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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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Authoritarianism
Arab World, Alarmed at US Debate Debacle, Worries about Military Coup and 'Banana Republic' on Potomac

Arab World, Alarmed at US Debate Debacle, Worries about Military Coup and ‘Banana Republic’ on Potomac

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Arabic press watched the Trump-Biden fiasco of a debate with alarm. The US is so involved in the Arab […]

Juan Cole

Islam
On how there are no “Infidels” in the Qur’an, and how Christians and Jews are never Called That

On how there are no “Infidels” in the Qur’an, and how Christians and Jews are never Called That

My new article is out in The Journal of the American Oriental Society about the meaning of the root k-f-r in the Qur’an, the Muslim […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
U Toronto Dumping of Legal Scholar critical of Israel has Chilling effect on Research, Academic Freedom

U Toronto Dumping of Legal Scholar critical of Israel has Chilling effect on Research, Academic Freedom

By Farida Deif | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – The University of Toronto’s law school allegedly rescinded a job offer for director of […]

Human Rights Watch

Health Care
Is it Time to end Profiteering on Public Health and Nationalize Big Pharma?

Is it Time to end Profiteering on Public Health and Nationalize Big Pharma?

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — Over forty years of profiteering by Big Pharma and oligarch control of our economy has left the public […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Climate Crisis
Top 5 Most Horrible things Trump said in his Abnormal Debate

Top 5 Most Horrible things Trump said in his Abnormal Debate

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The “debate” was an unfortunate and distasteful spectacle, largely because of Trump’s bullying and mendacious behavior. But let us resist […]

Juan Cole

Armenia
War for Oil, again? Why are Russia and Turkey intervening in the Azerbaijan-Armenia Clashes?

War for Oil, again? Why are Russia and Turkey intervening in the Azerbaijan-Armenia Clashes?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh threaten to destabilize the Caucasus. Turkey and Russia […]

Nikola Mikovic

Arab World
Democracy for the Arab World Now!   Khashoggi's Legacy is Launched

Democracy for the Arab World Now! Khashoggi’s Legacy is Launched

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by the Saudi government for working for democracy in the Middle East. […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Will a Woman's right to Choose end with Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court?

Will a Woman’s right to Choose end with Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court?

By Prudence Flowers | – Last week, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg’s “most fervent wish”, revealed by […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
The Mobster-in-Chief:  Will the November Election Be Decided in the Streets?

The Mobster-in-Chief: Will the November Election Be Decided in the Streets?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The white mobs didn’t care whom they killed as long as the victims were Black. They murdered people in public with […]

John Feffer

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