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Women’s Cancer Rates are Rising in the Oil Gulf: is Global Heating causing it?
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Women’s Cancer Rates are Rising in the Oil Gulf: is Global Heating causing it?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Human-caused global heating is hitting the Middle East hard, and rates of cancer in Middle Eastern women are increasing. Is […]

Israel: Will Ultra-Orthodox Jews’ Opposition to Conscription Bring down Netanyahu’s Gov’t

Israel: Will Ultra-Orthodox Jews’ Opposition to Conscription Bring down Netanyahu’s Gov’t

06/12/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Sanctioning extremist Israeli Ministers is a Start, but More must be Done

Sanctioning extremist Israeli Ministers is a Start, but More must be Done

06/12/2025 By The Conversation

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Trump walks Alone:  Former US Allies Britain, France, Germany join Russia and China in Forcefully Rejecting Trump Iran Sanctions

Trump walks Alone: Former US Allies Britain, France, Germany join Russia and China in Forcefully Rejecting Trump Iran Sanctions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – LeMonde reports that France, Germany and Britain have rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reimpose UN Security Council sanctions on […]

Juan Cole

Central Intelligence Agency
Before the CIA Coup in 1953, the US and Iran had been old Friends

Before the CIA Coup in 1953, the US and Iran had been old Friends

By Daniel Thomas Potts | – The British- and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran […]

The Conversation

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Is the Trump Administration Trying to destroy our Public Schools, Too?

Is the Trump Administration Trying to destroy our Public Schools, Too?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Seventeen years ago, against the advice of my parents, I decided to become a public school teacher. Once I did, both my […]

Belle Chesler

China
China and the United States: The 21st Century’s ‘Great Game’

China and the United States: The 21st Century’s ‘Great Game’

For China, the global war for influence is about trading partners. For the U.S., it could mean something more volatile. (Foreign Policy in Focus ) […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Arms Sales
Was F-35 Stealth Jet Sale to Arab UAE at heart of deal with Israel and Trump? Did Netanyahu Lie?

Was F-35 Stealth Jet Sale to Arab UAE at heart of deal with Israel and Trump? Did Netanyahu Lie?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Only a week after the breathless announcement of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) recognition of Israel, the two newlyweds are […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Blockade of 2 Million Palestinians in Gaza is making it Uninhabitable

Israel’s Blockade of 2 Million Palestinians in Gaza is making it Uninhabitable

By Yousef Alhelou | – Gaza’s two million residents have become accustomed for the past 20 years to Israeli air strikes, ground incursions and naval […]

Middle East Monitor

Green Energy
Electric car sales are on the rise – is coronavirus a turning point for the market?

Electric car sales are on the rise – is coronavirus a turning point for the market?

By James Carroll | – Lockdowns across Europe to curb the coronavirus pandemic drastically changed how we move around the world. Work-from-home restrictions, furlough schemes […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
After a big win against coal, NY climate activists are closer than ever to ending all fossil fuel investments

After a big win against coal, NY climate activists are closer than ever to ending all fossil fuel investments

By Nick Engelfried | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced last month that the state would divest […]

Waging Nonviolence

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In Further War Crime, Israelis cut Electricity to Gaza, Idling 50,000 Factory Workers

In Further War Crime, Israelis cut Electricity to Gaza, Idling 50,000 Factory Workers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of far right Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu cut off fuel for the sole power plant in the […]

Juan Cole

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