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Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
Donald Trump

Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal […]

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

07/01/2025 By The Conversation

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

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Islam
Glowing Review of Cole’s “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” in “American Diplomacy”

Glowing Review of Cole’s “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” in “American Diplomacy”

Career foreign service officer, Benjamin Tua, who served in Brazil, Japan and Muslim-majority countries such as Kyrgyzstan, reviews my new book Muhammad: Prophet of Peace […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Greatest Crime of All: Climate Emergency and Inter-Generational Genocide

The Greatest Crime of All: Climate Emergency and Inter-Generational Genocide

(Tomdispatch.com) – Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, it’s a subject that can’t help but […]

Tom Engelhardt

Elections
Israel elections: who women vote for and how it’s shifting

Israel elections: who women vote for and how it’s shifting

By Einat Gedalya-Lavy | – Israelis are heading to the polls in a unique election. The vote on September 17 is the first time Israelis […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Has been Waging a Brutal War on Iran for over a Year, in Alliance with Saudi Arabia & Israel

Trump Has been Waging a Brutal War on Iran for over a Year, in Alliance with Saudi Arabia & Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – You will note that in 2015-2018 we never heard anything about military tensions in the Gulf. During those years, the […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
Despite Brutal Yemen War, will Saudis stock up at London’s Arms Fair?

Despite Brutal Yemen War, will Saudis stock up at London’s Arms Fair?

Conduct in Yemen War Means UK Government Should Not Resume Arms Sales

Human Rights Watch

Climate Change
Why Carbon Dioxide has such a Dangerous influence on Earth's Climate

Why Carbon Dioxide has such a Dangerous influence on Earth’s Climate

By Jason West | – Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Surprise!  Trump's 'Deal of the Century' = Annexation & Apartheid

Surprise! Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ = Annexation & Apartheid

By Ramzy Baroud | @RamzyBaroud | – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving quickly to alter the political reality in Palestine, and facing little […]

Ramzy Baroud

Iraq
How Iraq Is Standing Up For Itself, After Israeli Attacks

How Iraq Is Standing Up For Itself, After Israeli Attacks

(Niqash) – Mustafa Habib Often trapped between Iran and the US, Iraq’s foreign policy experts have been playing a wily game to avoid it happening […]

Mustafa Habib

Pentagon
The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter: Lockheed Martin Remains Top Gun in the Pentagon's Cockpit

The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter: Lockheed Martin Remains Top Gun in the Pentagon’s Cockpit

(Tomdispatch.com) – How are you with numbers? I can deal with $1.5 million. I think I can even imagine $1.5 billion, a sum a thousand […]

William J. Astore

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