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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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Israel/ Palestine
An un-merry Christmas for Palestinians, as Militant Israeli Squatters attack Monastery, Church

An un-merry Christmas for Palestinians, as Militant Israeli Squatters attack Monastery, Church

This year, there will be no Christmas celebrations in Palestine because of restrictions necessary to stop the spread of COVID-19. Worse, this unusually gloomy season […]

Mohammed Samaana

Death Penalty
Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

By Isaac Arnsdorf | – (ProPublica ) – In its hurry to use its final days in power to execute federal prisoners, the administration of […]

ProPublica

Authoritarianism
From biblical times to Trump, false messiahs have doomed societies

From biblical times to Trump, false messiahs have doomed societies

By Kimberly Stratton | – The prophet Jeremiah records in excruciating detail the catastrophic events leading to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in 587 […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, Trump the Mad pardoned 4 Blackwater mercenaries who killed 14 Iraqi civilians, including a nine-year-old boy, with indiscriminate […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

( Middle East Monitor ) – It is convenient to surmise that Israel’s current political crisis is consistent with the country’s unfailing trajectory of short-lived […]

Ramzy Baroud

Environmentalism
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Memona Hossain | – Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020 would […]

The Conversation

Iraq
‘Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay:’  Can America learn the Lessons of Iraq and Vietnam

‘Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay:’ Can America learn the Lessons of Iraq and Vietnam

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Trump sent Feds to Portland, but will coddle White Supremacist militias who invaded Oregon State House

Trump sent Feds to Portland, but will coddle White Supremacist militias who invaded Oregon State House

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Far right brown shirts, some armed with firearms or bear mace, invaded the Oregon state house in Salem on Monday. […]

Juan Cole

Kurds
Will Syrian Kurds be crushed between the Russian Hammer and Turkish Anvil?

Will Syrian Kurds be crushed between the Russian Hammer and Turkish Anvil?

Major global actors in the Middle East are traditionally using the Kurds as bargaining chips for their own geopolitical trade. Russia is no exception. The […]

Nikola Mikovic

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