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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

09/24/2025 By Frida Berrigan

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party has had a lock on Texas politics for over two decades, and has reduced it to a […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

( Al-Bab.com) – The US State Department confirmed on Friday that it is revoking a last-minute decision by the Trump administration to designate Yemen’s Houthi […]

Brian Whitaker

Joe Biden
'Indian Country' is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

‘Indian Country’ is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

By Traci Morris | – President Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to lead the Department of the Interior is historic […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?   Not Those of Poor Americans, That’s For Sure

Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America? Not Those of Poor Americans, That’s For Sure

By Liz Theoharis | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In June 1990, future South African President Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress only […]

Liz Theoharis

Epidemics
Israel stops Palestinians of Gaza from getting 2K doses of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine

Israel stops Palestinians of Gaza from getting 2K doses of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine

Update. On Wednesday Feb. 17, Israel finally permitted 1,000 doses into Gaza, despite an earlier temptation to play politics with the pandemic. Ann Arbor (Informed […]

Juan Cole

Development
Yes we need the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus: Real Unemployment is 3 times what they're telling us

Yes we need the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus: Real Unemployment is 3 times what they’re telling us

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – As Congress gets set to debate the Biden Pandemic relief package, one of the favorite Republican lines […]

John Buell

Iran
Is Biden risking new conflict with Iran by yielding to Dem Hawks and Neoconservatives?

Is Biden risking new conflict with Iran by yielding to Dem Hawks and Neoconservatives?

( Code Pink) – As Congress still struggles to pass a COVID relief bill, the rest of the world is nervously reserving judgment on America’s […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Far Right
“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection

“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection

By Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan | – The Insurrection ( ProPublica) – The Effort to Overturn the Election The riot squad defending the embattled […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Michael E. Mann on The New Climate War and Biden’s Greening of America: Interview with Juan Cole

Michael E. Mann on The New Climate War and Biden’s Greening of America: Interview with Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I am so pleased to present to our readers an interview with one of the world’s foremost climate scientists, Michael […]

Juan Cole

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