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Israel’s Politicians Rebel for the right to Torture
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Israel’s Politicians Rebel for the right to Torture

H. Scott Prosterman

Tomer-Yerushalmi freely admits to leaking the video to expose the serious nature of the crimes she was investigating,

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The El Fasher, Sudan, Massacre: Appeal for a UNHRC Special Session

The El Fasher, Sudan, Massacre: Appeal for a UNHRC Special Session

11/06/2025 By Human Rights Watch

How Wars ravage the Environment, and the Legal Response

How Wars ravage the Environment, and the Legal Response

11/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Coronavirus Effect:  In One Year, Share of Coal in German Public Power Supply Cratered to 16% from 30%

Coronavirus Effect: In One Year, Share of Coal in German Public Power Supply Cratered to 16% from 30%

By Freja Eriksen | — ( Clean Energy Wire) – Coal’s share in Germany’s net public power production fell to around 16 percent in April […]

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As 27 Million Lose Job-based Health Insurance, Imagine if there were No Obamacare

As 27 Million Lose Job-based Health Insurance, Imagine if there were No Obamacare

By Simon F. Haeder | – The loss of 31 million jobs due to coronvirus has an added downside: 27 million have lost job-based health […]

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I guess "Islam" doesn't Hate us After All: Trump pins hopes for Vaccine on Muslim-American Slaoui

I guess “Islam” doesn’t Hate us After All: Trump pins hopes for Vaccine on Muslim-American Slaoui

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump became president in part by playing on fears, resentments and outright hatred among some segments of the American public, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

How We Became Refugees: The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine

( Middle East Monitor) – Starting on March 27, 1948, a beautiful, small Palestinian village called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias attacks. With little […]

Ramzy Baroud

Arms Sales
In the Midst of a Pandemic, Can we Afford to spend Trillions on War Industries?

In the Midst of a Pandemic, Can we Afford to spend Trillions on War Industries?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Camus’ novel of a lethal contagion in the North African city of Oran is filled with characters all too […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Epidemics
Despite the Opposition of Some, The Science is Clear: Masks Stop the Spread of Coronavirus and should be Mandatory

Despite the Opposition of Some, The Science is Clear: Masks Stop the Spread of Coronavirus and should be Mandatory

By Jeremy Howard | I’m a data scientist at the University of San Francisco and teach courses online in machine learning for fast.ai. In late […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Dr. Bright to Congress: With 85,000 already Dead, US Gov't Coronavirus Inaction threatens us with "Darkest Winter in Modern History"

Dr. Bright to Congress: With 85,000 already Dead, US Gov’t Coronavirus Inaction threatens us with “Darkest Winter in Modern History”

The testimony of Dr. Rick Bright on Thursday was a remarkably low-key affair given the bombshell revelations Ruiz divulged of the paralysis, inaction and frankly […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Democracy is not a Luxury in Times of Pandemic

Democracy is not a Luxury in Times of Pandemic

Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – While some pundits extol the virtue of strong government (i.e., dictatorship) in fighting Covid-19, Middle Eastern activists are […]

Elizabeth F. Thompson

Culture
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:  “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day All hearts that shine with passion’s radiance, no matter if they pray in mosque or church– all […]

Juan Cole

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