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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
How Western media dehumanization of Palestinians allows Israel to get away with murder in Gaza

How Western media dehumanization of Palestinians allows Israel to get away with murder in Gaza

(Middle East Monitor ) – An Israeli attack on Gaza was imminent, and not because of any provocations by Palestinian groups in the besieged, impoverished […]

Ramzy Baroud

Democratic Party
Top 4 Things Rep. Ilhan Omar was Right about, from Stephen Miller Racism to Trump Impeachment

Top 4 Things Rep. Ilhan Omar was Right about, from Stephen Miller Racism to Trump Impeachment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week The Southern Poverty Law Center reported from Hatewatch that Trump administration official Stephen Miller spent the period before […]

Juan Cole

Environmentalism
Climate Crisis will Beggar Us: Big Oil needs to Pay for the Damage it Caused

Climate Crisis will Beggar Us: Big Oil needs to Pay for the Damage it Caused

By Tamara Toles O’Laughlin and Bill McKibben | – (Yes! Magazine) – Climate change disproportionately affects poor people and people of color. They should be […]

Yes! Magazine

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A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq

A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq

Once again, people in the Middle East want democratic reforms and an end to corruption and foreign domination. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Lebanese […]

Reese Erlich

Mass Extinction
Is our Civilization Causing the Sixth Great Mass Extinction in Earth's History?

Is our Civilization Causing the Sixth Great Mass Extinction in Earth’s History?

By Frédérik Saltré and Corey J. A. Bradshaw | – For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to occupy […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Iran's Rouhani:  Trump too Erratic to Deal with, but is Open about Ambitions to Steal ME Oil

Iran’s Rouhani: Trump too Erratic to Deal with, but is Open about Ambitions to Steal ME Oil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said this week that the United States used to justify its military presence in Syria on […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change

All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change

(Tomdispatch.com) – The Situation Room, October 2039: the president and vice president, senior generals and admirals, key cabinet members, and other top national security officers […]

Michael T. Klare

censorship
Beacon on a Hill: Iraq Hitting Protesters so Hard even Medics are Attacked

Beacon on a Hill: Iraq Hitting Protesters so Hard even Medics are Attacked

Fire Teargas, Live Ammunition; Destroy Medical Tents

Human Rights Watch

Iran
How Saudi-Iranian oil rivalry has been shaped by American power

How Saudi-Iranian oil rivalry has been shaped by American power

By Sukru Cildir | – The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil-rich states in the Middle East, has oscillated from co-operation to conflict […]

The Conversation

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