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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
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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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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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Donald Trump
On Iran, It's Trump vs. Trump

On Iran, It’s Trump vs. Trump

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – What would it take to talk Trump out of war with Iran? A good, ripping yarn about peace — with […]

John Feffer

Iran
Why Trump Can't Win by Ramping up Sanctions on Iran

Why Trump Can’t Win by Ramping up Sanctions on Iran

By Natasha Lindstaedt | – After Iran shot down a US drone that allegedly entered Iran’s airspace, Donald Trump signed new sanctions against Iran on […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
No, Iranian President Rouhani didn't Call Trump "mentally Retarded"

No, Iranian President Rouhani didn’t Call Trump “mentally Retarded”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The New York Times and other Western news outlets reported on a speech of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani that expressed […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is Jared Kushner's 'Deal' a Way for Israel to Annex the Palestinian West Bank?

Is Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal’ a Way for Israel to Annex the Palestinian West Bank?

( Middle East Monitor) – Calls for the annexation of the Occupied West Bank are gaining momentum in both Tel Aviv and Washington. But Israel […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
The U.S. Isn’t Winning Any Popularity Contests Among Arabs

The U.S. Isn’t Winning Any Popularity Contests Among Arabs

By Lawrence Pintak | – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman may consider U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a “dear friend,” but it turns out the […]

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political Islam
So, What Really is Jihad?

So, What Really is Jihad?

By Mohammad Hassan Khalil | – Often, many people conflate the terms jihad and terrorism. This is in part because many writers use the term […]

The Conversation

Islam
Dawn Newspaper: Contextualizing the Dawn of Islam:  Glowing Review of Cole’s Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires

Dawn Newspaper: Contextualizing the Dawn of Islam: Glowing Review of Cole’s Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires

Hachette Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires By Juan Cole Bold Type Books, US ISBN: 978-1568587837 336pp. By Taha Ali | – […]

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