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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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Universities should not silence Research and Speech on Palestine

Universities should not silence Research and Speech on Palestine

By Heidi Matthews, York University, Canada; Fatima Ahdash, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and Priya Gupta, McGill University (The Conversation) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) […]

The Conversation

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Consumer Solar Surge: Pakistan Shows you Don't Need Government Programs to Green the Grid

Consumer Solar Surge: Pakistan Shows you Don’t Need Government Programs to Green the Grid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While no one was looking, the Pakistani public took matters into their own hands, adding 17 gigawatts of solar power […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel blocked all humanitarian aid for northern Gaza in November, says UN

Israel blocked all humanitarian aid for northern Gaza in November, says UN

The UN announced yesterday that Israel has blocked or obstructed all attempts to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip throughout November. Details […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
Iran and Israel Seek to Control online Narrative of their Conflict in advance of Next Hot Exchange

Iran and Israel Seek to Control online Narrative of their Conflict in advance of Next Hot Exchange

By Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, Arizona State University | (The Conversation) – Is Iran poised for a succession in leadership? Well, that depends on what you read. […]

The Conversation

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Lebanon Ceasefire underlines that both Israel and Hezbollah Lost the War

Lebanon Ceasefire underlines that both Israel and Hezbollah Lost the War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When Iran and Iraq were fighting each other in the 1980s, with neither regime being much liked in Washington, former […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Protesting Criticism of Approved Gaza Course Proposal by Cornell University President

Protesting Criticism of Approved Gaza Course Proposal by Cornell University President

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Michael I. Kotlikoff Interim President, Cornell University mik7@cornell.edu   Dear Interim President Kotlikoff: We […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Donald Trump
We Can’t Let Ourselves be overwhelmed: Countering Trump’s Falsehoods Is More Urgent Than Ever

We Can’t Let Ourselves be overwhelmed: Countering Trump’s Falsehoods Is More Urgent Than Ever

( Tomdispatch.com ) – During this year’s presidential election campaign, I was puzzled and increasingly troubled that the issue of truth-telling — and the spectacular […]

Arnold R. Isaacs

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Israeli total War Continues, with "No end in sight" for Palestinians in Gaza -- Cold, Drenched, Homeless and Hungry

Israeli total War Continues, with “No end in sight” for Palestinians in Gaza — Cold, Drenched, Homeless and Hungry

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Muhannad Hadi, the special UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, addressed the ambassadors of the UN Security Council […]

Juan Cole

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A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments

By Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in […]

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