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Children of War
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Children of War

Fariba Amini

On January 29, 2024, volunteers from the Palestinian Red Crescent received an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl was trapped in a car, pleading

“Where are we supposed to Go?”  Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of 500K Lebanese Shi`is

“Where are we supposed to Go?” Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of 500K Lebanese Shi`is

03/16/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Passover: Freedom from Pride

Passover: Freedom from Pride

03/16/2026 By Yakov M. Rabkin

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Donald Trump
Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

A new US war on Iran would be a cynical and catastrophic escalation of the crisis already swallowing its people

Nicolas J. S. Davies

nuclear weapons
Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists just moved its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to nuclear midnight, four seconds closer than ever before.

Frida Berrigan

Donald Trump
Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”

Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”

Trump now has a similar choice, of whether he wants to spend trillions of dollars on a Napoleonic gamble in Iran.

Juan Cole

Academic Freedom
Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

One of the two posters depicted, in green, red and black, the phrase “Palestine, from the river to the sea”

Committee on Academic Freedom

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

The latest cabinet measures extend Israeli civilian administrative reach into areas previously reserved for Palestinian governance.

Middle East Monitor

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With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market

With its Togg EV, Turkiye emerges as 4th Biggest European Electric Car Market

44% of the new car market in Turkiye is now battery electric or plug-in hybrid! That is more than California

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death

Location, contact networks, patterns of communication, and group affiliations make it possible to map the social life of an entire people

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

The Apocalyptic President: The Personification of an Imperial Power (and Planet) in Decline

Trump ran his second candidacy in 2024 on the all-too-bluntly apocalyptic slogan drill, baby, drill us into a literal hell on earth.

Tom Engelhardt

Agriculture
Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Climate change is at least somewhat implicated in the social dislocations that fuel terrorism in Somalia

Juan Cole

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