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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 in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]

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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Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can't block out the Sounds of Israel's Bombardment

Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can’t block out the Sounds of Israel’s Bombardment

By Yasser Abu Jamei, MD | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – I am writing this letter looking at my terrified 6-year-old son, who […]

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Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle

Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle

Written byأيمن حسونة Translated byYasmeen Omera ( GlobalVoices.org) – “If I don’t steal your house, someone else will.” This is how an Israeli settler called […]

Global Voices

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Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict

Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict

By Ken Chitwood | – The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so […]

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Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of them Children

Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of them Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Steve Hendrix, Shira Rubin and Michael E. Miller at WaPo report that Israeli air strikes on the densely populated urban […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Trump's "Abraham Accords" Inflamed Tensions by Marginalizing Palestinians  and how Biden must hold Israel Accountable

How Trump’s “Abraham Accords” Inflamed Tensions by Marginalizing Palestinians and how Biden must hold Israel Accountable

Oakland, CA (Special to Informed Comment) – Formal military units and street gangs are fighting it out separately throughout Israel, Palestine and the territories. Both […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle

Protests by Palestinian citizens in Israel signal growing sense of a common struggle

By Maha Nassar | – The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of […]

The Conversation

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Mother’s Day Tears:  The Fierce Prophetic Vision of Poor Women

Mother’s Day Tears: The Fierce Prophetic Vision of Poor Women

( Tomdispatch.com) – One hundred and fifty years ago, in the bloody wake of the Civil War, the abolitionist Julia Ward Howe issued a “Mother’s […]

Liz Theoharis

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Civil War? Palestinian-Israelis Join Protests en Masse for First time in Decades, as Squatter Militias Attack

Civil War? Palestinian-Israelis Join Protests en Masse for First time in Decades, as Squatter Militias Attack

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in Lod, a small city of 77,000 […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem to Gaza, Israeli Authorities' Escalation Highlights Reality of Apartheid, Persecution for Millions of Palestinians

Jerusalem to Gaza, Israeli Authorities’ Escalation Highlights Reality of Apartheid, Persecution for Millions of Palestinians

By Omar Shakir | Israel and Palestine Director | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Forcible takeovers of homes, brutal suppression of demonstrators, places of […]

Human Rights Watch

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