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In 2025, 65% of Americans view Muslims Favorably,  85% view Jews Favorably
American Jews

In 2025, 65% of Americans view Muslims Favorably, 85% view Jews Favorably

Juan Cole

It is a paradox that Americans at some points say they like Muslims, but take a dim view on the whole of their religion.

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Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis

12/18/2025 By ProPublica

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur  on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

Trump Administration Concedes U.S. Researchers may Talk with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Despite Sanctions

12/18/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Beirut Catastrophe: Polluters routinely mishandle, illegally trade Hazardous Materials at Sea, in Ports

Beirut Catastrophe: Polluters routinely mishandle, illegally trade Hazardous Materials at Sea, in Ports

By Scott Edwards and Christian Bueger | At the time of writing at least 100 people have lost their lives and a further 4,000 have […]

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Japan
Atomic Poet Survivors, Military Realists and Millennials: August 6 and 9

Atomic Poet Survivors, Military Realists and Millennials: August 6 and 9

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Poet survivors of the merciless, savage US atomic bombing of Japan guide us to the deepest, most intimate […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Epidemics
Trump is making us Sick, and Unsafe: Covid Infection Rate Triples in US Military

Trump is making us Sick, and Unsafe: Covid Infection Rate Triples in US Military

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – American military personnel are getting sick in significant numbers in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. […]

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Donald Trump
Trump nearly provokes International Incident, Wrongly saying Beirut Explosion a "Bomb"

Trump nearly provokes International Incident, Wrongly saying Beirut Explosion a “Bomb”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A massive ammonium nitrate explosion rocked Beirut’s port on Tuesday, sending up a mushroom cloud that reminded some of Hiroshima […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Israel: Will Netanyahu's Authoritarian Crackdown on Mass Demonstrations bring him Down?

Israel: Will Netanyahu’s Authoritarian Crackdown on Mass Demonstrations bring him Down?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Massive demonstrations across Israel are calling for the unseating of Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Middle East Monitor

Japan
An Atomic Bomb no bigger than a Pencil

An Atomic Bomb no bigger than a Pencil

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim[1] – It was 24 August 1945. I was ten years old, living with my mother, brother and sister in a Japanese internment […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

China
Trump's Cold War China Policy is Isolating the U.S., Not China

Trump’s Cold War China Policy is Isolating the U.S., Not China

( Codepink) – Tensions between the United States and China are rising as the U.S. election nears, with tit-for-tat consulate closures, new U.S. sanctions and […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Donald Trump
A Warning Signal for US?  Corruption, Gov't Gridlock, Pandemic, drive half a Million Lebanese Children into Hunger

A Warning Signal for US? Corruption, Gov’t Gridlock, Pandemic, drive half a Million Lebanese Children into Hunger

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Lebanon, a small country of 4.7 million citizens and another 1.5 million Syrian refugees and 400,000 Palestinian refugees, is facing […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
American Nervous Breakdown: Super-Spreader Trump and His Deranged Cult Infect Us All with their Toxic Lunacy

American Nervous Breakdown: Super-Spreader Trump and His Deranged Cult Infect Us All with their Toxic Lunacy

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – While the plague rages, the economy crashes, and millions of jobless Americans just lost unemployment benefits, President Trump and […]

Dan Dinello

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