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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here
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When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

How Europe is managing Guilt over Gaza: The Politics of moral Cleansing

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Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

Trump Junk: Won’t Enforce Rules for Short-Term Junk Health Insurance Plans

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The World Court just ruled Countries can be held liable for Climate Change Damage – what does that mean for the US?

The World Court just ruled Countries can be held liable for Climate Change Damage – what does that mean for the US?

By Lauren Gifford, Colorado State University and Daimeon Shanks-Dumont, University of California, Berkeley (The Conversation) – The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Stop the War Now: Middle East Studies Faculty, Ben-Gurion University

Stop the War Now: Middle East Studies Faculty, Ben-Gurion University

Stop the War Now! Statement from the Faculty of the Department of Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev We, the faculty of the […]

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Gaza’s “Walking Corpses:” Jewish Law does not Permit ignoring Atrocities

Gaza’s “Walking Corpses:” Jewish Law does not Permit ignoring Atrocities

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Jewish law does not permit us to look away when atrocities are being committed. It is […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Israel/ Palestine
The quiet War: What’s fueling Israel’s Surge of settler Violence – and the Lack of State Response

The quiet War: What’s fueling Israel’s Surge of settler Violence – and the Lack of State Response

By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell Since Oct. 7, 2023, as Israel’s war against Hamas drags on in the Gaza Strip, a quieter but escalating war […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The “D” in Donald is for “Decline” — of America

The “D” in Donald is for “Decline” — of America

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Once upon a time, nothing in this world could have convinced me that I would be living through this moment in […]

Tom Engelhardt

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How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support

How the Palestinian West Bank is being Annexed by Israel, with Tacit US Support

Behind the fog of war and the obliteration of Gaza, Israel’s far-right cabinet has escalated the annexation of the West Bank to Israel. New York […]

Dan Steinbock

Israel/ Palestine
Do Palestinians deserve a State only if they are Genocided?

Do Palestinians deserve a State only if they are Genocided?

Voices around the world are saying: it’s now or never for a Palestinian state. ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Most Israelis are too […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Trump may be Abandoning Climate Fight, but New Leaders, including China, are Emerging

Trump may be Abandoning Climate Fight, but New Leaders, including China, are Emerging

By Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (The Conversation) – When President Donald Trump announced in early 2025 that he was […]

The Conversation

Genocide
US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

Senator Chris Van Hollen interviews Anthony Aguilar, former Green Beret and former contractor in Gaza, on what Aguilar witnessed there. Warning: Graphic language, Images. Transcript: […]

Juan Cole

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