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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
Why his 'Deal of the Century' Failed: Kushner tried to Bribe the World to Liquidate the Palestinian Nation

Why his ‘Deal of the Century’ Failed: Kushner tried to Bribe the World to Liquidate the Palestinian Nation

The Palestinian president brags that he thwarted the Bahrain workshop, and accordingly, or before the workshop, the deal of the century, while his supporters boast […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
If Antarctica Melts, Seas will Rise a Gigantic 190 Feet;  It has Started Losing Ice Rapidly

If Antarctica Melts, Seas will Rise a Gigantic 190 Feet; It has Started Losing Ice Rapidly

By Nerilie Abram, Matthew England, and Matt King | – A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Majority of US Veterans doubt Value of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria Wars: Pew

Majority of US Veterans doubt Value of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria Wars: Pew

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Pew Research Center opinion poll conducted among 1,284 veterans who had served since 2001 (which also polled 1,087 American […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Juan Cole on the Prophet Muhammad in War and Peace (Emir-Stein Center Video)

Juan Cole on the Prophet Muhammad in War and Peace (Emir-Stein Center Video)

Emir-Stein Center | Juan Cole on Muhammad | – Click below to go to YouTube and watch a 7-minute video–with maps, historical graphics and animation– […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran in Crosshairs Again: It is Always - Always - about the Oil

Iran in Crosshairs Again: It is Always – Always – about the Oil

By Michael T. Klare | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – It’s always the oil. While President Trump was hobnobbing with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]

Michael T. Klare

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows Never to dismantle Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Israeli PM Netanyahu vows Never to dismantle Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed never to dismantle Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Speaking yesterday at an event in the […]

Middle East Monitor

European Union
180 Gigs of Offshore Wind: Europe May Build 10 Artificial North Sea "Energy Islands"

180 Gigs of Offshore Wind: Europe May Build 10 Artificial North Sea “Energy Islands”

By Kennedy Nyavaya | – Several European grid operators have proposed to build at least ten artificial “energy islands” as wind power hubs in the […]

Clean Energy Wire

Far Right
Why Tucker Carlson is Wrong to attack Ilhan Omar for her Dissent

Why Tucker Carlson is Wrong to attack Ilhan Omar for her Dissent

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tucker Carlson has veered further and further toward unadorned white nationalism as Rupert Murdoch’s declining “Fox News” has failed to […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran's leader is losing his grasp on power. Does this mean diplomacy is doomed?

Iran’s leader is losing his grasp on power. Does this mean diplomacy is doomed?

( The Conversation) – Iran’s announcement last Sunday that it would break the limit on uranium enrichment agreed to in the nuclear deal with world […]

Shahram Akbarzadeh

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