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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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UK Ambassador: Trump Breached Iran Deal to Spite Obama & was "Diplomatic Vandalism" driven by "Personality Reasons"

UK Ambassador: Trump Breached Iran Deal to Spite Obama & was “Diplomatic Vandalism” driven by “Personality Reasons”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former British ambassador to the US Kim Darroch alleged in a diplomatic cable that Trump’s motivation in breaching the 2015 […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Jim Crow: Court Halts Park Entry Ban Deemed Racist by Palestinian-Israelis

Israeli Jim Crow: Court Halts Park Entry Ban Deemed Racist by Palestinian-Israelis

A court on Sunday ordered a predominantly Jewish town in northern Israel to lift a ban on non-resident visitors to its parks, a prohibition that […]

Middle East Monitor

Brazil
We all Depend on the Amazon: Can the UN Stop Brazil's Far-Right Bolsonaro from Completely Destroying It?

We all Depend on the Amazon: Can the UN Stop Brazil’s Far-Right Bolsonaro from Completely Destroying It?

By Ash Murphy | – Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is at its highest rate in a decade, according to new satellite data. […]

The Conversation

Climate Change
From New Orleans to Bihar: Why the Climate Emergency is a Poor People's Issue, Too

From New Orleans to Bihar: Why the Climate Emergency is a Poor People’s Issue, Too

By Mallika Khanna | – Poor and working communities stand to gain the most from protections against corporations that expose them to pollution. If you’ve […]

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Turkey
If Erdogan's Control over Turkey is Ending, what's Next for 17th Largest Economy?

If Erdogan’s Control over Turkey is Ending, what’s Next for 17th Largest Economy?

By Gary M. Grossman | – Mayoral elections in Turkish cities do not usually grab the world’s attention. But the defeat of the ruling party’s […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Resisting the Wall Industry, from Palestine to Mexico

Resisting the Wall Industry, from Palestine to Mexico

By Chung-Wha Hong | – (Yes! Magazine) – The institutions responsible for harming people operate across borders far more than most people realize, yet many […]

Yes! Magazine

Corruption
Top 5 Trump Officials who Resigned because of Shocking Scandals

Top 5 Trump Officials who Resigned because of Shocking Scandals

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The resignation of Trump’s Labor secretary, Alex Acosta, is only the most recent in a string of such scandals for […]

Juan Cole

Internet
Stop begging Google, Facebook etc. to be nice Digital overlords: Fix the Internet by sidelining Big Tech

Stop begging Google, Facebook etc. to be nice Digital overlords: Fix the Internet by sidelining Big Tech

It is called ‘interoperability’

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Congress
Bipartisan House Vote Amends Pentagon Funding to forbid Trump to attack Iran

Bipartisan House Vote Amends Pentagon Funding to forbid Trump to attack Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ed Kilgore at New York Magazine reports that the House of Representatives has passed the National Defense Authorization Act with […]

Juan Cole

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Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

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