Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]
Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)
US Arms Transfers to Israel Are Internationally Wrongful Acts
Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967
By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Aug. 25, 2025, in Israeli strikes on […]
There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]
“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6
The sixth quatrain of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues with its celebration of wine-drinking in the morning. It connects ancient Iran’s language of […]
Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power
( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Trump, his cabinet, and those who have profited from his rise seem to revel in public displays of cruelty. Take […]
Don’t Blame Israel for Violating Jewish Ethics
( Times of Israel ) – Many people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, blame Israel for violating Jewish ethics. More erudite critics quote the Hebrew Bible, […]
Dem Leaders Are Pretending that U.S. Weapons Don’t Enable the Slaughter in Gaza
San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
Iran’s Water Crisis Opens A New Front With Israel
( RFE/ RL ) – Amid soaring temperatures, power blackouts, and widespread water rationing, Pezeshkian painted a grim picture of the nation’s water woes. He […]
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