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Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington
Donald Trump

Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two visions of the future of Gaza are congealing, in two different power centers. One is the Arab and Muslim […]

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Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

11/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

11/04/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Is Covid-19 Iraq's Next Desert Storm?  The American-Built State was already a Violent Shambles with Little Healthcare

Is Covid-19 Iraq’s Next Desert Storm? The American-Built State was already a Violent Shambles with Little Healthcare

Detroit (Special to Informed Comment) – Iraq has endured decades of destabilizing political and military turbulence that has threatened its survivability as a nation-state. Its […]

Tareq A. Ramadan

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"A Seller's Market for Bankruptcy Talent:" The Beginning of the End of Methane-Producing Fracking?

“A Seller’s Market for Bankruptcy Talent:” The Beginning of the End of Methane-Producing Fracking?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday, the price of West Texas Intermediate petroleum fell below $30 a barrel for the first time in four […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Disaster Capitalism and the Real Culprit in the Italian Covid-19 Catastrophe

Disaster Capitalism and the Real Culprit in the Italian Covid-19 Catastrophe

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein worries that the Coronavirus pandemic will provide another opportunity for neoliberal […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
Right Wing Trolls systematically Defame supporters of Palestinian Human Rights, but Now They're Losing in Court

Right Wing Trolls systematically Defame supporters of Palestinian Human Rights, but Now They’re Losing in Court

By Nasim Ahmed | @Nasimbythedocks | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Libelling human rights activists who expose the brutal reality of Israel’s seemingly […]

Middle East Monitor

Far Right
Israel's Democracy at a Crossroads: Can Benny Gantz halt the Slide into Illiberalism?

Israel’s Democracy at a Crossroads: Can Benny Gantz halt the Slide into Illiberalism?

By Eitan Tzelgov | – After Israel’s third election in a year in early March, parties opposing Benjamin Netanyahu – the Israeli prime minister known […]

The Conversation

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In Historic Breakthrough, Israel Considers admitting the Palestinian-Israelis to the Political Game (as Silent Partners)

In Historic Breakthrough, Israel Considers admitting the Palestinian-Israelis to the Political Game (as Silent Partners)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Josef Federman at AP reports that Israeli president Reuven Rivlin will offer Benny Gantz, the leader of the Blue and […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
America, the Vulnerable: COVID-19 and the Exposure of a Broken System

America, the Vulnerable: COVID-19 and the Exposure of a Broken System

The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 (‘Coronavirus Disease’, virus name SARS-CoV-2 for ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2’), was first identified in Hubei province and […]

Tareq A. Ramadan

Children
The Children of Syria:  Millions of Young Lives Blighted by a Decade-Long War

The Children of Syria: Millions of Young Lives Blighted by a Decade-Long War

By Philippa H Stewart (Senior Media Officer) and Bill Van Esveld (Associate Director, MENA, Children’s Rights Division) | – ( Human Rights Watch) – The […]

Human Rights Watch

Epidemics
To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift the Sanctions on Iran

To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift the Sanctions on Iran

By Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin, March 13, 2020. (Foreign Policy in Focus) – U.S. sanctions have gutted Iran’s economy and health system. In a […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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