Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-Iranian War of 2025 has put Iraq in an extremely difficult situation. The country’s Shiite majority sympathizes with Iran […]
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German Chancellor Merz in Historic Rebuke of Israel: Attacks on Civilians not Justified by Hamas Terror
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Because of the Nazi Holocaust in which six million European Jews were murdered, German governments have felt a need to […]
Protesting Punishing a Commencement Address on Palestine at George Washington U.
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to George Washington University protesting the administration’s actions against graduating senior Cecilia Culver […]
The End of Human Rights? Donald Trump Has Ripped Off the Human Rights Veneer That Once Graced U.S. Foreign Policy
By Ashley Gate and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Trump administration seems intent on undermining America’s ability to make human rights a […]
Morocco Plans Floating Solar PV over Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco is on a green energy roll, as the government’s far-sighted plan to move the North African country to renewables […]
Syria: Türkiye-backed Armed Groups Detain, Extort Civilians
New Syrian Government Should Ensure Accountability Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Syrian National Army (SNA) factions that fought the Assad government with backing from Türkiye […]
What Malnutrition is doing to Gaza’s Starving Babies in their 1st 1000 Days of Life
By Nina Sivertsen, Flinders University; Annette Briley, Flinders University, and Tahlia Johnson, Flinders University (The Conversation) – Last week, the United Nations warned more than […]
Gaza “a Gaping Wound on Humanity:” Spain Convenes Int’l Conference to call for Arms Embargo on Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Spanish wire service EFE reports that delegations from 20 countries met Sunday in Madrid in a push to pressure […]
Siege Politics: Netanyahu’s Crisis-Driven Grip on Power
Even mild criticism produces splenetic reactions from the Israeli leader. By Imran Khalid | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – By now, it should […]
Starving Babies: The Self-Liquidation of U.S. Global Soft Power
( Tomdispatch.com ) – With the Oval Office looking more like a middle school classroom every day, let’s recall the way, once upon a time, […]
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