Informed Comment - Part 885

Palestinian-Israeli Joint List Gains Seats, as Netanyahu’s Demonization Backfires

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Binyamin Netanyahu appears to have fallen short in his quest for a majority of 61 in the 120-seat Israeli parliament […]

Juan Cole

Islam

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

(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

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

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?

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

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

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