democratic and Republican votes lined up, the Senate is poised to move […]
Eman Askar’s TikTok deep-history ‘Song for Palestine’ goes Viral with 10 mn Views in 48 Hours
“A song telling the story of Palestine has gone viral on social media. TikToker Eman Askar – @emmasworld.101 – rhymes off of historical facts with […]
As Boteach comes for Dua Lipa, has Tactic of Smearing People as anti-Semites for Backing Palestinian Human Rights jumped the Shark?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Orthodox Rabbi Shmuely Boteach has come after the brilliant, Grammy-award-winning Kosovar-British pop star Dua Lipa with an ad in the […]
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