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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East
Donald Trump

Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

06/24/2025 By The Conversation

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

06/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Trump, Johnson, Erdogan: The International Alt-Right’s Bluster and Surrender

Trump, Johnson, Erdogan: The International Alt-Right’s Bluster and Surrender

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – From the U.S. to the U.K. to Turkey, it is a hallmark of right-wing populists to make a preposterous policy […]

John Feffer

nuclear weapons
Given tensions with Erdogan, is it really Wise for the U.S. to Keep 50 Nuclear Bombs in Turkey?

Given tensions with Erdogan, is it really Wise for the U.S. to Keep 50 Nuclear Bombs in Turkey?

By Miles A. Pomper | – As the Syrian crisis pits Turkish troops against former U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, Pentagon officials have been reviewing plans to […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
She deserves our support: Rep. Betty McCollum wants US to stop subsidising torture of Palestinian children

She deserves our support: Rep. Betty McCollum wants US to stop subsidising torture of Palestinian children

( Middle East Monitor ) – In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Unlike Trump, Putin faces down Turkey on Plans for Massive Syria Incursion

Unlike Trump, Putin faces down Turkey on Plans for Massive Syria Incursion

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With Trump and his special operations troops out of Syria, it fell to Russia to deal with Turkey’s invasion of […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey

Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey

Deina Abdelkader | – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t limiting his assault on neighboring Syria to attacking Kurdish troops that run the country’s northern […]

The Conversation

Antisemitism
On Anniversary of Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre: US Jews a Face Trump-Fuelled Far Right and a Fringe Left

On Anniversary of Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre: US Jews a Face Trump-Fuelled Far Right and a Fringe Left

(Informed Comment) – October 27 marks the one-year anniversary of the Tree of Life Congregation massacre in Pittsburgh. This was a result of President Donald […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Donald Trump
MACA or Making America Crueler Again: Targeting Refugees and the Helpless

MACA or Making America Crueler Again: Targeting Refugees and the Helpless

(Tomdispatch.com) – On September 26th, President Donald Trump’s White House announced that, in 2020, refugee admissions to the United States will be limited to 18,000, […]

Arnold R. Isaacs

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As Netanyahu Era Ends in Israel, Anti-Arab Racism Causes Political Deadlock

As Netanyahu Era Ends in Israel, Anti-Arab Racism Causes Political Deadlock

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the far right Likud Party, has failed to form a government. His […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Can his Incursion into Syria Help Turkey's Erdoğan Consolidate Power?

Can his Incursion into Syria Help Turkey’s Erdoğan Consolidate Power?

By Ramazan Kılınç | – Omaha, NE (Informed Comment) – Turkey is a country where the status of democracy and human rights has never been […]

Ramazan Kilinc

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