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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace
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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – US President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as the first hostages were […]

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“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

10/14/2025 By Juan Cole

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

10/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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South Africa Embassy in Israel downgrades Relations over Apartheid

South Africa Embassy in Israel downgrades Relations over Apartheid

South Africa has downgraded its embassy to Israel, the first phase in reducing diplomatic relations between the two countries at the request of South Africa’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Libya
Gen. Hiftar's Drive to Take all of Libya Raises Atrocity Concerns

Gen. Hiftar’s Drive to Take all of Libya Raises Atrocity Concerns

Hiftar’s Forces, Rival Militias Have History of Abuses

Human Rights Watch

Islam
Spirituality without Prophets: Ibn Tufayl and the story of the feral child of philosophy

Spirituality without Prophets: Ibn Tufayl and the story of the feral child of philosophy

Hayy concludes that persuading people away from their ‘natural’ stations would only corrupt them further.

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Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists would paint a big Red Target On US Troops in Iraq

Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists would paint a big Red Target On US Troops in Iraq

The notion is illogical because the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is a state actor, not a non-state actor.

Juan Cole

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Florida PL's Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

Florida PL’s Huge Solar Battery will make as much Electricity as half a Nuclear Plant

The batteries are now so cheap that it would actually save utilities money if they used them with solar farms compared to just going on on running old coal plants

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Our Oil, Gas and Chemicals are Threatening a Catastrophic Failure of Earth's Global Systems: That is What Killed off the Dinosaurs

Our Oil, Gas and Chemicals are Threatening a Catastrophic Failure of Earth’s Global Systems: That is What Killed off the Dinosaurs

If pushed far enough, global systems can evidently collapse into a death-spiral

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Palestinians' Gaza Protests Won't Stop

Why the Palestinians’ Gaza Protests Won’t Stop

Despite Carnage, Palestinians Continue to Demand Their Rights

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Israel demolishes al-Araqib Bedouin village for 142nd time

Israel demolishes al-Araqib Bedouin village for 142nd time

Like the 34 other Bedouin villages “unrecognized” by Israel, al-Araqib does not receive any services from the Israeli government

Maan News Agency

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Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Congress Slaps down Trump-Saudi War on Yemen

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The House of Representatives voted Thursday 247 to 175 to end the US involvement in supporting the Saudi-led war effort […]

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