Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]
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Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee
By Robert Faturechi | – ( ProPublica ) – Earlier this year, the Air Force revealed that the general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress […]
Gaza ceasefire Deal looks Doomed as Israel blockades Strip and bars Entry of Humanitarian Aid
By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin (The Conversation) – When Israel signed a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza on January 15, the agreement was […]
On Int’l Women’s Day: Women’s Equality: What will it Take, What will it Yield?
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – International Women’s Day (now March 8) had its origins in great social unrest, turbulence and critical debate […]
Weimar’s Lesson: It’s the Violence, Not the Speech
( Detailed Political Quizzes ) – As comparisons between contemporary American politics and the rise of the Nazi Party are frequently invoked in the media, […]
The End of the American Century, courtesy Donald J. Trump
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected many different […]
The Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” is about Palestinians who have no Place else to Go
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The title of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, reflects the sad reality that these people have […]
Melting Antarctic Ice will slow the World’s strongest Ocean Current – and the global Consequences are Profound
By Taimoor Sohail, The University of Melbourne and Bishakhdatta Gayen, The University of Melbourne Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest […]
“No other Land”: When Ordered to Destroy, we Sometimes have a Moral Obligation to Lie
( The Times of Israel ) – You are ordered—like in the Oscar-nominated documentary No Other Land—to demolish the homes, schools, and wells of Palestinian families […]
The Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel: B’Tselem in the Crosshairs
In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023, it […]
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