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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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What the Fall of Assad says about Putin’s Ambitions for Russia’s Great-Power Status

What the Fall of Assad says about Putin’s Ambitions for Russia’s Great-Power Status

By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham (The Conversation) – The lightning-fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shock waves across the Middle […]

The Conversation

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Iraq's Barzani hails Syrian Leader's Assurances on future of Syrian Kurds

Iraq’s Barzani hails Syrian Leader’s Assurances on future of Syrian Kurds

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria has broached again the issue of the largely Kurdish Autonomous Administration of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Reel Resistance: Netflix’s Removal of Palestinian Films adds to the Erasure of Palestine

Reel Resistance: Netflix’s Removal of Palestinian Films adds to the Erasure of Palestine

By Chandni Desai, University of Toronto (The Conversation) – Netflix faces calls for a boycott after it removed its “Palestinian Stories” collection this October. This […]

The Conversation

Feminism
Iran Detains Singer Who Performed Without Head Scarf

Iran Detains Singer Who Performed Without Head Scarf

Update: Ms. Ahmadi was released from prison Sunday. She will face trial for the concert. By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda ( RFE/ RL ) – Iranian […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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How did we Get Here?  Excerpt from my new book “Gaza Yet Stands”

How did we Get Here? Excerpt from my new book “Gaza Yet Stands”

This is an excerpt from a draft of the introduction to my new book, Gaza Yet Stands, which briefly sketches how Israeli colonial policies turned […]

Juan Cole

Genocide
Genocide or Crimes Against Humanity? Amnesty Int’l’s Verdict on Israel’s War on Gaza

Genocide or Crimes Against Humanity? Amnesty Int’l’s Verdict on Israel’s War on Gaza

By Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – It was bound to happen. With continuing operations in Gaza and increasingly violent acts against Palestinians […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Rising Desertification shows we can’t keep Farming with Fossil Fuels; 3/4s of Earth’s Land is Drier

Rising Desertification shows we can’t keep Farming with Fossil Fuels; 3/4s of Earth’s Land is Drier

By Jack Marley, The Conversation Three-quarters of Earth’s land has become drier since 1990. Droughts come and go – more often and more extreme with […]

The Conversation

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Türkiye reaches 18.7 GW Photovoltaic Capacity, shows how Solar can meet Growing Air Conditioning demand

Türkiye reaches 18.7 GW Photovoltaic Capacity, shows how Solar can meet Growing Air Conditioning demand

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One of the paradoxes of human-made climate change is that as we heat up the planet by burning gasoline, coal […]

Juan Cole

Syria
The Turkish Role in Assad's Downfall: By supporting the rebels who overthrew the Syrian leader has Ankara bitten off more than it can chew?

The Turkish Role in Assad’s Downfall: By supporting the rebels who overthrew the Syrian leader has Ankara bitten off more than it can chew?

By Philip Balboni | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – After tenaciously holding on to power for more than a decade of war, the […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

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Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

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Yakov M. Rabkin

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Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

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