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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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Saudi Crown Prince Haunted by Ghost of Murdered dissident Journalist Khashoggi

Saudi Crown Prince Haunted by Ghost of Murdered dissident Journalist Khashoggi

By Hazem Ayyad | – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman tried to pre-empt the release of the final report of the international inquiry into […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump cites "Proportionality" in Iran pullback, though He has often Violated It

Trump cites “Proportionality” in Iran pullback, though He has often Violated It

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump in an interview Friday with Meet the Press attributed his decision not to go ahead with a strike on […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Is Washington's 'Maximum Pressure' Bringing An End To Iran's 'Strategic Patience?'

Is Washington’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ Bringing An End To Iran’s ‘Strategic Patience?’

(RFE/RL) – Iran is turning up the heat on the United States and its allies by shifting away from a policy of “strategic patience” and […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Iran
Risk of Shooting War with Iran Grows after Decades of Economic Warfare by the U.S.

Risk of Shooting War with Iran Grows after Decades of Economic Warfare by the U.S.

By David Cortright | – Many are worried about the risk of war between the U.S. and Iran. But the truth is, the U.S. has […]

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
Bipartisan Senate Vote Blocks Trump's $8 bn. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

Bipartisan Senate Vote Blocks Trump’s $8 bn. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – The US Senate yesterday blocked arms sales to Saudi Arabia, ushering in a new episode in the House’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
The Big Winner in Trump's anti-Iran Sanctions?  Russia

The Big Winner in Trump’s anti-Iran Sanctions? Russia

By Stasa Salacanin | – Reinstated sanctions on Iran have brought a new complexity to Tehran’s relations with those countries which supported the deal, especially […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
How the Iran Nuclear Deal, Dumped by Trump, had Contained Iran's Enrichment

How the Iran Nuclear Deal, Dumped by Trump, had Contained Iran’s Enrichment

By Miles A. Pomper | – Editor’s note: Iranian leaders have threatened to withdraw from a 2015 agreement that limits their nation’s nuclear activities. Under […]

The Conversation

Pentagon
No, Neocons, it Isn't Always 1939, and WW II wasn't such a 'Good War'

No, Neocons, it Isn’t Always 1939, and WW II wasn’t such a ‘Good War’

(Tomdispatch.com) – How best to describe the recently completed allied commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France? Two words come immediately […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Drones
Back from Iran War Brink: Trump wants to Walk back Iran Crisis that He created with Severe US Sanctions

Back from Iran War Brink: Trump wants to Walk back Iran Crisis that He created with Severe US Sanctions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The warmongers on Trump’s national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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