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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Mrs. Hemingway, Israel, and the Palestinians

Mrs. Hemingway, Israel, and the Palestinians

Middlebury, Vt. (Special to Informed Comment) – In the current PBS series on Ernest Hemingway’s life and work, Martha Gellhorn, the journalist and novelist who […]

Shalom Goldman

International Criminal Court
Lifting Trump's sanctions on the Int'l Criminal Court doesn't go Far Enough: The US must uphold International Law

Lifting Trump’s sanctions on the Int’l Criminal Court doesn’t go Far Enough: The US must uphold International Law

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When the loony right gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference back in February, the theme of the Trump-heavy […]

John Feffer

Islam
Islamic Judaism?  (Video)

Islamic Judaism? (Video)

John Tolan | Emir-Stein Center “In the 19th century, some Jewish scholars in Central Europe looked to early Islam and in particular to the Prophet […]

Emir-Stein Center

Militarization
After the Chauvin Trial, Can Police Culture escape Toxic Masculinity and 'Warrior Cops'?

After the Chauvin Trial, Can Police Culture escape Toxic Masculinity and ‘Warrior Cops’?

By Angela Workman-Stark | – The police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd is currently on trial in Minneapolis amid continued […]

The Conversation

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How to understand Indirect US-Iran Nuclear Talks at Vienna:  Iran wants US to get its Knee off Tehran's Neck, Chauvin style, First

How to understand Indirect US-Iran Nuclear Talks at Vienna: Iran wants US to get its Knee off Tehran’s Neck, Chauvin style, First

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The current signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (Joint Plan of Comprehensive Action or JCPOA) met in Vienna Tuesday […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Republican Apoplexy – Play Ball and Pass the Popcorn

Republican Apoplexy – Play Ball and Pass the Popcorn

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – This Republican apoplexy over Major League Baseball (MLB) taking the All-Star game out of Atlanta is hilarious on […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
The Biden administration talks Equality and 2 States, but are Occupied Palestinians any Less Oppressed?

The Biden administration talks Equality and 2 States, but are Occupied Palestinians any Less Oppressed?

( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Joe Biden may be returning the country to the two-state paradigm, but the inequalities between Israelis and […]

Ramona Wadi

Far Right
Has the Far Right infiltrated the US Armed Forces?

Has the Far Right infiltrated the US Armed Forces?

By Nan Levinson | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was around noon and I was texting a friend about who-knows-what when I added, almost […]

Tomdispatch

Agriculture
Middle East, Africa, in Special Trouble as Human-Caused Climate Emergency causes 30% drop in Agricultural Productivity Growth

Middle East, Africa, in Special Trouble as Human-Caused Climate Emergency causes 30% drop in Agricultural Productivity Growth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the human-caused climate emergency is responsible for a […]

Juan Cole

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