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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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Russian Twitter trolls stoke anti-Immigrant & anti-Muslim lies, and not Just in US

Russian Twitter trolls stoke anti-Immigrant & anti-Muslim lies, and not Just in US

By Ahmed Al-Rawi and Yasmin Jiwani | – Russian troll activity on Twitter aimed at influencing public opinion has attracted a lot of attention in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Summons 5-year-old for Police Interrogation

Israel Summons 5-year-old for Police Interrogation

Muhammad Rabi’ Elayyan was summoned by the Israeli police to be interrogated; the summons was handed to his family in occupied Jerusalem, who had to […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Climate denial: Donald Trump mimics criminal behaviour when justifying his stance

Climate denial: Donald Trump mimics criminal behaviour when justifying his stance

By Ruth McKie | – While much of the world now recognises the need for immediate action, there are still those who question the scientific […]

The Conversation

Solar Energy
Saving the Planet: Can Global Solar Power be Crowd-Funded? Germany's "Green Energy Valley"

Saving the Planet: Can Global Solar Power be Crowd-Funded? Germany’s “Green Energy Valley”

By Freja Eriksen | – German start-up Ecoligo has created a crowd investment structure to encourage the expansion of solar power in developing countries, writes […]

Clean Energy Wire

Donald Trump
Why Trump let Saudi Arabia and UAE censor his "America First" Speech on Energy

Why Trump let Saudi Arabia and UAE censor his “America First” Speech on Energy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Sunday the NYT revealed that Trump’s staff ran his May, 2016 speech on “America First” by Saudi Arabia and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As the Far Right goes Global, so do Bills trying to Outlaw boycott of Israel

As the Far Right goes Global, so do Bills trying to Outlaw boycott of Israel

By Rachel Hodes | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – An increasingly global campaign to tar the BDS movement as “anti-Semitic” comes as Israel’s staunchest […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan
This is how America's Afghanistan War ends-- Not with a Bang but with a Mess

This is how America’s Afghanistan War ends– Not with a Bang but with a Mess

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Could Donald Trump end the Afghan war someday? I don’t know if such a possibility has been on your mind, but […]

Danny Sjursen

Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders would 'Absolutely' cut Military Aid to Israel to get Two-State Solution

Bernie Sanders would ‘Absolutely’ cut Military Aid to Israel to get Two-State Solution

In an interview Sanders was asked whether he would consider using the billions of dollars in military aid from the US to change Israel’s behaviour, […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
10 Poorest States in US to have voted for Trump are Poorer than Baltimore

10 Poorest States in US to have voted for Trump are Poorer than Baltimore

*The wording of this piece has been slightly revised and two links added. Trump has been throwing shade on Baltimore. But he constantly praises himself […]

Juan Cole

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