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Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
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Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza

Juan Cole

UNICEF said “1 in 5 infants have missed out on one or more vaccines. This is a big jump ahead of us in the coming days.”

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Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

11/12/2025 By The Conversation

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

11/12/2025 By Tomdispatch

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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

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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 […]

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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

Books
Winning the War for Earth: Kim Stanley Robinson’s subversive new Novel Rejects Doomism and Imagines a Hopeful Solution to the Climate Emergency

Winning the War for Earth: Kim Stanley Robinson’s subversive new Novel Rejects Doomism and Imagines a Hopeful Solution to the Climate Emergency

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In the wake of a killer heat wave that slaughters millions, eco-terrorism spreads across the globe and capitalism ruptures […]

Dan Dinello

China
With Huge Iran Deal, China Hopes Deep Pockets Further Boost Influence In Middle East

With Huge Iran Deal, China Hopes Deep Pockets Further Boost Influence In Middle East

By Reid Standish | – Beijing has inked a sweeping 25-year investment deal with Iran that could see China’s economic, political, and military influence there […]

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Joe Biden
Remaking America: Biden to put $100 bn. into High Capacity Grid to Move Electricity from Wind and Solar Farms to Cities

Remaking America: Biden to put $100 bn. into High Capacity Grid to Move Electricity from Wind and Solar Farms to Cities

By James D. McCalley | – Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and […]

The Conversation

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In Historical Irony, Israel can only have a Government with Palestinian-Israeli (and maybe Muslim Brotherhood) Support

In Historical Irony, Israel can only have a Government with Palestinian-Israeli (and maybe Muslim Brotherhood) Support

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a great historical irony, the immediate future of Israeli politics may depend on the Israeli branch of the Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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Can America finally kick the Habit?  – “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World”

Can America finally kick the Habit? – “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World”

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Fifty-four years ago, standing at the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his now-famous […]

Liz Theoharis

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