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The COP30 Climate Meet had One Job, and Totally Crashed and Burned
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The COP30 Climate Meet had One Job, and Totally Crashed and Burned

Juan Cole

The bad guys included Saudi Arabia and the entire Arab bloc, along with China, India, and other nations still in thrall to Big Carbon

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West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity

West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity

11/23/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Why Israeli Soldiers and their Leaders are increasingly at Risk of Arrest Overseas

Why Israeli Soldiers and their Leaders are increasingly at Risk of Arrest Overseas

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The End of the American Century, courtesy Donald J. Trump

The End of the American Century, courtesy Donald J. Trump

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected many different […]

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The Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” is about Palestinians who have no Place else to Go

The Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” is about Palestinians who have no Place else to Go

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The title of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, reflects the sad reality that these people have […]

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Melting Antarctic Ice will slow the World’s strongest Ocean Current – and the global Consequences are Profound

Melting Antarctic Ice will slow the World’s strongest Ocean Current – and the global Consequences are Profound

By Taimoor Sohail, The University of Melbourne and Bishakhdatta Gayen, The University of Melbourne Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest […]

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Israel/ Palestine
“No other Land”: When Ordered to Destroy, we Sometimes have a Moral Obligation to Lie

“No other Land”: When Ordered to Destroy, we Sometimes have a Moral Obligation to Lie

( The Times of Israel ) – You are ordered—like in the Oscar-nominated documentary No Other Land—to demolish the homes, schools, and wells of Palestinian families […]

Shamai Leibowitz

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The Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel: B’Tselem in the Crosshairs

The Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel: B’Tselem in the Crosshairs

In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023, it […]

Dan Steinbock

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Real Christianity vs. White “Christian” Nationalist Trump on the Treatment of the Poor

Real Christianity vs. White “Christian” Nationalist Trump on the Treatment of the Poor

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “There has almost always been an outright hostility that is shown towards people of the Christian faith,” House Speaker Mike Johnson […]

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The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway

The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy ( ProPublica ) – After the Trump administration moved to freeze nearly $60 billion in foreign aid in […]

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Iran Press: Zelenskyy Diss shows Unwisdom of Giving up Nukes; Relying on US is “Dishonorable”

Iran Press: Zelenskyy Diss shows Unwisdom of Giving up Nukes; Relying on US is “Dishonorable”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Iran since the presidency of Hassan Rouhani (2013-2021), the ruling elite has debated whether a grand bargain with the […]

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Israeli Authorities Block Health Care Workers from Entering Gaza

Israeli Authorities Block Health Care Workers from Entering Gaza

By Emina Ćerimović Associate Director, Disability Rights Division ( Human Rights Watch ) – Israeli authorities denied an orthopedic surgeon entry into Gaza last week, […]

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