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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Israeli "Crime Minister" Netanyahu Indicted, Political System in Freefall

Israeli “Crime Minister” Netanyahu Indicted, Political System in Freefall

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s attorney general has indicted prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Ari Shapiro and Daniel Estrin report at NPR, on charges of […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
It Isn't only Syrian Kurds who Feel abandoned by Trump:  Ask the Iraqis

It Isn’t only Syrian Kurds who Feel abandoned by Trump: Ask the Iraqis

By Mieczysław P. Boduszyński | – In all the hand-wringing that critics and commentators have done since President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of U.S. […]

The Conversation

Congress
Trump's War on our Language:  Fudging, Waffling and Lying weave Alternative Universe

Trump’s War on our Language: Fudging, Waffling and Lying weave Alternative Universe

( Tomdispatch.com ) – These days, witnessing the administration’s never-ending cruelty at the border, the shenanigans of a White House caught red-handed in attempted bribery […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Congress
Quid Pro Quo: 4 GOP Defenses of Trump that Sondland and others have Shot Down

Quid Pro Quo: 4 GOP Defenses of Trump that Sondland and others have Shot Down

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. No quid pro quo (“this for that”). The Republicans, and Trump himself, kept asserting that the president didn’t offer […]

Juan Cole

Politics&Culture
Why are there so many Mass Protests in Today's World but so Few real Revolutions?

Why are there so many Mass Protests in Today’s World but so Few real Revolutions?

By Peter McPhee | – We live in a world of violent challenges to the status quo, from Chile and Iraq to Hong Kong, Catalonia […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel trying to hide its War Crimes by Shooting Journalists?

Is Israel trying to hide its War Crimes by Shooting Journalists?

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – On Tuesday, doctors at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem announced that they had successfully removed the remains of […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
GOP Slammed Vindman as Immigrant:  But Many Founding Fathers and Constitution Framers were Foreign-Born

GOP Slammed Vindman as Immigrant: But Many Founding Fathers and Constitution Framers were Foreign-Born

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republicans at the House impeachment hearings decided to try to smear Lt. Col. Alex Vindman as a foreigner and perhaps […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran: Violent Gov't Crackdown on Protesters with Live Fire and many Casualties, hidden by Internet Blackout

Iran: Violent Gov’t Crackdown on Protesters with Live Fire and many Casualties, hidden by Internet Blackout

(Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – Iranian security forces appear to be using excessive force against protests that emerged after an abrupt government increase in […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
#MuathEye: A clash between the Israeli Occupation’s rifles and the Palestinian eyes opened to its violations

#MuathEye: A clash between the Israeli Occupation’s rifles and the Palestinian eyes opened to its violations

By Hossam Shaker | On Friday, November 15th, photojournalist Muath Amarneh left his home wearing his uniform and blue helmet to cover the demonstrations by […]

Middle East Monitor

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