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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women
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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that an Israeli tank crew fired on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, […]

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

07/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

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Haredim
On Int’l Women’s Day, Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Assault Women of the Wailing Wall

On Int’l Women’s Day, Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Assault Women of the Wailing Wall

Sources confirmed that two members were injured and received necessary medical treatment

Maan News Agency

Archaeology
For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

For Int’l Women’s Day: An Arabian Woman of Late Antiquity Prays to Goddesses for Peace

For Int’l Women’s Day, via OCIANA a Safaitic Arabic inscription [c. 1-400 AD], by a wealthy woman calling on two goddesses for peace: “By Shamat […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Millionaire "Justice": 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort's Hiding Millions

Millionaire “Justice”: 5 Petty Shoplifting Charges sentenced more harshly than Manafort’s Hiding Millions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was given 47 months in prison for his crimes on Thursday, in a jaw-dropping ruling […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

UN Human Rights Council seeks Freedom for Saudi Women Activists, Justice for Khashoggi

Geneva (Human Rights Watch) – A joint statement by 36 countries on March 7, 2019 calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is

Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is

Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to

Sarah Gertler

Christianity
Is the Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Crisis rooted in Sexism?

Is the Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Crisis rooted in Sexism?

Even as these Baptist leaders claimed their movement was about the Bible, they specifically targeted women<

The Conversation

Iran
Judge who Presided over Mass Execution made Iran’s Chief Justice

Judge who Presided over Mass Execution made Iran’s Chief Justice

Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a one-time presidential hopeful, as head of the judiciary, […]

AFP

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Irony: as Pelosi backs down on 'anti-Hate' Resolution, Israel's Politics Goes Peak Racist

Irony: as Pelosi backs down on ‘anti-Hate’ Resolution, Israel’s Politics Goes Peak Racist

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A revolt of the Democratic Party grassroots has forestalled Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s plan to hold a vote on a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Humiliates Palestinians by Closing Consulate, Dealing with them Via US Embassy to Israel

Trump Humiliates Palestinians by Closing Consulate, Dealing with them Via US Embassy to Israel

The Americans have been working hard to undermine the PA’s status as an autonomous entity which serves Palestinian interests

Middle East Monitor

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