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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Climate Change
Politicians are Choosing Corporate Polluters & Planet Wreckers over Our Welfare: Can we Make them Stop?

Politicians are Choosing Corporate Polluters & Planet Wreckers over Our Welfare: Can we Make them Stop?

By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson | – (Otherwords) – From the White House to Ohio, too many politicians care more about protecting toxic industries than their constituents. […]

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Scotland's Green Energy makes Enough Electricity 1st Quarter to power 88% of Households

Scotland’s Green Energy makes Enough Electricity 1st Quarter to power 88% of Households

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the first three months of 2019, Scotland produced 17 percent more electricity from renewables than in the same quarter […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump & Kushner aren't Offering Palestinians $50 bn.: They're Bribing the Neighbors to Bury Them

Trump & Kushner aren’t Offering Palestinians $50 bn.: They’re Bribing the Neighbors to Bury Them

By Hossam Shaker | – Donald Trump’s administration has recently shown great interest in Palestinians and their welfare. Even Jared Kushner, the US President’s son-in-law, […]

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Iran
After Trump's Breach, Iran said it Would Withdraw from Some of the Nuclear Deal: It Hasn't

After Trump’s Breach, Iran said it Would Withdraw from Some of the Nuclear Deal: It Hasn’t

(Informed Comment) – In early May, on the anniversary of US withdrawal from the JCPOA, Iran announced that in view of US violations of the […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Climate Change
Saudi Arabia erases Science, Blocks Progress at Bonn Climate Summit, Pushing Dirty Oil

Saudi Arabia erases Science, Blocks Progress at Bonn Climate Summit, Pushing Dirty Oil

If this Makes you Angry, buy an Electric Car

Juan Cole

Libya
Watching another of America's Forgotten Wars from Libyan Rooftops

Watching another of America’s Forgotten Wars from Libyan Rooftops

( Tomdispatch.com ) – TRIPOLI, Libya — Sometimes war sounds like the harsh crack of gunfire and sometimes like the whisper of the wind. This […]

Nick Turse

Israel/ Palestine
Dear Jared Kushner: The Real Deal of the Century would be Decolonizing Palestine at Last

Dear Jared Kushner: The Real Deal of the Century would be Decolonizing Palestine at Last

By Ramona Wadi | @walzerscent | – Palestinians have rejected the Manama summit taking place today for several legitimate reasons – all pointing to how […]

Middle East Monitor

Democratic Socialism
Why Tiffany Caban's Win for Queens DA is Good News For Progressive Dem Presidential Candidates

Why Tiffany Caban’s Win for Queens DA is Good News For Progressive Dem Presidential Candidates

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is very close, with only an 1,100-vote margin and 3400 absentee ballots to be counted, but it appears to […]

Juan Cole

Iran
US-Iran Tensions Keep Growing with No Move to Negotiate in Sight

US-Iran Tensions Keep Growing with No Move to Negotiate in Sight

By Scott Lucas | – Washington and Tehran are locked in a political, economic, and propagandist confrontation – and there is no apparent way out. […]

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