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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Moonbases and Solar Arrays: Will China win the Space Race as Musk’s DOGE cripples NASA?

Moonbases and Solar Arrays: Will China win the Space Race as Musk’s DOGE cripples NASA?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The irrational, ignorant and often plain stupid cuts that rogue DOGE operatives of Elon Musk are making to the US […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Gaza Genocide and the Unravelling of US Hegemony

The Gaza Genocide and the Unravelling of US Hegemony

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s war on Gaza has shattered whatever illusions remained about the strength of US […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump

By Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen | – ( ProPublica ) – In the three-and-a-half weeks since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, […]

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Proem:  The Trauma of Gaza Scholasticide

Proem: The Trauma of Gaza Scholasticide

  We are closed in, and the key is turnedon our uncertainty…We had fed the heart on fantasies,the heart’s grown brutal from the fare,more substance […]

Hugh J. Curran

Iraq
What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement, and Why does it still affect the Middle East Today?

What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement, and Why does it still affect the Middle East Today?

By Andrew Thomas, Deakin University (The Conversation) – Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Beating Trump, Dumping Trump (It can be Done)

Beating Trump, Dumping Trump (It can be Done)

By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In bad times — and these are bad times — I call up the spirit of Willie. Willie […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Sinai! Why Egypt’s al-Sisi says he will snub White House Invitation if Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza is on Agenda

Sinai! Why Egypt’s al-Sisi says he will snub White House Invitation if Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza is on Agenda

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Egypt has shown more spunk in standing up to Trump than has the mostly supine US Congress. Offered the most […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Green Light for Ethnic Cleansing?

Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Green Light for Ethnic Cleansing?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Let’s be clear: the forced displacement of Palestinians is not a new idea. US President Donald Trump’s latest proposal […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza’s Telecommunications: Occupied and Destroyed

Gaza’s Telecommunications: Occupied and Destroyed

  Ali Abdel-Wahab Introduction ( Al-Shabaka ) – In the 21st century, telecommunications—particularly the internet—have become indispensable tools in the global struggle for freedom and […]

Al-Shabaka

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