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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Israel/ Palestine
Can Israel conceal War Crimes by Emptying its Archives?

Can Israel conceal War Crimes by Emptying its Archives?

By Motasem A Dalloul | Twitter: @abujomaaGaza | – In January 2018, +972 Magazine published an article outlining the reasons why Israel’s Chief Archivist Dr […]

Middle East Monitor

Colonialism
Putting the American in Somali-American: Why does Ilhan Omar put a Scare into the US Power Elite?

Putting the American in Somali-American: Why does Ilhan Omar put a Scare into the US Power Elite?

Reprint edition. By Juan Cole | – Trump has attempted to depict Rep. Ilhan Omar’s reformism as an expression of hatred for the US. It […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Notorious Moments in Modern History when Dictators Sent their own Citizens "Back"

Notorious Moments in Modern History when Dictators Sent their own Citizens “Back”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s crowds have started chanting “Send her back!” referring to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali-American who came as a […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Racist Billionaires, Patriotic Socialists, Climate Emergency and the Fate of America

Racist Billionaires, Patriotic Socialists, Climate Emergency and the Fate of America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As I turn 75, there’s no simpler way to put it than this: I’m an old man on a new planet […]

Tom Engelhardt

Congress
The Squad: Watch Gayle King's full interview of Reply to Trump by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib (Video)

The Squad: Watch Gayle King’s full interview of Reply to Trump by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib (Video)

Gayle King | CBS Video | – The Squad: Watch Gayle King’s full interview The president’s racist tweets about Democratic congresswomen Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, […]

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Immigration
How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivals

How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivals

By Benjamin A.T. Graham | – The ongoing trade war is the most visible front in America’s struggle with China for global influence. Oddly, it […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Why Is Israel Illegally interfering with Western Professors Teaching at Palestinian Universities?

Why Is Israel Illegally interfering with Western Professors Teaching at Palestinian Universities?

Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. 3542 N. Geronimo Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705 520 333-2577 phone 520 207-3166 fax caf@mesana.org www.mesana.org Prime Minister […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Pew: 'Israel is as Religiously Restrictive as Iran,' as Ed. Minister backs LGBTQ Conversion Therapy

Pew: ‘Israel is as Religiously Restrictive as Iran,’ as Ed. Minister backs LGBTQ Conversion Therapy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Haaretz reports that the PewForum has found Israel one of the twenty most religiously restrictive countries in the world. Indeed, […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Trump’s Send-Them-Back Doctrine

Trump’s Send-Them-Back Doctrine

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Trump’s war on immigrants recalls the absurdity of Stalin’s purges — and a few of his supporters, at […]

John Feffer

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