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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security

The Gulf Cooperation Council, NATO, and the Collapse of Collective Security

San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Within the span of 24 hours in early September, Russia deployed drones into Polish airspace, and […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Authoritarianism
Federal Court:  Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Federal Court: Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Middle East Studies Association | – NB: The MESA news release below has been expanded with extended quotes from the Knight First Amendment Institute and […]

Middle East Studies Association

Nonviolence
Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?

Veterans for Peace and Justice: Can Warriors Stop Endless Wars?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the former “Fox and Friends” cohost, claims to be obsessed with making the Pentagon and the […]

William D. Hartung

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Abuse of History for Politics

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Abuse of History for Politics

Beersheba (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After his address to an almost empty hall at the UN, Benjamin Netanyahu found a warmer reception at […]

Yoram Meital

Genocide
Overwhelming Evidence of Genocide against Palestinians: a Legal Expert unpacks the UN Report on Gaza

Overwhelming Evidence of Genocide against Palestinians: a Legal Expert unpacks the UN Report on Gaza

By Elisenda Calvet Martínez, Universitat de Barcelona The Conversation – On September 16, 2025, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the occupied Palestinian […]

The Conversation

censorship
Protesting the Suspension of a Scholar at the University of Kentucky for Statements on Palestine

Protesting the Suspension of a Scholar at the University of Kentucky for Statements on Palestine

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Letter to the University of Kentucky regarding the suspension of Professor […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Climate Crisis
Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Lebanon’s Solar Capacity surged since 2020 to 1.5 gigawatts, as Homeowners tired of Blackouts

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Lebanese Ministry of Energy has let three bids for new solar farms of 15 megawatts each, for a total […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Syria: Israel Forcibly Displaces Villagers in Occupied South

Forced Displacement is a War Crime; Homes Razed, Syrians Detained and Unlawfully Transferred to Israel Israeli forces occupying parts of southern Syria since December 2024 […]

Human Rights Watch

Authoritarianism
A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

A Strategy for Controlling an Out-of-Control Government: Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On July 17th, I joined a group of Vermonters for a Good Trouble Lives On action in a […]

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