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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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Patriotism, American Style: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Patriotism, American Style: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Sacramento, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – What is Patriotism? Let’s begin with the difficult part: defining and understanding patriotism. Patriotism refers to the feelings […]

Bahman Fozouni

Donald Trump
Talking Tough and Carrying a Radioactive Stick:  The Nuclearization of American Diplomacy

Talking Tough and Carrying a Radioactive Stick: The Nuclearization of American Diplomacy

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On August 21st, six nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress bombers, representing approximately one-seventh of the war-ready U.S. B-52H bomber fleet, flew from their […]

Michael T. Klare

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Graham to Blacks, Immigrants: 'You can go anywhere in this state, you just have to be a Conservative'

Graham to Blacks, Immigrants: ‘You can go anywhere in this state, you just have to be a Conservative’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lindsey Graham couldn’t have another debate with his rival for one of South Carolina’s senate seats, Jamie Harrison, because he […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

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Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

(Foreign Correspondent) – The four countries with the most confirmed COVID-19 infections in the world are all led by rightwing populists: the US, India, Brazil, […]

Reese Erlich

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America's New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

America’s New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – The highly respected British medical journal, “The Lancet”, recently summarized the health insurance situation in the USA: “Although […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Authoritarianism
Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Kim Jong Un insists on having a huge parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the ruling […]

Juan Cole

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Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

By Amy Cooter | – Details are still emerging about the men arrested on federal and state charges related to an alleged plot to kidnap […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Item 7, General Debate – UN Human Rights Council 45 Israeli authorities have continued to systematically repress and discriminate against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian […]

Human Rights Watch

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